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:

Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths