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:

Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.