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
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville