On Thursday, March 2019 and time 18:30 - 21:00, in the Conference room, Speech by Mrs. Maria Boura, Director, Government & Industry Relations and Innovation at Ericsson.

MSc Digital Culture, Smart Cities, IoT & Advanced Digital Technologies

Speech by Mrs. Maria Boura, Director, Government & Industry Relations and Innovation at Ericsson, Awarded "Executive Woman of the Year", INFO-COM Awards 2018, for her contribution to the ICT industry, on the topic "5G, Digital Transformation and Women" at the University of Piraeus.

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 from 18:30 - 21:00, in the Conference Hall of the Central Building of the University of Piraeus (Karaoli & Dimitriou 80, Piraeus), on the occasion of March 8 (International Women's Day), your we invite you to the speech of Mrs. Maria Boura, Director, Government & Industry Relations and Innovation at Ericsson, "Executive Woman of the Year" Awardee, INFO-COM Awards 2018, for her contribution to the ICT industry, on the topic of "5G, Digital Transformation and Women" within the framework of the Program "Digital Culture, Smart Cities, IoT and Advanced Digital Technologies", of the Department of Informatics of the University of Piraeus. The event will be welcomed by the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Lifelong Education, Professor Grigorios Chondrokoukis.

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Maria Boura is Ericsson's Head of the company's Relations with Government Officials, Regulatory Authorities & Industry Bodies, and Innovation. In addition, he has Sales responsibilities towards the Strategy and Marketing Departments of the providers in Greece and Cyprus.

She began her career in Research & Development, and has since held leadership positions in various functions within the ICT industry, typically serving multiple clients and countries. He speaks 4 languages and has lived and worked in four countries outside of Greece. She is a featured speaker and frequently represents Ericsson at conferences and events here and abroad. In the past he worked at Intracom and at the National Research Center for Natural Sciences "Demokritos". He holds a Degree in Physics (University of Patras) as well as a Master's Degree in Telecommunications (National & Kapodistrian University of Athens).

She is active in promoting more women in leadership positions as well as in STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics. Since May 2016, she is a co-founder of the international non-profit organization Women Leadership Hub Association - WLH, while in the past she has been an elected Member of the Board of the Women Managers & Entrepreneurs Development Sector TOGME of EEDE.

Maria Boura is also passionate about startups - she is one of the experts at Metavallon VC, a judge at MITEF and represents Ericsson at the NTUA's hi-tech startup incubator, Invent ICT. She likes music, dancing, reading and nature. She was born in Athens and is the proud mother of two boys.

MSc Digital Culture, Smart Cities, IoT & Advanced Digital Technologies

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07 Mar 2019