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:

Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency