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:

Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU