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:

Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye