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:

Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe