The LTC Sarea network has been promoting strategic collaboration between the Basque Country and Nouvelle-Aquitaine for more than a decade. The event announces a new Cross-Border Cooperation Laboratory (LTC) promoted by the University of the Basque Country and the Université de Bordeaux The Director of Science Policy of the Basque Government's Department of Science, Universities and Innovation, Amaia Esquisabel, has inaugurated the "LTC Sarea Encounter 2026", a forum that brings together senior and junior research staff from the Cross-Border Cooperation Laboratories (LTC) and the LTC Incubators of the Basque Country and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.