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
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim