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:

Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab