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:

Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies