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The official presentation took place this morning on the campus of Los Jeronimos

Angel Lloret, regional director of Telefonica in the region of Murcia, stressed the important digital transformation experienced by the UCAM

This is a new initiative of the Catholic University of Murcia with Telefonica, which will allow about 16,000 undergraduate and master of the institution as it is a transversal theme, access to scholarships, research programs, lectures training, internships in the company and develop their projects based on new technologies.

A wide range of activities that take in the R & D + i and its line of action which aims to promote entrepreneurship among young people and encourage their innovative potential.

In the presentation ceremony involved Jose Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM;

Jose Carmona, director of the Technological Institute of Murcia, and Angel Lloret, regional director of Telefonica in the region of Murcia, who underlined the importance of this Chair, and assured that they have chosen the UCAM for implementation "as it is a university that has made an impressive digital processing, and it stands as an example ".

Similarly, Lloret has highlighted that we live in a time in which adaptation to new technologies is essential for all levels of society, and "we believe that the university is one of the ideal places in which promote entrepreneurship in this digital age as her youth, eager to learn and innovation "is combined;

the matter has highlighted the role that is developing the Technological Institute of Murcia UCAM.

For his part, the president of the UCAM has reaffirmed his words the strong commitment being made by Murcia institution for innovation and technology, and recalled that the UCAM pioneered the creation of chairs.

Actions

The Chair provides a wide range of training activities, outreach, teaching and research with Telefonica wants to boost the careers of young Murcia.

Thus, students can join the national HackforGood contest in which students from all over Spain compete to develop the best application for social purposes.

They may also participate in the Think Big program or accelerator Wayra projects and visit the Center for Data Management Telefónica in order to know the largest data center in Europe or attend an Innovation and Talent hand Ferran Adrià.

Scholarships to undertake

In addition, Telefónica's bid for the educational community Murcia includes access by students UCAM Scholarship Startups (within their Talentum program) and an aid plan to enter the labor market with the possibility of internships in the company.

The Chair is linked to the digital enterprise and its activity is closely linked to the changes and needs of the environment, "it is a chair 'alive' in flux, with an innovative, pioneering and abreast of new trends character," he adds Lloret.

Cybersecurity

After the presentation, the Business Development Manager Phone Security in Valencia, Murcia and the Balearic Islands, Mario Garrido, gave the conference "Cybersecurity, a future option."

Source: UCAM