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:

Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology