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:

Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center