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:

Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour