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:

Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip