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:

Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars