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:

Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun