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:

Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space