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:

Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored