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:

Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder