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:

Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics