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:

Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt