The STRONGEST kick-off meeting was held in Turin (Italy) on 19-21 January 2010, hosted by Telecom Italia. During the meeting the activities of the various workpackages were presented and discussed. The General assembly agreed on the year workplan, on the establishment of relationships with other FP7 projects (ETICS, MAINS and GEYSERS) and on the presentation of project contributions to various events in 2010.