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
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager