TUESDAY 26 th APRIL

13:00 / 12:00 Opening on-site Registration
13:30 / 12:30 Welcome cocktail (Buffet Lunch)

Plenary Sesion I – Opening Act

14:30 / 13:30 Welcome & Opening Act with high representatives from Sapin & Portugal
15:10 14:10 Allen Weeks (ELI ERIC General Director): ELI ERIC as an active actor in building the ERA
15:30 / 14:30 Luis O. Silva (Scientific Coordinator ofr the Group pf Lasers & Plasmas at IST)
Portuguese capabilities in relation with ELI
15:45 / 14:45 Luis Roso (Director of the Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers) : Spanish capabilities in relation with ELI

COFFEE BREAK (16:00 / 15:00)

Plenary Session II – Laser Technology: Research for users and Industry
16:30 / 15:30 Opportunities for users and collaborator at ELI facilities by two high representatives from ELI-BL & ELI – ALPS
17:10 / 16:10 Erik Fernández (Director of the Spanish Platform of Industry and Technology for Big Science Infrastructures)
17:30 / 16:30 José Antao (Industrial Liasion Officer – CERN, ESRF, IFR & Agencia Nacional de Inovacao)
17:50 / 16:50 Discussion
18:20 / 17:20 Wrap up Day 1 by Allen Weeks (ELI ERIC Director General)
18:30 / 17:30 Visit to the Spanish Center for Pulsed Lasers – CLPU- (Optional)
21:00 / 20:00 Networking Dinner (Optional)