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[[Timo Heino]], the Finish Ambassador in Cyprus has visited [[Future Worlds Center]] 12 Jan 2017 | [[Timo Heino]], the Finish Ambassador in Cyprus has visited [[Future Worlds Center]] 12 Jan 2017 to meet [[Ekkotek High-tech business incubator| Ekkotek's]] [[CiReNews Citizens Reporting the News]] group that has won in 2015 the Slush competition. | ||
The Ambassador showed interest to learn more about the [[Future Worlds Center Philosophy|philosophy | The Ambassador showed interest to learn more about the [[Future Worlds Center Philosophy|philosophy]] and the [[Constitutional and Value Policies]] of [[Future Worlds Center]] as well as about its major projects. [[Kerstin Wittig]], Head of [[Global Education Unit]], [[Fatema Islam]] representing the [[Humanitarian Affairs Unit]], and [[Yiannis Laouris]] representing the [[New Media Lab]] talked about current strategic priorities and projects of the respective Units. Yiannis focused on the 10-year long successful implementation of safer internet projects culminating with the [[Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center]]. [[Constantinos Tsiourtos]], Head of Policy and Strategy explained our pioneering work in Cyber Safety, Securitty and Crime and described the [[UINFC2 - Engaging Users in Preventing and Fighting Cyber Crime]] as well as the efforts to setup a [[3CE - Cyprus Cyber Crime Center of Excellence for Training, Research and Education|Center of Excellence]]. | ||
The Ambassador was particularly intrigued by the work done on developing tools that harness the collective wisdom of people like the [[IdeaPrism]]. | |||
[[File:Ambassador_Timo_Heino_w_laouris_Shoshilos.jpeg|500px|thumb|left|upright=2.0|Ambassador Timo Heino, Yiannis Laouris, Andreas Shoshilos]] | [[File:Ambassador_Timo_Heino_w_laouris_Shoshilos.jpeg|500px|thumb|left|upright=2.0|Ambassador Timo Heino, Yiannis Laouris, Andreas Shoshilos]] | ||
[[File:Ambassador_Timo_Heino_w_team.jpeg| | [[File:Ambassador_Timo_Heino_w_team.jpeg|420px|thumb|right|upright=2.0|Andreas Shoshilos, Katerina Fotiou, Eleni Philippou, Corina Drousiotou, Acpa Xidea, Kerstin Wittig, Ambassador Timo Heino, Yiannis Laouris, Fatema Islam]] |