Discover the mentoring
programme

Do you have expertise worth sharing? Each edition of the CASSINI Hackathons awards 3 overall winners who will have access to 100 hours of expert mentoring. Each team will work with several experts whose backgrounds range from technical topics like Earth Observation and GNSS through to business development, marketing, design and more. We’d love for you to become part of our mentoring programme so you can share your skills and knowledge and help shape the next generation of (space) entrepreneurs. Apply now!

Meet our mentors

Meet a selection of our expert mentors supporting the winning teams:

Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency