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
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers