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:

Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables