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:

Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.