On the 4th and 5th of June 2020, all the existing 20 PhD CUT researchers presented their PhD activities as well as their PhD objectives, methodology, results and future work to the EXCELSIOR Partners. After every PhD candidate presentation, there was a discussion with the partners. This was the first two-day workshop organized by the EXCELSIOR H2020 TEAMING Project and the ERATOSTHNENES Centre of Excellence. More than 55 participants, including all strategic partners of the EXCELSIOR Project, joined the workshop.