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:

Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.