27 - 29 November
Turin
On-site
Join the Hackathon in Turin!
Are you ready to meet your co-founders? Over an intensive 48 hours, you’ll learn how to use space data and develop a bold solution to support safety and security in Europe. Welcome to the Hackathon.
This year, we host the 12th CASSINI Hackathon funded by EUSPA, and this edition is all about Peace and Resilience in Europe. In Turin, you’ll enjoy a programme combining technical training and mentoring with sessions on pitching for investment.
Registration is completely free. You’ll have the opportunity to hear from national experts in defence, satellite data and aerospace research. Ahead of the weekend, watch our online training sessions and learn how to access EU space data from Copernicus, Galileo and EGNOS. Then connect with like-minded team members and develop a solution for the chance to win cash prizes and mentoring.
- Cybersecurity for space-based strategic enablers
- Space-enabled crisis response and civil resilience
- Countering transnational crime and terrorism with space data
⭐You don’t need any previous experience – you’ll receive the trainings and tools you need to utilise EU space data and successfully develop and pitch your business model.
⭐You can join as a team or an individual – we’ll connect you with professionals to form a multi-skilled team.
⭐ You don’t have to be a coding specialist – the best teams contain people with different backgrounds.
Local prizes:
After refining and testing their big ideas, every team can pitch to the panel of judges. Prizes will include:
- First prize: €2,500
- Second prize: €1,500
- Third prize: €1,000
- ALL WINNERS: Tickets and the opportunity to present at PINN (Primavera dell’ Innovazione) 2027
Central prizes:
Additionally, the local winners will qualify for the European competition, where they will receive the following prizes:
- 1st place: €5,000
- 2nd place: €3,000
- 3rd place: €1,000
Mentoring
The top 3 teams across all competing hackathons will each be awarded an additional 6 months of expert mentoring by CASSINI.
Piemonte has a well-established ecosystem in aerospace, defence, cybersecurity, and dual-use technologies. With over 25,000 employees across 350 companies, generating approximately €7 billion in turnover and €3.2 billion in economic impact, the local space sector offers real opportunity.
The Hackathon will be held at Politecnico di Torino, enabling participants to join a vibrant ecosystem where students, researchers, and industry partners collaborate on aerospace systems, space engineering, advanced navigation, secure communications, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and complex system modelling.
The Big Ideas Campaign 🚀
The Big Ideas Campaign is the first step into the CASSINI Hackathon experience: a series of sessions designed to help participants arrive prepared, inspired and ready to turn ideas into impactful projects.
Throughout the Campaign, participants will explore the Hackathon framework, challenges, tools and technologies, while having the opportunity to ask questions, interact with experts and better understand how to make the most of the weekend.
From understanding the challenges to building stronger teams and developing more structured solutions, the goal is simple: help participants transform an initial idea into a project that can create value during the Hackathon — and potentially beyond it.
Big Ideas Campaign | From Idea to Impact 🎯
We’ll begin with a brief introduction to the 12th CASSINI Hackathon, revisiting the key elements of the experience and answering participants’ questions.
Then, we’ll move from theory to real experience.
A young entrepreneur will share his journey of building a startup and the challenges behind turning an initial idea into something concrete. Through his experience, we’ll explore some of the skills that can make the difference in a Hackathon: identifying a relevant problem, building a clear value proposition, combining complementary skills and approaching challenges with an entrepreneurial mindset.
One idea. Different skills. One team. Real impact.
👀 Stay tuned — we’ll reveal our guest and his startup very soon!
Pre-Hackathon Preparation & Matchmaking ⛓️💥
Getting ready for the Hackathon Weekend? This session is designed to make sure you arrive prepared, connected and ready to start.
We’ll review the key practical information for the weekend, support participants with registration and platform-related questions, and clarify any final technical or organisational doubts.
And if you’re interested in joining but don’t have a team yet, this is the session for you.
You’ll have the opportunity to meet other participants, discover complementary skills, exchange ideas and start building a multidisciplinary team before the Hackathon begins.
No team yet? No problem — this is your chance to find one !
Space data provides us with a new view of the planet. How could it be used to protect our infrastructure and counter crime? A wide range of business, space, and security experts will offer their insights to help you design a bold and relevant solution. More mentors are on the way — ready to share their experience, support your team, and help you get the most out of the Hackathon. Stay tuned!
Pro.M.oda is an innovation-driven company supporting organisations in turning complex ideas into structured, sustainable and scalable projects. By combining engineering, digital technologies, business design and execution capabilities, we work across different sectors to connect strategy with real-world implementation.
As local organiser, we want the CASSINI Hackathon to be more than a competition: an opportunity for participants to understand the challenges, work in multidisciplinary teams, exchange perspectives and develop solutions with a clear practical and societal impact.
Join us in Turin to explore the challenges, meet experts and peers, and discover how different skills and ideas can come together to build stronger projects for peace, resilience and innovation.
La Fondazione E. Amaldi, promuove ricerca applicata, innovazione e trasferimento tecnologico a partire dal settore spaziale.
Supporta imprese, istituzioni e territori attraverso attività di capacity building, matchmaking internazionale, analisi strategica e formazione.
La sua missione è favorire l’Open Innovation e creare connessioni tra ricerca, settore pubblico e imprese, trasformando competenze e tecnologie in valore concreto.
Teseas è una realtà tecnologica specializzata nello sviluppo e nell’implementazione di soluzioni innovative per imprese e organizzazioni attive in settori ad alta crescita.
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Il CESMA è un centro dedicato alla promozione e alla diffusione della cultura aeronautica e spaziale, favorendo il confronto tra esperti, istituzioni, mondo accademico e industria.
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Il Distretto Aerospaziale Piemonte (DAP) è un’associazione che riunisce imprese, enti e competenze del territorio attive nel settore aerospaziale.
Promuove collaborazione, innovazione, networking e sviluppo della filiera, favorendo la connessione tra ricerca, industria e opportunità di crescita del comparto.
EBAN è una rete europea dedicata agli investimenti early-stage e al supporto dell’innovazione e dell’imprenditorialità.
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