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:

Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology