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When launching the “Laser Valley - Land of Lights” Vision in 2015, the authors were saying: “We dedicate this manifesto for prosperity to all those who respond to our call to involvement, we thank them and invite them to enter the world of Laser Valley - Land of Lights. United in the wish for change and evolution, together we can turn Laser Valley into reality”. And this was 2016, a year of exploration and determination to act, for that this land of of lights to start becoming reality. This leafet refects the outcomes of 2016, including the activity of the working groups which were set-up following the recommendations of the socio-economic impact study developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the discussions with Aspen Institute Romania. These thematic groups met in October - December 2016 to identify the current challenges and the necessary actions to develop and operationalise the smart territorial development concept “Laser Valley - Land of Lights”. Our appreciation comes to all the institutions participating in the thematic working groups Aspen Institute Romania Ministry of Communications and Information Society PricewaterhouseCoopers Ministry of National Defence ELI-NP, Horia Hulubei Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering Ministry of Foreign Afairs Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism of Bucharest Ministry of European Funds Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest National Investment Company County Council Ilfov European Investment Bank Măgurele City Hall European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Bucharest Municipality City Hall World Bank Autonomous Public Transport Company Bucharest UNESCO Chair on Science and Innovation Policies, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration Association for Economic and Social Studies and Forecast Cadastre and Land Registration Ofce Ilfov The American Chamber of Commerce in Romania Ministry of National Education and Scientifc Research Romanian Business Leaders Foundation National Authority for Scientifc Research and Innovation Romanian-American Foundation Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding Romanian Clusters Association Ministry of Transport Măgurele High Tech Cluster Ministry of Public Finance The Businessmen`s Association of Romania