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:

Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab