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:

Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia