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:

Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt