Around thirty researchers and scientists gathered from UK institutions such as the Central Laser Facility, Imperial College London, Queen's University of Belfast and University of York etc., who were interested in learning more about what is unique about ELI and what services it can offer to them. The workshop provided the opportunity to UK researchers to showcase how their science area would be impacted via utilising the ELI laser facilities.

The ELI will be the world’s largest and most advanced user facility for laser based research, as well as the key driver to novel scientific applications in physics, chemistry, biology and many more and a driver for the technologies of tomorrow. The ELI Infrastructure is composed of three pillars under one European umbrella with an investment volume exceeding 850 million Euro, mostly stemming from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and consist of three sites, such as ELI-ALPS in Hungary, ELI-Beamlines in Czech Republic and ELI-NP in Romania. The three ELI pillars will be jointly operated under the governance of the European Research Infrastructure Consortium, ELI-ERIC which will provide open access for the international user communities. The consultation meeting in London provided a unique opportunity to meet the UK user community and learn about their perspective.