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:

Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford