The DigitalEU Ambassadors project brings together content creators, journalists, and influencers who are active in the field of digital & tech topics.
The DigitalEU Ambassadors scheme of the Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) provides opportunity to join an exclusive community of people involved in communicating digital topics. DigitalEU Ambassadors get a chance to access a direct exchange of materials, information, and ideas with DG CNECT's Communication team and policy experts.
DigitalEU Ambassadors will act in their personal capacity or in professional capacity representing their own organisation, and not on behalf of the European Commission. Being a DigitalEU Ambassador does not involve organisational or financial support from the Commission. The European Commission makes a selection of DigitalEU Ambassadors based on an overall consideration of the objectives, values, and ongoing development of the initiative.
For more information about the project, please contact our team.
Who are the DigitalEU Ambassadors?
Alessandra Sibiriu 
Alessandra Sibiriu is Engineer interested in communicating on cybersecurity and tech topics on Instagram. She recently opened her blog and she is still very active on Instagram, where she has a passionate community.
Follow Alessandra: Instagram
Digital World Italia
Digital World Italia is a web magazine focusing on IT. Andrea Grassi is Editor at with a scientific and technical training, his area of interest is digital transformation and artificial intelligence. In the past, Andrea covered topics including Internet evolution, web and social platforms, cybercrime and IT security.
Cives
Cives is an Italian media page focused on producing information tailored to students and young adults. Among the various formats presented on the page one is specifically focused on the EU’s initiatives that get underreported by the national media.
Follow Cives: Instagram
Clara Fontaine-Say 
Clara is currently enrolled at the Institut français de Géopolitique. She is passionate about cybersecurity from a geopolitical and social sciences point of view. On Instagram, she publishes content on tech, cybersecurity, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Follow Clara: Instagram | LinkedIn
Cristiano De Nobili
Cristiano De Nobili is a lead AI Scientist at Pi School, Ph.D in Theoretical Particle and Statistical Physics at SISSA. He has a strong interest in AI research and Quantum Technologies. He is also a Machine Learning lecturer at Master in HPC and Deep Learning lecturer at Bicocca University. Cristiano is passionate about inspiring people towards science and a positive use of technology.
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Denise Silber
Denise Silber is an international digital health pioneer, strategist, author, and social media key opinion leader. She founded the digital health communications agency called Basil Strategies in 2001 and launched the Doctors 2.0 & You conferences in 2011. In 2020, she co-founded VRforHealth, an information platform devoted to therapeutic uses of Virtual Reality, and published Le Praticien Connecté.
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Factanza
Factanza is a media company on a mission to make information accessible to anyone, particularly to social media users. Born as an editorial project in March 2019, Factanza Media launched as a start-up in September 2020. In April 2022, Factanza launched its first podcast Vitamine.
Follow Factanza: Instagram
Gen Știri 
Gen Știri is a news channel created by young professional curators, targeting Romanian-speaking youth. The channel is specialised in communication through social media platforms, such as Instagram and TikTok. The team provides analyses, explains and depicts events in a more informal and engaging manner that is easy to grasp and connect to for the youngsters.
Follow Gen Știri: Instagram | TikTok
Henrik Roonemaa 
Highly accomplished Estonian tech journalist, boasting over two decades of experience in the industry. Throughout his career, he has held positions at several of Estonia's largest newspapers, as well as in radio and television. Henrik has also founded numerous tech-focused magazines, radio shows, and podcasts. In 2015, he established the successful digital publisher Geenius.ee, before exiting the company in 2021. He has made significant contributions to the tech industry through his coverage of a diverse range of topics, including personal technology, digital government, startups, digitalisation, and digital society. His expertise and insights have played an important role in shaping the conversation surrounding Estonia's digital transformation, which has propelled the country to the forefront of e-government and digital society.
Follow Henrik: LinkedIn | Mastodon | Facebook | Threads
Ilaria Potenza
Ilaria Potenza is journalist and storyteller writing on EU news for Rolling Stone, Linkiesta Europa and Il Sole 24 Ore. She is also MD and podcaster, author for ‘Generazione Covid’ hosted by the newspaper Domani and promoted by Banca Etica.
Giornalettismo
Giornalettismo is a web magazine engaged in general news, covering cybersecurity, privacy and Internet, tech and online media. Ilaria Roncone is Editor at Giornalettismo and she is interested in developing the magazine with a new editorial line focused on digital and tech.
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Jakub Mrugalski 
Jakub Mrugalski is a cybersecurity specialist, a web security coach, and pentester and entrepreneur. A frequent commentator in the field of online safety, he is a contributor on cybersecurity with a major Polish media outlet, and hosts a YouTube channel and two podcasts.
Jennifer Miraballes 
Jennifer Miraballes is a data and tech enthusiast. With a background in accounting and business administration, Jennifer has leveraged her skills as a software implementer to transition successfully to a freelance data analyst role. She has a passion for unlocking business insights through data visualization. She is currently pursuing data science studies and dedicated to sharing her insights, tips, and experiences with the Spanish-speaking community on Instagram to help them achieve fulfilling careers in data.
Follow Jennifer: Instagram | TikTok
Johana Bázlerová 
Johana Bázlerová is the creator of the Instagram account @jsemvobraze, based in Czechia. She created this news profile in 2020 with the intention of informing young people about current events in a simple and understandable way. She currently has over 190,000 followers. The topics she covers include geopolitics, equality, climate, and pop culture.
Follow Johana: Instagram
José Maria Pimentel 
José Maria Pimentel is an economist, podcaster and lecturer. With a career in the banking sector, he is creator and host of the award-winning podcast 45 Graus, a platform for conversations and debates with experts and thinkers in diverse fields (science, politics, culture, philosophy, economics, society). José is also invited professor at ISCTE-IUL and Católica Lisbon SBE and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at ISCTE-IULs. He is also the author of Política a 45 Graus.
Follow José Maria: Instagram | LinkedIn
Jowita Michalska
A digital transformation expert and educator, Jowita is an entrepreneur and founder of a Digital University providing programmes to adult audiences. She is a social activist, an advocate of women in tech, and a technology enthusiast.
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Kamil Wszołek
Kamil is a radio journalist and the presenter of the programme Web Trends on Radio Krakow. He specialises in media education, technology and cybersecurity and is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Management and Social Communications at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. His thesis focuses on media influence and image in popular culture.
Karim Hallal Peche
Karim Hallal Peche is Spanish YouTuber whose passion is to communicate about Europe and the European Union. He has been for more than 5 years creating videos on European affairs in his channel El Viejo Continente. Besides, he has given lectures about the EU and its functioning in several universities and institutions, such as the European Parliament, Council of Europe and Committee of the Regions. His aim is to make the European Union more understandable and entertaining.
Follow Karim: Instagram | YouTube
Nicolas Babin
Nicolas Babin is a Senior Executive with over 35 years of international, multilingual and multicultural experience. Key Opinion Leader and Influencer for many international brands as well as Start-ups and Scale-ups on subjects like AI, 5G, Robotic, Metaverse, digital transformation and Gamification. He has had management experience in both the East and West, setting up and managing international teams in Europe, US and Japan and he is a sought-after international keynote speaker on innovation, e-health, digital and robotics. Author of the award winning book The talking dog – immersion in new technologies.
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Orizzonti Politici
Orizzonti Politici is an Italian think-tank focused on international politics analysis, public policies and economy. As the “The Generation Z think tank”, it involves university students and young professionals tackling and explaining complex issues through innovative instruments and formats and adopting a simple and inclusive language.
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Riga Tech Girl 
Riga Tech Girl is the first community in Latvia dedicated to educating and inspiring girls and women about technology. They create workshops teaching the basics of computer programming and other valuable skills needed in the information age and organise meetups with inspirational women from the IT as speakers, sharing success-stories and telling about the industry.
Follow Riga Tech Girl: Instagram | LinkedIn
Rodrigo Taramona
Rodrigo Taramona is a renowned communicator and content creator focusing on the technological impact on humans. He ventured into the social media realm to share his narratives centered on the value of pro-human technology, the opportunities presented by Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the importance of aligning them to serve people. His work emphasises enhancing our capabilities instead of exploiting our vulnerabilities and underscores the significance of maintaining digital hygiene. Rodrigo offers a unique perspective on a promising future and how to live in it harmoniously, keeping our humanity in sight.
Follow Rodrigo: Instagram | Tik Tok | YouTube | LinkedIn | X
Siracusa News
Founded by Giangiacomo Farina in 2008, Siracusa News is a digital newspaper covering news, politics, sport and local cultural heritage. It’s the leading Sicilian newspaper in the western part of the island.
Follow Siracusa News: Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | TikTok
Sylwia Błach
Blogger, programmer, tech enthusiast, model, and author of horror books, Sylwia is passionate about breaking barriers for people with disabilities. She is an activist and a leading advocate defending the interests of people with disabilities. She was named one of 22 Women to Watch in 2022 by Forbes Magazine.
Follow Sylwia: Instagram | Facebook | Blog | LinkedIn
Tomasz Rożek
A physicist and the presenter of Like Science, a popular science and technology channel, Tomasz is a respected commentator and expert, involved in numerous initiatives and activities aimed at popularising science and scientific achievements, including the Academy of Superheroes.
Follow Tomasz: Instagram | LinkedIn | X
Veikko Venemies 
Veikko Venemies is a 25-year-old social media influencer based in Finland. His contents are specialised around tech-themes, including phones, gadgets, VR/AR and XR as well as Artificial Intelligence. He has been making videos online for over 12 years and have gathered one of the largest followings around the topic in Finland, with a combined following of over 100 000 people across platforms.
Follow Veikko: Instagram | YouTube | TikTok | Threads
Vincenzo Tiani
Data protection consultant, digital policy advisor, journalist and adjunct professor. Vincenzo specialises in privacy and IT law. Host of the #PanettaTechNews podcast, he writes about European digital policies on Wired, Sole 24 Ore, StartupItalia! and VICE. Professor of Law at IULM University, he lectures on topics related to internet and communication.
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Vito Verrastro
Vito Verrastro is a journalist, communicator, and trainer. Curious and passionate about work and innovation, he is the manager of the Facebook project Vivere Digitale at schools in the Southern of Italy (with Fondazione Mondo Digitale). Correspondent for RDS and INN, the first Italian all-news TV. Press Officer Responsible at Basilicata Chamber of Commerce. Host of the podcast “Lavoradio on work and innovation opportunities. Co-founder of the journalism community Constructive Network, teacher of "constructive communication" and at 24 Ore Business School.
Follow Vito: Facebook | LinkedIn
Wojtek Kardyś
Wojtek is a blogger, commentator, educator specialising in content, internet communication and digital marketing. He teaches courses, consults for business, and speaks at numerous events.
X: @WojtekKardys
Follow Wojtek: Instagram | LinkedIn | Blog | X
Meet the Community Managers
Artur Habant
Former senior diplomat and public affairs professional. Believes in people and institutions for the people. Trusts in cooperation and communication. Vigorously supports the European Union and the propitious nature of digital transformation of Europe.
Harnessing the past, firm in the present, embracing the future.
Follow Artur: LinkedIn
Elania Zito
Specialised in EU integration and communication, she is a Digital Communication Strategist with relevant experience both in institutional and political communication in Italy and at the EU level. She holds a Ph.D in Political Studies, with research on EU political processes and political language, and she disseminates on EU matters on her social media profiles, with a good mix of news and entertainment.
As Community Manager of the DigitalEU Ambassadors, she truly believes they all together express the EU motto “United in diversity”, spreading all together a pan-European enthusiasm.
Follow Elania: LinkedIn
Friends of the programme
- Antonio Grasso
- Laura De Almeida
- Otto Lanzavecchia
- Salvatore Borzacchiello
Chatting with the DigitalEU Ambassadors
Watch a series of chats with the EU #DigitalEU Ambassadors about Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Digital Future of Europe, and online platforms. Enjoy the conversations!
A chat with the #DigitalEU Ambassadors on Artificial Intelligence
A chat with the #DigitalEU Ambassadors on the Digital Future of Europe
A chat with the #DigitalEU Ambassadors on online platforms
