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:

Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd