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:

Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory