Mexican guests visited HiLASE – topic: Bridging the gap between industry and research

On July 27th, 2018, Teresa Quintana, the Director of Innovation Center for the Acceleration of Economic Development of Jalisco (Mexico) and two of her colleagues from the Technological Institute Mario Molina, Joel Salcedo and Priscila Espinosa, visited with Simon Hutchinson, the Innovation and Business Development Manager at HiLASE. During the visit, Teresa and her colleagues were given a tour of the research lab and shown the various stages of laser system development, as well as some of the applications HiLASE enables with its laser development. Topics such as bridging the gap between industry and research were discussed, as well as a sharing of experiences in the innovative and start-up spheres. The visit was organized in cooperation with Central Bohemian Innovation Center (SIC) represented by Mrs. Athziri Moreno, Head of Strategic Interventions and International Cooperation Department and Martina Vicudilikova, RIS 3 Developer.