Running low in sleep already (EC-TEL is THE spot for proposal building for call 8), I am sitting in exactly the right mood in the TEL think tank workshop jointly organised by the projects STELLAR, TELMAP, GALA, and the UK TLRP TEL projects: deprivation turned me into a tank, not open to any new idea. No! I’m joking! Finally the Roman weather gods favour us and we are firing up an explosive workshop in what already indicates to be a beautiful day. A fresh breeze coming in through the terrace doors, keeping all the bright minds cool for high performance.

Aim of the workshop is to create coherence and synergy, facilitate a shared body of knowledge, support adoption. And not least: developing future visions and elaborating “some good disagreements”, as Ambjoern Naeve from Stockholm phrases it.