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Liftoff<\/strong> 2015<\/strong> was held over 11 May (Day 1) and 12 May (Day 2). A video listing of the recorded sessions is available (along with all other 2015 Orbital sessions) here on YouTube:<\/p>\n

bit.ly\/nusorbital2015vids<\/a><\/p>\n

Information about the Liftoff sessions (for archiving purposes) are here:<\/p>\n

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Monday, May 11 – Liftoff Day 1 (Mandatory)<\/strong><\/caption>\n
Session Start<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\nNotes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
09:00<\/td>\nOrbital Introduction by Min<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09:15<\/td>\nDesign Thinking Workshop by Wee Sun<\/td>\nStanford D.School video<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30<\/td>\nGoogle Developer Platform by Amit Chopra (\"\")<\/td>\nSlides are in Slack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15<\/td>\nDesign Thinking (con’t) by Wee Sun<\/td>\n(see above for video link)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00<\/td>\nLunch break (on your own)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:00<\/td>\nOrbital Difficulty Levels \/ Suggested Project Themes \/ 2013 Project Review by Min and Wee Sun<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:00<\/td>\nPartner Matching \/ Initial Project Brainstorming \/ Mentor Proposed Project Ideas by you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30<\/td>\nAgile Methodology by Min<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a>, Slides from Winston of \"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:30<\/td>\nWeb basics by Min<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:30<\/td>\nT1 (I3 Aud): HTML \/ CSS by Min<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:30<\/td>\nT2 (I3 SR): Droid Basics by Jun Wen<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:30<\/td>\nMentor Matching for Apollo 11 by prospective A11 teams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Tuesday, May 12 – Liftoff Day 2 (Mandatory)<\/strong><\/caption>\n
Session Start<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\nNotes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
09:00<\/td>\nT1 (I3 Aud): Python by Min<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09:30<\/td>\nT2 (LT19): Ruby on Rails by Yos<\/td>\nSlides in Slack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30<\/td>\nT1 (I3 Aud): Google App Engine by Wee Sun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:30<\/td>\nLunch and Brainstorming and Slide Preparation by you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:00<\/td>\nPresentation Skills by Min<\/td>\nJobs Macbook Air Intro<\/a> and Elevator Pitch<\/a> videos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:30<\/td>\nGit basics, portfolio building and Git Issues by Min<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a>, Partial notes from Laurence then of \"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15:30<\/td>\nIgnition by you (All teams to present 1 minute on stage)<\/td>\nYouTube recording<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:30<\/td>\nSkylab \u2013 The Orbital workflow by Min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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The below is for 2014. Just for record keeping, current cohort, please ignore.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2014 Liftoff<\/strong> was on 12 and 14 May 2014 (Monday and Wednesday), as Tuesday is a public holiday (Vesak Day).<\/p>\n

Liftoff Day 1 (12 May 2014) <\/strong><\/p>\n