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:

Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO