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:

Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV