On the 23rd and 24th of May, 2016 the Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius arrived in the Czech Republic and together with representatives of Lithuanian companies and scientific institutions visited the international laser center ELI Beamlines and HiLASE laser hall in Dolni Brezany.
On May 24th the conference entitled “Perspectives of Czech-Lithuanian Research Partnerships” was held to calibrate the long-term cooperation between Czech and Lithuanian entities in the ELI Beamlines laser center. The aim of the conference was to identify the main directions of the collaboration between Czech and Lithuanian partners from the academic and commercial spheres, thus to promote the start of the research potential of both countries. The all-day program ended with a tour of the ELI Beamlines building and HiLASE laser hall where the Head of Centre Tomas Mocek and the Research Program Leaders presented the development of HiLASE lasers for industrial applications.