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:

Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research