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:

Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.