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:

Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research