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:

Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space