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!

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Meet our mentors

Meet a selection of our expert mentors supporting the winning teams:

Balázs Slezák
CEO, Wozify
https://www.linkedin.com/in/balazsslezak/?originalSubdomain=hu
Ozkan Gurhan
Senior Engineer, Aviate Labs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ozkan-gurhan-978808235/?originalSubdomain=be
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriele-de-canio/
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcopoliafico/
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-mencik-ba8668118/
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginnyradmall/
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviapepino/
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dmatsakis/
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
http://linkedin.com/in/aravindravichandran
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-elia-94160810
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthieu-lys-00287711/?originalSubdomain=fr
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfredomagliola/
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/piotrbucki/
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunnapas/?originalSubdomain=ee
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylvesterkaczmarek/
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-m-67b023173/
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-van-den-berg-morelli/
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
http://www.linkedin.com/in/wlappe
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigodealvarenga/
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/orfeas-voutyras-23133970/?originalSubdomain=gr
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelantoniocuba/