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:

Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO