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:

Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space