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:

Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility