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:

Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)