The second ivBM-4PAP Consortium meeting was held in Zaragoza, on 31^nd Jan-1^st Feb 2024, hosted by Prof. Nunilo Cremades at the Institute of Biocomputing and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI) of the University of Zaragoza.

In the first day, both scientific and management sessions were discussed. Basically, all the partners presented their scientific activities reached in the first Reporting Period (Month 12, i.e. 29^th February 2024) based on the Grant Agreement signed with the EU Commission. As expected, all the tasks were carried out as planned in due time. In the following session (management), the guidelines and deadlines for planning the work on the 1^st ivBM-4PAP Periodic Report to the EU Commission were shared with the Consortium by the IIT project management staff aimed at creating a smooth coordination among the partners to achieve the final goal in the due date, i.e. 31th March 2024.

The next Consortium Appointment will be the 1^st Review Meeting (online) with the ivBM-4PAP Project Officer (PO) and external experts for evaluating the scientific work, the project impact (from the scientific, technological, economic and social points of view) and the management procedures carried out in this first year of action.

On 29 September, the Consortium of the ivBM-4PAP project met online to examine the state-of-play of ongoing project activities, six months after its kick-off.

The meeting was divided into two sessions. In the first one, the PIs shared their advancements based on the project’s achievements to be reached within the end of the first Reporting Period (i.e. February 2024). The following session focused on financial management, dissemination, exploitation and communication strategies/activities planned in the first year of the project. Overall, the project is running smoothly and the partners headed back with the good perspective of being in the right way for achieving the 1^st year project tasks in due time.

The next Consortium Meeting is planned to be held in person on January 2024 at Zaragoza (Spain).

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