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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway