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:

Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe