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:

Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space