It was on 1 January 2024 when METROFOOD-RI officially entered its "Early Phase Implementation" with the start of the European project, Horizon Europe, METROFOOD-EPI, in order to advance the building process of METROFOOD-RI as infrastructure consolidated for its full implementation and ensure an effective start of the operational phase. Now, after six months, we’re halfway through the job with a new phase opens that will allow this project to advance towards the goal that we had set. The Interim meeting of the METROFOOD-EPI (Early Phase Implementation) project will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 26 and 27 June 2024. It will be an important occasion in which the project partners will discuss project progress, in particular the work carried out within each WPs (Work Packages) in these first six months, in order to share points of views, opinions and update on the project's progress in the upcoming months. The event will be hosted in one of the Conference Halls of the Aristotle University Research Dissemination Center (KEDEA), part of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.