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# 13th May 2025

The session was run in the related [miro board](https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVKro_lxs=/). 

📽️ The meeting recording can be found [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zy1imwMT1TLupgHIpcIi1N7TtawvebJ8/view?usp=sharing).

## Participants

| Name                    | Role                               | Attendance |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------- |
| Lorenzo Bruno           | Secretary                          | Yes        |
| Samuel Leathers         | Chair                              | Yes        |
| Alexandre Maaza         | Voting Seat (Vice-Chair Appointee) | Yes        |
| Juan Sierra             | Voting Seat                        | Yes        |
| Yoram Ben-Zvi           | Voting Seat                        | Yes        |
| Alexa C. (Thyme Studio) | Voting Seat                        | Yes        |
| James Meidinger         | Voting Seat                        | Yes        |
| Christian Schmitz       | Voting Seat                        | No         |
| Giorgio Zinetti         | Voting Seat                        | No         |
| Tomas Garro             | SME                                | No         |
| Jess Fields             | SME                                | No         |
| Kyle Solomon            | Observer (Former Vice-Chair)       | No         |
| Carlos Lopez De Lara    | Observer (Former Committee Member) | No         |
| Tegegne Tefera          | Observer (Former Committee Member) | Yes        |
| Marco Moshi             | Observer (Guest – GMC & EFWG)      | Yes        |
| Simo Simovic            | Observer                           | Yes        |

## Agenda

* Review previous actions and updates
  * welcome newly elected committee members
  * Vice-Chair transition update
  * update on monthly reward payments
* CPC overview
  * review Product Committee remit
  * review current work in progress
  * review access to meetings, Slack, Discord and shared drives
* Product research – review and approve nine research initiatives
* Update from Marco Moshi (GMC & Ecosystem Funding Working Group)
* Review KPI feedback from the Technical Steering Committee – review proposed changes against current status – agree feedback for TSC

## Updates

* **Review previous actions and updates**
  * **Welcome newly elected committee members**
    * The Chair welcomed newly elected committee members and confirmed their participation in Committee activities.
  * **Vice-Chair transition update**
    * The Chair informed the Committee that Kyle Solomon had stepped down as Vice-Chair and that Alexandre Maaza had been appointed as interim Vice-Chair pending the June leadership election.
  * **Update on monthly reward payments**
    * The Secretary provided an update on the committee reward payment process and expected payment timeline.
* **CPC overview**
  * **Review Product Committee remit**
    * The Secretary reviewed the Product Committee remit and onboarding information with newly elected members.
  * **Review current work in progress**
    * The Secretary provided an overview of ongoing work, including the product research programme, budget proposal activities and KPI refinement work.
  * **Review access to meetings, Slack, Discord and shared drives**
    * The Secretary reviewed onboarding progress and access requirements for Committee communication channels and collaboration tools.
* **Product research**
  * **Review and approve nine research initiatives**
    * The Committee reviewed the nine proposed research initiatives, discussed their objectives and deliverables, and approved progressing all nine initiatives for publication and proposal intake through a unanimous vote of voting members present.
* **Update from Marco Moshi (GMC & Ecosystem Funding Working Group)**
  * The Committee received a presentation on a proposed capital productivity framework intended to assess whether treasury-funded initiatives contribute to measurable ecosystem outcomes aligned with Vision 2030 and discussed its potential application to ecosystem funding and KPI development.
* **Review KPI feedback from the Technical Steering Committee**
  * **Review proposed changes against current status**
    * No discussion for this topic was held.
  * **Agree feedback for TSC**
    * No discussion for this topic was held.

## Outcomes & Recommendations

N/A

## Decisions Recorded

* The Committee approved the nine Product Research RFPs and agreed to proceed with publication and proposal intake. The approval was unanimous among the voting members present.
* The Chair confirmed the appointment of Alexandre Maaza as interim Vice-Chair pending the June leadership election.


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