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:

Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space