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:

Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio