No.13

NEWS
The Lithuanian Prime
Minister Visited the
ELI Beamlines Laser Center
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 in Dolni Brezany.
The Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius with Roman Hvězda, the ELI Beamlines Project Manager.
Jan Řídký, the director of Institute of Physics, is welcoming the Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius to ELI Beamlines.
On May 24 th 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 significance and importance
of the conference was
confirmed by the attendance
of top leaders of the Lithuanian
research community, as
well as representatives
of technological companies.
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 conference was organized
under the patronage of the Prime
Minister of the Republic of Lithuania
and the Ministry of Education, Youth
and Sports of the Czech Republic.
The contributions from
the Lithuanian side were presented
by Valdemaras Razumas,
the President of the Lithuanian
Academy of Sciences, Algis
Petras Piskarskas, the President
of the Lithuanian Laser Association,
Gintaras Valušis, the director of the
Centre for Physical Sciences and
Technology and Elona Juozaityte,
the Head of the Institute of Oncology
at Lithuanian University of Health
Sciences. The Czech part was
represented by Robert Plaga, the
Deputy of Minister of Education of
the Czech Republic, Jan Šafanda,
the Vice-President of the Czech
Academy of Sciences, Jan Hála,
the Vice-Rector for Development
of Charles University in Prague,
and Jan Řídký, the director
of the Institute of Physics.
The Lithuanian Prime Minister
expressed the support for research
initiatives of Czech and Lithuanian
scientists in his speech: “It is
important to use the significant
potential for cooperation between
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