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:

Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency