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:

Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO