BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Bogota BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380118T221407 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3MO;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19930206T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SA;BYMONTH=2 TZNAME:-05 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260803T201823Z UID:5B5F0859-DD5D-4437-948A-B8233E7BE107 DTSTART;TZID=America/Bogota:20261005T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Bogota:20261009T130000 DESCRIPTION:Space Week 2026 and HidroChallenge Colombia 2026 are held joint ly as a 5-day event at Universidad del Cauca\, in celebration of IEEE Day. HidroChallenge Colombia is the first international water-rocket competiti on hosted at the university\, co-organized with CDA and HidroChallenge IPN \, bringing together teams from across Colombia and Ecuador for a week of technical exhibitions\, conferences\, and competition.\n\nOver these five days\, the university community and the public will have access to talks b y IEEE Distinguished Lecturers\, hands-on technology workshops\, exhibitio n stands featuring aerospace projects\, oral presentations from competing teams to a panel of judges\, and the culmination of the event with rocket launches across all competition categories\, followed by the awards ceremo ny. This is a free\, open event for students\, IEEE members\, researchers\ , and the general public.\n\nSpeaker(s): Jesús Gonzales Llorente\, Kumar Vijay Mishra\n\nAgenda: \nDay 1 (Oct 5) opens with a dedicated testing win dow\, giving competing teams the opportunity to test their rockets on camp us ahead of the competition. In the afternoon\, the event officially kicks off with the opening ceremony\, a welcome session for all participants\, an introductory talk\, and the first round of technology exhibition stands open to the university community.\n\nDay 2(Oct 6) is built around technic al and educational content: a series of Distinguished Lecturer conferences \, a hands-on technology workshop\, activities in celebration of IEEE Day\ , and continued technology exhibition stands for attendees to explore.\n\n Day 3(Oct 7) marks the official start of HidroChallenge Colombia 2026\, wi th competing teams delivering oral presentations of their rocket designs t o the judging panel\, alongside ongoing technology stands showcasing stude nt and partner projects.\n\nDay 4(Oct 8) is the most visible day of the ev ent: rocket launches across all competition categories take place on campu s\, accompanied by broader technology showcases featuring rockets\, drones \, and aircraft from participating teams and collaborators. This day marks the close of the competitive phase.\n\nDay 5(Oct 9) brings the event to a close with the awards ceremony\, recognizing the winning teams across cat egories\, followed by a closing farewell to all participants\, mentors\, a nd partner organizations.\n\nPopayan\, Cauca\, Colombia LOCATION:Popayan\, Cauca\, Colombia ORGANIZER:aess@unicauca.edu.co SEQUENCE:26 SUMMARY:Space week\, IEEE Day and Hidrochallenge Colombia 2026 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/571112 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Space Week 2026 and HidroChallenge Colombi a 2026 are held jointly as a 5-day event at Universidad del Cauca\, in cel ebration of IEEE Day. HidroChallenge Colombia is the first international w ater-rocket competition hosted at the university\, co-organized with CDA a nd HidroChallenge IPN\, bringing together teams from across Colombia and E cuador for a week of technical exhibitions\, conferences\, and competition .</p>\n<p>Over these five days\, the university community and the public w ill have access to talks by IEEE Distinguished Lecturers\, hands-on techno logy workshops\, exhibition stands featuring aerospace projects\, oral pre sentations from competing teams to a panel of judges\, and the culmination of the event with rocket launches across all competition categories\, fol lowed by the awards ceremony. This is a free\, open event for students\, I EEE members\, researchers\, and the general public.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Day 1 (Oct 5) opens with a dedicated testing window\, giving com peting teams the opportunity to test their rockets on campus ahead of the competition. In the afternoon\, the event officially kicks off with the op ening ceremony\, a welcome session for all participants\, an introductory talk\, and the first round of technology exhibition stands open to the uni versity community.</p>\n<p>Day 2(Oct 6) is built around technical and educ ational content: a series of Distinguished Lecturer conferences\, a hands- on technology workshop\, activities in celebration of IEEE Day\, and conti nued technology exhibition stands for attendees to explore.</p>\n<p>Day 3( Oct 7) marks the official start of HidroChallenge Colombia 2026\, with com peting teams delivering oral presentations of their rocket designs to the judging panel\, alongside ongoing technology stands showcasing student and partner projects.</p>\n<p>Day 4(Oct 8) is the most visible day of the eve nt: rocket launches across all competition categories take place on campus \, accompanied by broader technology showcases featuring rockets\, drones\ , and aircraft from participating teams and collaborators. This day marks the close of the competitive phase.</p>\n<p>Day 5(Oct 9) brings the event to a close with the awards ceremony\, recognizing the winning teams across categories\, followed by a closing farewell to all participants\, mentors \, and partner organizations.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR