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:

Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io