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:

Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group