Conference

Please note the following dates for your diary:

08 January – 22 February 2024

Abstract Submission

26 April 2024

Acceptance of abstract

29 April 2024

Registrations open (virtual participation)

29 April 2024

Registrations open (on-site participation)

02 August 2024

Early registration

23 August 2024

Late registration
General Reviews for DEMO, Power Plants and Plant Systems
  • General DEMO reviews and general concepts
  • Integrated design activities and related R&D
  • Balance of plant and thermodynamic cycles
  • Fusion power plant systems
Experimental Devices and Facilities for Fusion Research
  • Integrated description of experimental devices and facilities for fusion research (contributions on specific matters should be presented under the related topics)
  • General results from experimental devices
    • Integrated experimental results from fusion devices
    • Integration and feasibility issues for Long Pulse Operation
Plasma Heating and Current Drive
  • Systems and technologies for plasma heating, sustaining and control of plasma current
  • Power transmission and coupling to the plasma
  • Interaction with plasma edge
Plasma Engineering, Plasma Control, and CODAC
  • Plasma scenarios and integrated plasma control
  • Disruption mitigation and instabilities control
  • Plasma control systems
  • Control, Data Acquisition, and Communication Systems
  • Remote participation
Diagnostics
  • Design, construction, commissioning, and exploitation of diagnostic equipment at facilities for fusion research
Magnets, Cryogenics and Electrical Systems
  • Research and development of magnets for fusion facilities
  • High-temperature superconductors technology
  • Magnet cooling systems
  • High Voltage technologies, electrical insulation and fault prevention
  • Power supply systems for magnets and heating and current drives
  • Electrical power systems
  • Electrical technologies
Plasma-Facing Components
  • First Wall, with particular emphasis on divertor, limiters, high flux protection structures
  • High heat flux removal methods
  • Related development of high heat flux materials
  • ITER Shielding Blanket
Vessel/in-vessel Engineering and Remote Handling
  • Core systems engineering
  • Vessel design
  • Integration of in-vessel and ex-vessel components
  • Remote handling
Fuel Cycle and Breeding Blankets
  • Development of the fuel cycle (inner and outer cycle, fueling, vacuum pumping technology, tritium transport analysis).
  • Design, analyses (thermo-hydraulics, neutronic, structural, etc.) and R&D of Breeding Blanket Systems (incl. Test Blanket Modules and Systems in ITER)
  • Related components and materials (i.e. breeders, neutron multipliers)
Materials Technology
  • Structural materials and functional coatings
  • Technology of producing and testing of materials
  • Material modelling
  • Design rules and standards, including neutron effects, etc.
Safety and Environment, Socio-economic studies and Technology Transfer
  • Safety and environmental issues of fusion power plant and fusion facilities
  • Socio-economic impact of fusion development
  • Role of fusion in future carbon-free energy mix
  • Transfer of technology and spin-offs created by fusion-related research
  • Waste management
  • Regulation and licensing
Non-magnetic fusion technologies
  • Laser fusion and alternative proposals
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Ali Benmoussa

European Commission, Belgium

Beatriz Branas

CIEMAT, Spain

Christian Day

KIT, Germany

Renaud Dejarnac

IPP, Czech Republic

Ursel Fantz

IPP, Germany

Walter Fietz

KIT, Germany

Elena Gaio

CNR Consorzio RFX, Italy

André Grosman

CEA / IRFM, France

Martin Hron

IPP, Czech Republic

Angel Ibarra

CIEMAT, Spain

Regina Knitter

KIT, Germany

Christian Linsmeier

FZJ, Germany

Philippe Moreau

CEA, France

Tonči Tadić

RBI, Croatia

Angelo Tuccillo

ENEA, Italy

Miles Turner
Chair

DCU, Ireland

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Dr. Mu-Young Ahn
Korea Institute of Fusion Energy - Head of Fuel System Research
Pietro Barabaschi
Director General ITER
Jan Willem Coenen
Forschungszentrum Julich
Rui Ding
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Annika Ekedahl
CEA, Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research
Benjamin Ell
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Ambrogio Fasoli
EUROfusion
Gianfranco Federici
EUROfusion
Sehila Gonzalez de Vicente
Global Director, Fusion Energy
Lu Kun
Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kieran McCarthy
National Fusion Laboratory CIEMAT
Dr. Ashwini Kumar Mishra
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
Vincenzo Narcisi
PhD - C.R. ENEA Frascati
Simon Niemes
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Dr. Richard Pearson
Chief Innovator and UK Director at Kyoto Fusioneering
Cara Philippe
F4E DONES
Gian Mario Polli
Divertor Tokamak Test facility, DTT S.c.a r.l.
Susanna Reyes
VP for Chamber and Plant Design - Xcimer Energy
Klaus Schmid
IPP Garching
Hong Shen
ITER
Hiroshi Shirai
Japanese Fusion Programme
Tamás Szepesi
Physicist - Fusion Plasma Physics Department
Simonetta Turtu
Project Leader of DTT Poloidal Field Coils Magnet ENEA
Dr. Rosaria Villari
Responsible of the Neutronics calculations group in the FUSEN TEN laboratory at ENEA NUClear Department (Frascati, ITALY
Petr Vondracekp
Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Ann Vu
ITER
Felix Warmer
Eindhoven University of Technology
Irene Zammuto
Group Leader - ASDEX Upgrade Maintenance and Enhancement - Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik