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:

Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform