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:

Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA