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:

Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center