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:

Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun