MA in Digital Transformation-digidcl, Panteion University

👏 Congratulations to the “Corpus Electica” team for winning in the category “Institutional Disinformation Shield”!

➡️ This student team proposed a powerful app designed to protect democratic legitimacy and shield public dialogue during sensitive election periods when disinformation, deepfakes and foreign information manipulation peak.

🌟 What makes Corpus Electica special is its dual-portal architecture that simultaneously arms both institutions and everyday citizens.

🏛️ For the government, it provides a real-time operational dashboard featuring an automated threat detection engine and AI narrative risk scoring.

👥 For citizens, it offers a trusted mobile interface that delivers localized alerts and pre-bunking/debunking educational tips.

📌 Built strictly "ethical by design", the system enforces absolute anti-censorship operational limits to defend democratic trust while fully preserving freedom of expression. It achieves this by relying entirely on transparent threat labeling rather than content takedowns or account interventions.

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ℹ️ About the Hackathon:
The annual Hackathon is an intensive innovation competition exclusively designed for the students of the MA in Digital Transformation at Panteion University. Inspired and guided by industry mentors, our student teams collaborate to design, prototype, and pitch cutting-edge digital solutions to real-world challenges.

was proudly co-organized with the General Secretariat for Communication and Media. This year’s core theme was: “Shielding the integrity of communication in the era of pervasive mis/dis-information”.

👏 Congratulations to the “Crisis Compass” Team for winning in the category “Crisis Communication Governance Model”!

👩‍💻 This student team designed a web-based tool for the General Secretariat for Communication and Media, establishing a coordinated and resilient communication system that delivers trusted, timely, and consistent information during crises.

🧭🚨 The “Crisis Compass” seamlessly guides authorities through a structured crisis lifecycle across 7 integrated modules:

🔎 it captures the initial incident intake, feeds a real-time Social Listening Engine to score disinformation risks, uses an AI Escalation Assessment to suggest threat tiers, and instantly triggers dynamic role activation for relevant state actors.

📢🗣️ From there, spokespersons utilize a Narrative Builder Matrix to lock in official drafts, route statements through automated Approvals & Distribution channels, and close the loop with a Post-Crisis Evaluation report.

✅ By bringing order to chaos, this prototype effectively safeguards public trust and defuses the spread of disinformation before it can escalate.

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ℹ️ About the Hackathon:
The annual Hackathon is an intensive innovation competition exclusively designed for the students of the MA in Digital Transformation at Panteion University. Inspired and guided by industry mentors, our student teams collaborate to design, prototype, and pitch cutting-edge digital solutions to real-world challenges.

was proudly co-organized with the General Secretariat for Communication and Media. This year’s core theme was: “Shielding the integrity of communication in the era of pervasive mis/dis-information”.

👏 Congratulations to the “Traceproof” team for winning in the category: Evidence-Based Governmental Communication & E-Briefing Workflow!

➡️ This student team built an internal GovTech dashboard that completely changes how public servants communicate during a crisis.

⏳ Instead of waiting hours for final reports, their platform allows the government spokesperson to post official “Under Verification” updates to a government website in 3 clicks and under 3 minutes.

🤖 It also leverages an AI simplification engine to instantly turn dense, technical briefs into clear, plain-language summaries that anyone can understand.

✅ The "TraceProof" solution guarantees public trust by strictly blocking any update that isn’t digitally anchored to an official, independent scientific source.

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ℹ️ About the Hackathon:
The annual Hackathon is an intensive innovation competition exclusively designed for the students of the MA in Digital Transformation at Panteion University. Inspired and guided by industry mentors, the participants collaborate to design, prototype, and pitch cutting-edge digital solutions to real-world challenges.

was proudly co-organized with the General Secretariat for Communication and Media. This year’s core theme was: “Shielding the integrity of communication in the era of pervasive mis/dis-information”.

💜🚀 The experience through the eyes of Maria Kasapova, student of the MA in Digital Transformation.

🏆 3 challenges. 3 champions. 3 intense days. has officially wrapped up!

🔥 This year’s Hackathon of the MA in Digital Transformation was organized in collaboration with the ΓΓ Επικοινωνίας & Ενημέρωσης / SecGen for Communication & Media of the Presidency of the Government.

🤝 Through this powerful partnership, our students tackled the critical key theme of shielding the integrity of communication in the era of pervasive mis / dis- information.

👥 Working in teams, the students developed smart digital prototypes to address three main challenges:

🎯 Challenge 1: Evidence-based governmental communication & e-briefing workflow.
🎯 Challenge 2: Crisis Communication Governance Model.
🎯 Challenge 3: Institutional Disinformation Shield in election periods.

💡The level of innovation, teamwork, creativity and strategic thinking was truly unmatched.

🙌 A massive congratulations to our three winning teams for their exceptional proposals, and a huge well done to all participants for their incredible hard work! You all absolutely crushed it. 👏💜

🎓 Our recent graduate, Zoi Kaloudi, welcomed this year’s Class to the European Public Law Organization premises in the center of Athens during .

📌 The EPLO venue hosted the second day of our annual competition, which is co-organized with the General Secretariat for Communication and Media and proudly supported by EPLO.

🔙 Just last year, Zoi was sitting in those exact same chairs as a student competing in Hackathon 2025. In fact, her team went on to win the competition for the most innovative proposal! 🏆

⏩️ Fast forward to today, she has graduated, is working at EPLO, and is now standing on the other side of the podium welcoming the next generation.

Seeing our alumni pass the torch to the new class is the ultimate reward for our Master’s program. 🤝💜

🗣️ Mr. Dimitris Kirmikiroglou, Secretary General for Communication and Media, delivered the opening address at , co-organized by the MA in Digital Transformation (Panteion University) & the ΓΓ Επικοινωνίας & Ενημέρωσης / SecGen for Communication & Media (Presidency of the Government).

This 3-day innovation sprint invites postgraduate students to address critical challenges under the central theme: “Shielding the integrity of communication in the era of pervasive mis/dis-information".

🤝 This partnership is uniquely crucial in today’s volatile information environment. By bridging the gap between academic theory and practical application, it tasks participants with developing actionable frameworks to secure public communication against modern digital threats.

📌 Following our latest Joint Seminar on “Cyberdiplomacy Initiatives & Global Governance” at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Η Ελλάδα στον Κόσμο, Ambassador Michael Diamessis highlights the strategic partnership between the MA in Digital Transformation (Πάντειον Πανεπιστήμιο, Πρύτανις - Panteion University, Rector) and the Ελληνική Διπλωματική Ακαδημία - Hellenic Diplomatic Academy.

💡This session (the first held under our official MoU) opens unique opportunities for high-level knowledge exchange between our e-Diplomacy students and future Embassy Attachés.

🗣️ As Ambassador Diamessis notes, this is only the beginning of a fruitful partnership set to open new doors across multiple fields of international relations.