Representatives of CITY College Europe Campus at the the inauguration of Cisco's Center for Digital Transformation & Digital Skills in Thessaloniki

CITY College, University of York Europe Campus representatives, namely, Mr Yannis Ververidis, President and Principal, Dr Nikos Tsorakidis, Dean for External Engagement and New Developments of our Business Department and Dr Dimitris Dranidis, Head of the Computer Science Department attended the inauguration of Cisco's Center for Digital Transformation & Digital Skills in Thessaloniki, on Friday, 18 October 2021.

Student-volunteers, Antonis Antoniadis from the Computer Science Department and Georgios Michaloudis from the Business Administration & Economics Department, also joined the event in order to promote ‘ALL-LINE’, a recently launched project run by CITY College, University of York Europe Campus in collaboration with the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Digital Transformation and Digital Skills Center (DT&S) – Cisco. The project is coordinated by the Computer Science Department and aims at educating citizens and help them embrace new technologies and digital skills.

CITY College was invited to the event as it officially supports as an educational institution the initiatives of Cisco through a MoU of collaboration which foresees cooperation in common research projects, relevant studies, development of innovative projects, creation of educational programmes and many more.

The event was well-attended by business, industry and government representatives. Among others, present at the event were Mr Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance, Mr. Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister of Research & Innovation, Mr. Adonis Georgiadis, Minister for Development and Investment, and Mr. Konstantinos Zervas, Mayor of Thessaloniki.

We would like to warmly thank for the kind invite Mr. Nikos Lambrogiorgos, Senior Account Manager, Public Sector - Cisco Greece and coordinator of Cisco’s Digital Center and Mr. Antonis Tsiboukis, General Manager - Cisco Greece, Cyprus, Portugal and Malta.