On January 30th, 2025 took place the closing ceremony of the VII Course of Management and Direction of ICT and Information Security and the awarding of diplomas to the students who, as part of this course, have completed the fifth edition of the Master’s Degree in ICT Management for the Defense (Master DIRETIC), an official degree of the University of Vigo, taught by the Defense University Center at the Spanish Naval Academy (CUD-ENM).
The ceremony, which took place in the Assembly Hall of the Spanish Naval Academy (ENM), was chaired by the Deputy Director of the Center for Information and Communications Systems and Technologies (CESTIC), Col. Mr. Pablo Moreno Galdó, and he was accompanied in the presidency by the Vice Rector of Degrees and Teaching Innovation of the University of Vigo, Mr. Alfonso Lago Ferreiro, the Director of the Defence University Center at the Spanish Naval Academy, Dr. José Martín Davila, the Deputy Director-Chief of Studies of the Spanish Naval Academy, Mr. CF. Federico Baeza Richer and the Coordinator of the Master DIRETIC, Prof. Dr. Mr. José González Coma.
The event was attended by civilian and military authorities, representatives of companies in the Galician technology sector, and lecturers and students of the VII and VIII Course on Management and Direction of STIC and Information Security.
The event began with the intervention of the Deputy Director of CESTIC, who gave as the last lecture of the course the conference entitled “Evolution of I3D”. At the end, the Director of CUD-ENM moderated a colloquium on the topics covered in the lecture, in which there was great participation from the students.
After the speeches of the Vice Rector of the University of Vigo and the Director of the CUD-ENM, the DIRETIC Master’s Coordinator highlighted the good development of the course and the good results. Subsequently, Tcol. Mr. Arturo Blesa Solano, as the senior student of the VII course of Management and Direction of STIC and Information Security, offered some brief and emotional words on behalf of his classmates. The round of speeches ended with the participation of the Deputy Director-Chief of Studies of the Spanish Naval Academy.
Afterwards, diplomas were awarded to the students who successfully passed the VII Course on Management and Direction of STIC and Information Security, with special mention to Mr. Daniel Porras Sánchez as the student with the best academic record of the course, whose diploma was handed out individually by the Deputy Director of CESTIC.
To conclude, the Deputy Director of CESTIC gave some words to close the course.