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:

Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO