Opening conference of the CALT project
On July 6, 2018, the CALT Project (Center for Advanced Laser Techniques) opening conference was held on the premises of the Ministry of Science and Education in Zagreb.
The conference gathered more than 80 participants from the academic community as well as national institutions and companies interested in research based on advanced laser techniques.
In a welcome address, the attendees were addressed by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Education Tome Antičić, Dr. Sc., then Mr. Dragan Jelić, B.Sc., Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Regional Development and European Union Funds, and Ms Iva Kovač, Assistant Director of the Central Finance and Contracting Agency for European Union Programmes and Projects. After the welcome address, the Director of the Institute of Physics Marko Kralj, Dr. Sc., presented the Institute of Physics, after which Project Manager Damir Aumiler, Dr. Sc. presented the CALT Project and the future activities of the CALT Center.
A presentation by Prof. Tommaso Calarco, Dr. Sc., Project Manager of The Quantum Support Action under the H2020 FET Flagship program on Quantum Technologies followed, and then a presentation by Prof. Claes-Göran Wahlström, Dr. Sc., the coordinator of the Laserlab-Europe consortium, which assembles 33 leading institutions in laser-based interdisciplinary research.