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Dear MCT, </div>
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I wanted to follow up on the discussion during the last meeting regarding the agenda for the in-person meeting on 19 May.</div>
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Following internal discussions with Valerio, we propose structuring the meeting around two main areas:</div>
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As mentioned before, I would like us shape the agenda collaboratively to make the meeting as productive as possible. For this reason, rather than circulating a draft agenda at this stage, I would appreciate everyone's inputs on the points below:</div>
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There is no need to respond to every point, but I would appreciate some input from everyone. Once we gather these contributions, Ana and I will structure the agenda accordingly and circulate it.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>On a different - but critical - note, we have booked a restaurant for dinner after the meeting (</b><a href="https://barolivera.com/" target="_blank" id="OWA2ad48b00-2571-8295-410a-0d8c01c66e40" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://barolivera.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b>L’Olivera</b></a><b> restaurant,
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(30, 83, 163);"><a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=cf33b23b3bae459661a105ae00756f4d5eaa9a81809d4250cc6bfe2c72aff82cJmltdHM9MTc3ODAyNTYwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=27054b74-c5c0-6ce5-3a64-5ee5c4b76dbb&u=a1L21hcHM_Jm1lcGk9NTZ-fkVtYmVkZGVkfkFkZHJlc3NfTGluayZ0eT0xOCZxPUwlMjdPbGl2ZXJhJnNzPXlwaWQuWU44RjA3MUU0NDNBM0VFODk2JnBwb2lzPTQxLjQwNTgwMzY4MDQxOTkyXzIuMTg5MzQ4MjIwODI1MTk1M19MJTI3T2xpdmVyYV9ZTjhGMDcxRTQ0M0EzRUU4OTZ-JmNwPTQxLjQwNTgwNH4yLjE4OTM0OCZ2PTImc1Y9MSZGT1JNPU1QU1JQTA&ntb=1" target="_blank" id="OWAd3ca858d-e2c5-23fb-e330-94c8dbbbb1f1" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=cf33b23b3bae459661a105ae00756f4d5eaa9a81809d4250cc6bfe2c72aff82cjmltdhm9mtc3odayntywma&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=27054b74-c5c0-6ce5-3a64-5ee5c4b76dbb&u=a1l21hchm_jm1lcgk9ntz-fkvtymvkzgvkfkfkzhjlc3nftgluayz0et0xoczxpuwlmjdpbgl2zxjhjnnzpxlwawquwu44rja3muu0ndnbm0vfodk2jnbwb2lzptqxljqwntgwmzy4mdqxotkyxziumtg5mzq4mjiwodi1mtk1m19mjti3t2xpdmvyyv9ztjhgmdcxrtq0m0ezruu4otz-jmnwptqxljqwntgwnh4ylje4otm0ocz2ptimc1y9mszgt1jnpu1qu1jqta&ntb=1" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(30, 83, 163);"><b><u>Calle
de los Escultores Claperós 39, 08018, Barcelona</u></b></a><b><u>, 8pm) </u></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>and need you to pick your main course and dessert:
</b><a href="https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Tm9A12vPSQ" id="OWA21bf45a4-f3e7-3413-a921-dfbaff7b59ca" class="OWAAutoLink"><b>MCT Social dinner - 19 May, 2026 – Fill out form</b></a></span></div>
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Apologies for the lengthy email.</div>
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We are looking forward to welcoming you again in Barcelona. </div>
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Best wishes,</div>
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