Panagiotidis Kosmas

communication team, tedx thessaloniki

He calls himself a “Volunteerista”. Kosmas was born in Thessaloniki in 1987. Having successfully completed his undergraduate studies in the Dept. of Political Sciences in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, he continued studying for two more years at postgraduate level at the Dept. of Journalism & Mass Media Communication. His studies in combination with his long working experience as a journalist in several media taught him the essence of communication and journalism.

Nowadays he is Phd candidate in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, studying new media technologies and journalistic practices such as Semantic Web and Data Journalism.

He has been involved as a volunteer at several events for the city of Thessaloniki such as the marathon “Great Alexander”. Last year he volunteered for TEDx Thessaloniki event for the first time and this year he considers himself lucky to be in the Publicity & Communication Department.

He is also passionate about activism, speaking Italian, watching Quentin Tarantino’s films, traveling through Europe and playing music (as a Dj).