Key note speech by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Inmaculada Figueroa Deputy Director General for Internationalisation of Science and Innovation)

Welcome by Portuguese Representatives (José Antão ANI – Portuguese Agency for innovation)

ELI ERIC Introduction // ELI ERIC as active actor in building the ERA (Allen Weeks, ELI ERIC Director General)

ELI-ALPS and ELI Beamlines // Opportunities for users and collaborators at ELI facilities (Roman Hvězda Director ELI Beamlines; Dimitris Charalambidis Chief Scientific Advisor ELI-ALPS)

Portuguese Capabilities and State of the Art (Luís O. Silva Scientific Coordinator of the Group of Lasers and Plasmas at IST)

Spanish Capabilities and State of the Art (Luis Roso CLPU Director Roberto Trigo CDTI - Head of Department of Large Facilities)

Discussion

Coffee Break

Spanish Industry / Overview and Opportunities (Erik Fernández (Spanish Science Industry Association General Manager))

Portuguese Industry / Overview and Opportunities (José Antão, Industrial Liaison Officer - CERN, ESRF, ITER at ANI - Agência Nacional de Inovação)

Panel Discussion 1: Breakthrough Science (Panelists: Dimitris Charalambidis, Luis Roso, Luis O. Silva, Sergej Bulanov)

Lunch

Panel Discussion 2: Scientific Excellence and Mission Oriented Research (Gonçalo Figueira, Giancarlo Gatti, Lorenzo Giuffrida, Zsolt Fülöp)

Panel Discussion 3: Education and Training (Marta Fajardo, José Miguel Mateos, Dušan Chorvát, Michael Vích )

Panel Discussion 4: Industrial Involvement (Mauricio Rico, Ales Hála, David Bereczkei, José Antão)

Networking coffee

Summary of the panel discussions and networking coffee – rapporteurs

Conclusions