The Kick off meeting took place on the 26th of January 2023 in the premises of CERTH. The meeting was held in a hybrid mode, online were NECTON, ALLMICROALGAE, UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, and the Project officer. Present were CERTH, Agricultural University of Athens, FEM and Bionos, Berkeley University couldn’t join due to differences in time however all material was sent to Prof. Melis.

Partners discussed the implementation of the project, the secondments to the consortium agreement and got the opportunity to meet. The Project officer presented the Marie Curie Rise program, structure and obligations.