“Trends and Challenges – Hard Materials Processing by Laser” – this was the main topic of the workshop and round table with the industry that took place on the 18th, June 2019 in the HiLASE Centre. The event was organized in the cooperation with the Research Center of Manufacturing Technology of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering CTU. The workshop focused mainly on the fields of micromachining and Laser Shock Peening and development of common projects and cooperation.