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:

Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures