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The representatives of the Embassy of Canada to the Czech Republic visited the laser centers ELI Bemalines and HiLASE

On 23rd June 2015 the Senior Trade Commissioner Mr. Henri Proulx, together with his colleagues from the Trade Commissioner Service Mrs. Martina Taxová and Ms. Marie-Pier Brunelle, visited the laser centers ELI Beamlines and HiLASE in Dolní Břežany.

The ELI project, which aims to build high output laser system which will rank among the most intense in the world, was introduced by the Technical Manager Bruno Le Garrec and Aleš Hála, team leader of CITT – Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer. The sister project HiLASE, responsible for developing laser technology with breakthrough technical parameters which will be mostly used for industry, was represented by the Deputy Project Manager Lukáš Masopust.

Members of the delegation from the commercial section of the Embassy of Canada to the Czech Republic had the opportunity to visit the new laboratory at the HiLASE center. Then they saw newly completed spaces of the ELI Bemalines laser center, which will be ceremonially opened in October of this year.