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:

Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun