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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Marina Santana <Marina.Santana@icfo.eu>
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<b>Sent:</b> 06 November 2025 4:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Valerio Pruneri <Valerio.Pruneri@icfo.eu>; Ana Aguarod Franco <Ana.Aguarod@icfo.eu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Important information about in-person meetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">I do apologise about the typo on my last email, where I obviously meant "Steering Committee" - although to be fair, I quite like the thought of stirring some ideas up together!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Best wishes,<br>
Marina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:#001489">Marina Santana-Vega, PhD</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">PIXEurope Project Manager</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">PIXSpain Competence Centre Ecosystem Manager</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Mediterranean Technology Park</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, num. 3<br>
08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">T: +34 93 554 2228</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">E:
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:#467886"><a href="mailto:marina.santana@icfo.eu"><span style="color:#467886">marina.santana@icfo.eu</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:#001489">I:
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://www.icfo.eu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.icfo.eu</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Marina Santana<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 6, 2025 3:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es">pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es</a> <<a href="mailto:pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es">pixeurope-sc@lists.icfo.es</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Valerio Pruneri <<a href="mailto:Valerio.Pruneri@icfo.eu">Valerio.Pruneri@icfo.eu</a>>; Ana Aguarod Franco <<a href="mailto:Ana.Aguarod@icfo.eu">Ana.Aguarod@icfo.eu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Important information about in-person meetings</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Dear Stirring Committee, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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As you may be aware, the PIXEurope SC must meet in person twice a year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">We propose
<b>Thursday 18 February, in Barcelona </b>for the first in-person meeting<b>. </b>
We asked for your availability for this date to organise the End-User and Ecosystem Day, so I hope it still works for you. Let me know if this is no longer the case. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Moving forward, and to give as much notice as possible, we suggest holding these meetings in
<b>January and June each year </b>(General Assemblies would be held together with the June SC meeting to minimise travel). Please let me know if this seems reasonable or if other months would work better around teaching commitments or school holidays. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">We’d also like to invite partners to<b> host future SC meetings or General Assemblies.</b> While these will remain chaired by the Coordinator (ICFO), we’d be happy to rotate locations
to reflect the decentralised nature of the Pilot Line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Lastly, I would like to inform you that the first
<b>in-person Management and Coordination Team meeting</b> will take place during SEMICON Europa later this month, and future dates will be set then. You are
<u>not </u>required for these meetings but we will keep you informed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Thanks again for your patience and flexibility.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Best wishes,<br>
Marina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">SUMMARY OF DATES:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">First in-person SC meeting: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">February 18<sup>th</sup> 2025 in Barcelona<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">Second in-person SC meeting AND General Assembly:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos"> June 2026, location TBD<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">January (SC only) and June (SC+GA) each year<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="xelementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:#001489">Marina Santana-Vega, PhD</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">PIXEurope Project Manager</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">PIXSpain Competence Centre Ecosystem Manager</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Mediterranean Technology Park</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss, num. 3<br>
08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">T: +34 93 554 2228</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">E:
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:#467886"><a href="mailto:marina.santana@icfo.eu"><span style="color:#467886">marina.santana@icfo.eu</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xelementtoproof"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:#001489">I:
</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://www.icfo.eu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.icfo.eu</span></a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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