We are pleased to announce that the 4^th annual meeting of International Advisory Board (IAB) of FunGlass Centre was taking place online during December 2^nd, 2020.

The meeting was led by Prof. Dušan Galusek, the coordinator and Director of FunGlass. IAB is an advisory authority to the Centre director and consists of acclaimed researchers active in the relevant research field of FunGlass Centre who are based in non-EU countries.

IAB agenda covered variety of issues related to research and training activities, human resources strategy, and progress of FunGlass Centre.

Thanks to all participants for virtual attendance of the meeting.

The meeting was attended by Prof. Himanshu Jain, (Lehigh University, USA), Prof. Edgar Zanotto (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brasil) and a member of our Scientific Board, Prof. Alicia Durán (CSIC Madrid).

Other IAB members:

Prof. Lili Hu, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof. John C. Mauro, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Prof. Sener Oktik Şişecam Science and Technology Center, Turkey