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:

Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia