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:

Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies