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:

Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored