Mirko Bass is leading Cisco’s Country Digitisation Acceleration Program for Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. Currently, his major focus is on connecting people and ideas. Mirko drives country-specific Initiatives, helping government, industry and academia to become more competitive by leveraging information and communications technologies. He received a bachelor‘s degree in Information Technology and Economics. Mirko, a Singularity University Alumni, is a strong believer that the real value is happening at the intersections of industry segments and architectures and the Network being the glue in capturing this benefit while connecting everyone, everything, everywhere - all the time. Mirko lives in Hamburg, Germany, is married and has two daughters. He enjoys spending time with his family and playing tennis in his spare time. Twitter: @BassMirko LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/mirko-bass-4b0a5a58 Refugee First Response Center: from Idea to Execution to Live Implementation in 6 weeks www.rfrc.eu