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:

Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute