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:

Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU