The kick-off meeting for ColOpt took place in Milano. The meeting was attended by T. Ackemann (Strathclyde), G. Robb (Strathclyde), R. Kaiser ( CNRS), N. Piovella (UMIL), T. Donner (ETHZ), H. Ritsch (UINN), C. Raab (TOPTICA) and G. Lazarev (HOLO).

Other colleagues attended via skype S. Franke-Arnold (UGLAS), S. Salma (EKUT), G. Morigi (USAAR) and J. Bain (M2).