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:

Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space