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)
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research