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:

Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center