Students and academics from the University of York visit CITY College Europe Campus in Thessaloniki

Students from our Business Administration & Economics Department had a remarkable opportunity to meet academics and students from the School for Business and Society of the University of York, UK during a two-day event that was held 3-4 May 2023 at the main campus of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus.

Students had an enlightening learning and networking experience. They shared and discussed ideas within the framework of their 'Business Planning' and 'Entrepreneurship' modules, they were exposed to recent sustainability and ESG trends through inspiring talks from high-esteemed professionals of four big companies, visited the Digital Transformation and Digital Skills Center of CISCO, they made memorable connections, got to know the city of Thessaloniki, enjoyed the Greek cuisine and city nightlife.

Mr. Alexandros Theodoridis, Co-Founder and CEO of Boroume, Mr. Dimitris Boufeas, Head of Imports, Exports and Biofuels of Cetracore Jetoil SA, Mr. Georgios Fytianos, Sustainability Manager of Alumil, S.A. and Ms. Gianna Tzika, CEO of KONVA AEBE shared their professional experience and insights with a diversified audience.

A big thank you to all University of York colleagues that joined us here in Thessaloniki for this event, Lecturer Claire Sinclair, Dr. Nicola Forsdike, Senior Lecturer Jane Suter, Lecturer Catherine Botting, Dr. Simon Kelly, who assisted York students with their presentations, Ms Violeta Sfouri, Academic Director of BAED Postgraduate Programmes and Module Leader of the Entrepreneurship module for assisting CITY College students with their presentations, the BAED Management Team, Ms. Aggeliki Papakonstantinou, Head of BAED, Dr. Fenia Mavrodi, Academic Director of BAED Undergraduate Programme and Ms. Christina Michou, Programme Coordinator of BAED Undergraduate Programme.

We would also like to thank all the event coordinators and CITY College Ambassadors for their tremendous help in successfully executing every single detail and last but not least the CITY College CSU for organising a smashing closing party!