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:

Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise