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:

Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder