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:

Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies