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:

Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored