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:

Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi