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
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space