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:

MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer