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
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform