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
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space