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
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75