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:

Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy