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:

Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)