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:

Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.