The BeMAGIC kick-off meeting was held on 28-29 November 2019 in Gran Hotel Rey don Jaime, Castelldefels, Spain. This event was organized by the Coordinator institution, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and it gathered together the representatives from the Beneficiary Partners and Partner Organizations of the project. After the welcome presentations delivered by Prof. Enric Llebot, Director of the Physics Department, and Prof. Armand Sánchez, Vice-Rector of research of UAB, the Coordinator, Prof. Jordi Sort, presented the project, the objectives and the work packages of the action. Afterwards, the Training Manager, Dr. Eva Pellicer, explained in detail the training strategy. Importantly, the representatives of the Beneficiary Partners and Partner organizations introduced their institutions and their role within BeMAGIC by delivering a brief presentation. In addition, the Project Manager, Dr. Jordi Malapeira, presented the management aspects and the Consortium Agreement, the Recruitment Manager, Prof. Paola Tiberto, showed the BeMAGIC recruitment strategy and progress and the Dissemination and Outreach Manager, Dr. Karin Leistner, explained the communication plan. The training in soft skills was tackled by Dr. Gavin Lucas from ThePaperMill, the partner company in charge of transferrable skills. To conclude the event, the Coordinator overviewed the action plan, work packages, milestones and deliverables.
