The 2025 Ready for Impact Showcase is the culmination of a 4-month project incubator supporting tech savvy humanitarians and scientists working on applications of satellite data and tools to improve humanitarian decision-making before, during, or after a crisis. 

You will hear a series of pitches from Ready for Impact finalists who are working closely with affected communities to leverage Earth science to build resiliency in humanitarian crises.​​ Innovators from non-profits, community service organizations, humanitarian groups, purpose-driven companies, and research institutions will pitch their ideas ​to a panel of representatives from NASA, AWS, Taylor Geospatial Institute, Grand Challenges Canada, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, and Mercy Corps Ventures who are looking to support promising projects to scale up their impact.

Running order:

9-10AM US Eastern: DASTAA (NAXA), Agrisight (DUSSOFT Congo), UN IOM

10-11AM US Eastern: MapBiomas, Pathways (Sonder Collective), Future Africa International & Africa Research University

11-12PM US Eastern: Usafiri, UNEP, Better Planet Lab & Amnesty International, Duke & MIT

12-1PM US Eastern: CHAI & IFRC, Urban Malaria Lab, Center for Geospatial Analytics (NCSU)