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:

Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40