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:

Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim