The last Science Café of 2024 showcased the most advanced laser technologies

05.12.2024


The final edition of this year's Science Café took place at the Prague House in Brussels on 21 November 2024. The event, organised by CZELO in cooperation with the Representation of the South Moravian Region in Brussels and the Representation of the City of Prague in Brussels, attracted almost 60 guests. Two representatives of ELI ERIC, CEO Allen Weeks and Director of Science of ELI Beamlines, Daniele Margarone, accepted the invitation to the debate. The discussion was moderated by Táňa Hálová Perglová from the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.

ELI ERIC is a unique, most advanced laser research infrastructure with its headquarters in Dolní Břežany, which operates the most powerful laser in the world. The infrastructure consortium also includes laser centers in Hungary (ELI ALPS) and Romania (ELI NP).

The debate presented advanced technologies that ELI ERIC is able to apply to various industries with the help of lasers. It was about particle acceleration using lasers, unique imaging methods or fusion energy research, which offers a compact and affordable alternative to classic accelerators with applications in research, medicine and industry.

In the second part of the debate, the speakers presented the possibilities of open infrastructure calls for foreign scientists and their research or the functioning and history of the establishment of the infrastructure itself.

The participants also had a unique opportunity to use virtual reality, which allowed them to take a virtual tour of the ELI scientific premises in Dolní Břežany.