Our Inaugural Symposium took place in Hanasaari, Espoo. Fifty CoE members were present to enjoy the presentations of our guest speakers: Kai Simons, Ari Helenius, Mark Sansom, Ünal Coskun, Marko Kaksonen and Harald Stenmark; as well as of three ProLipids members, Maarit Hölttä-Vuori, Karol Kaszuba and Hongzhia Zhao. In addition to our scientific programme, the …