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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun