Panel X of think.BDPST 2016 focused on the new era of research cooperation in Europe—the Extreme Light Infrastructure. (ELI). The speakers included Dr Károly Osvay, Research Technology Director of ELI-ALPS Hungary, Dr Sydney Gales, Scientific Director of ELI-NP Romania, and Professor Ivan Wilhelm, External Affairs Manager of ELI Beamlines, with Professor Gérald Mourou, who is the initiator of the project and was the coordinator of its preparatory phase, acting as the moderator.