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:

Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space