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:

Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU