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:

Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV