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:

Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology