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:

Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye