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:

Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute