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:

Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia