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:

Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO