We feature an interview with Professor Pavel Zemánek and Dr. Bohdan Růžička from the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS on the occasion of the conference LASER55, which was organized in cooperation with the Institute of Physics of the CAS. Leading Czech scientists and experts from public and private sector met on October 21-23, 2015 in Třešť to discuss interdisciplinary cooperation in laser science. and Magdaléna Selingerová.