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:

Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research