CoWERC’ s first annual in person meeting was held both remotely and in person at Northwestern University, Chicago and Sde Boquer, Israel on Wednesday, October 19th and Thursday, October 20th. Our lineup of events included individual technical project presentations by both projects leads and students, Lunch at Northwestern University’s Allen Center, Lab Tours, and an Executive Committee Meeting on the last day. The Executive Committee Meeting covered research and financial updates, as well as year 3 project plans. Overall, it was a very productive meeting, and it was great to finally be able to meet each other in person. Thank you to all who came to Northwestern University, including Amit Gross of Ben-Gurion University. To all our students and consortium leads – thank you for all your hard work thus far! We look forward to seeing everyone in-person next year.