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:

Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space