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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder