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
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths