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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU