The first activity of the EPI-Cluster was a meeting focused on reaching broad consensus on the cooperation among the different member organisations of EPI-Cluster and the identification of the main objectives and actions. In addition to the leadership of EPI-Cluster composed of the coordinators of multiple large-scale epilepsy research projects along with the EPI-Care clinical network and professional and patient-representative organisations, the meeting was attended by a number of stakeholders from outside the EPI-Cluster leadership.  These included coordinators of other European epilepsy projects, experts in big data, pre-clinical and clinical data sharing organisations, patient organisations and industry. 