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:

Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space