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:

Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA