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:

Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute