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:

Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency