BCThubs consortium kick-off meeting took place at Divani Palace Hotel in Larisa, Greece on the 7th of February 2023. The meeting was broken into two sessions, morning and afternoon. The morning session was dedicated to management issues, when EU representatives presented financial/administrative guidelines for the smooth implementation of the project, while a presentation was made regarding policy aspects of the Excellence Hubs. The afternoon session included an overall project presentation by the Project Coordinator, brief consortium partners’ individual presentations, and presentations of the WPs by the responsible partner for each one of them.