On January 18th, in the building of the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the main coordinator of the project, an introductory meeting with the project partners took place. The project LasApp: Breakthrough Laser Technologies for Smart Manufacturing, Space and Bio-Tech Applications succeeded in a tough competition in the Excellent Research call of the Programme Johannes Amos Comenius, co-financed by the European Union. The project started on 1 January 2024 and will run until 2028.