The MONROE consortium held a face-to-face meeting during three days that contributed to the project development with key decisions both for hardware and system design. Technical parallel sessions were organized for the engineering team to work on the proof-of-concept implementation of hardware components. Members of the Scientific Advisory Board joined the consortium on the third day, which was dedicated to their recommendations and remarks. The MONROE team met at Karlstad University, Sweden, last September 2 to 4.