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:

Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space