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
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb