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:

Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables