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:

Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency