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:

Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder