Pietro Barabaschi

The ITER Project: moving forward to an updated baseline

Hiroshi Shirai

Overview of Japanese Fusion Strategy

Annika EKEDAHL

Main achievements from operating an actively cooled ITER grade W divertor on WEST

Jannik Tweer

Repair of heat load damaged plasma-facing material by direct energy deposition

Sophie CARPENTIER

Impact of plasma heat load specifications on the proposed ITER tungsten first wall design

Axel Lorenz

Completing the actively cooled first wall for W7-X high heat flux plasma operation

Vincenzo Narcisi

Status of the EU DEMO Coolant Purification System activities

Inesh Kenzhina

Comparative analysis of high-temperature corrosion processes of beryllides of different compositions

Bradut-Eugen Ghidersa

Experimental activities in support of the EU-DEMO Helium Cooled Pebble Bed Blanket design and qualification

Remi Delaporte-Mathurin

Advancements in Tritium Breeding: towards achieving self-sufficiency in Fusion Power Plants through Liquid Immersion Blanket Concept

Tamas Szepesi

Visible video diagnostics for the support of Wendelstein 7-X and JT-60SA commissioning and operation

Björn Brenneis

Experiments on Specular Wavy Liquid Metal Surface of Selected Optical Distance Sensors from Several Meters

Quentin Potiron

Comparison of Solid-State Neutron Detectors for 14 MeV Neutron Measurement under High Temperature up to 500°C

Pilar Cano Megias

Novel technique for main ion temperature measurements at the last closed flux surface using thermal neutrals

Petr Vondracek

COMPASS Upgrade: from design to construction Status of the COMPASS Upgrade tokamak

Daniele Aprile

Progress on RFX-mod2 Vessel Complex assembly

George Sips

The DIII-D National Fusion Facility, supporting ITER and the Reactor Path

Louis Butt

Design and validation of a fusion neutron source at the Birmingham MC40 cyclotron

11:30-12:00

Topic D

Anna Vu Trang

Progress in the ITER Plasma Control System design

IT1C.1

Bernhard Sieglin

H-Mode density limit disruption avoidance in ASDEX Upgrade, TCV and JET

Morten Lennholm

Burn relevant D-T mixture control at JET

Filip Janky

SOPHIA: a tokamak simulator

Dirk Wünderlich

CW beam extraction from the NBI test facility ELISE: Approaching
the ITER target values

Arthur Adriaens

An automatic matching system for the ICRF antenna at TOMAS

Stefan Illy

Design Concepts for Megawatt-Class Fusion Gyrotrons Operating at
the Second Harmonic of the Cyclotron Frequency

Rosa Difonzo

Investigation and optimization of innovative TPMS-based cooling
system for the resonant cavity of gyrotrons for fusion application ID

Phillipe Cara

Overview of the DONES Programme

Jan Coenen

Navigating the Challenges of First Wall Materials in ITER and Future Fusion Reactors

Samuele Dal Bello

Recent results and prospects of the ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility (NBTF)

Mu-Young Ahn

Status of KO-EU joint development for HCCP TBM

Keisuke Mukai

Synthesis and evaluations of tritium breeding performance of Li-Be hybrid ceramics

Robert Pearce

Design, Development and Manufacture of the ITER Torus and Cryostat Cryopumps

Fumito Okino

Enhanced deuterium extraction efficiency from LiPb droplets in a
vacuum

Felix Warmer

Advances in Stellarator Physics and Engineering – more than just an alternative concept

Francisco Javier Fuentes

Best Practices and Methodology on Tokamak Dimensional Risk Management: ITER to DEMO

Koji Takahashi

Achievement of First Plasma and Successful Integrated Commissioning in JT-60SA

Paul Staniec

Lessons Learnt from AGHS supporting JET for the DTE2/DTE3 campaigns:  Operational Limitations, Bottlenecks, and Impact of Completed/Outstanding Upgrades

Simonetta Turtu

The DTT Magnet System from Design to Procurement and Test

Jinggang Qin

Design and manufacturing technology development of HTS CICC magnet for the next fusion reactor

Hyunjung Lee

Assessment of KSTAR Nb3Sn superconducting magnet property
under long-term operation

Nikolay Bykovskiy

Design, construction and test of high-current thermal switches using Nb-Ti and MgB2 wires

Klaus Schmid

T-retention in tungsten and EUROFER and its influence on tritium self-sufficiency

Johann Riesch

High heat flux testing of plasma-facing components for the compact, high field tokamak SPARC

Robin Shuff

ITER NHF First Wall Full Scale Prototype manufacturing and testing

Garreth Aspinall

Putting the Sun in a Box: An Industry Perspective on the Design and Manufacture of Plasma Facing Components

Joelle Elbez-Uzan

Demo Safety Analysis

Elodie Bernard

Overview of the TITANS (Tritium Impact and Transfer in Advanced Nuclear ReactorS) project

Paul Humrickhouse

Impact of coatings on decay heat and waste associated with fusion components

Priti Kanth

Parameters affecting EU-DEMO radioactive waste generation and
mitigation techniques

Benjamin Ell

Advancements in Gyrotron Efficiency: From Single- to Multi-stage Depressed Collectors

Cristina de la Morena

Solid-state radiofrequency amplifier technology for fusion applications

Munseok Choe

Cross-validation of RF/Optical Simulation Tools for Advanced Engineering Design of EC Equatorial Launcher in ITER

Shawn Tang

Results from the High-Power Helicon Current Drive System at DIIID

13:30-14:30

Registration

14:30-14:40

Welcome & Introduction, Miles Turner, Chair, SOFT 2024

14:40-15:20

Ambrogio Fasoli, EUROfusion Programme Manager

15:20-16:00

Mack Stanley, Head of the ITER Procurement Division

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:10

Lorenzo Capisani, European Commission

17:10-18:30

Private meetings and consulting for companies present on-site

Ambrogio Fasoli

EUROfusion’s Vision for Advancing the European Fusion Energy Roadmap

Jean Paul Allain

Building Bridges: A Bold Vision for the Fusion Energy Sciences Program in the U.S.

Lu Kun, IPP China

Recent progresses of CN superconducting tokamak development

European Commission Innovation SOFT prize ceremony Deputy Director-General of DG RTD (EC), Joanna Drake

Glasnevin Cemetery Walking Tour (Approx. 30-40 minutes per tour). Further information can be viewed HERE

**Please note there is no return transfers from Glasnevin Cemetery. Delegates are advised to use public transport to travel around Dublin once their tour has ended.

Rosaria Villari

Overview of Deuterium-Tritium nuclear operations at JET

Rob Buckingham

Maintenance Matters: considering plant operations from the outset of fusion machine design

Richard Pearson

Tritium: High-level overview of key challenges for commercial fusion deployment

Gianfranco Federici

(Tokamak-DEMO)EU DEMO Program Status Update

David Weisberg

The Advanced Tokamak Fusion Pilot Plant: an optimized and integrated conceptual design

Thomas Brown

The STAR power plant designed to balance physics, engineering, and cost requirements

Byung Su Lim

Overcoming the challenges of the Future K-DEMO Superconductor Test Facility

Ashwini Kumar Mishra

R&D journey of functionally graded tungsten/EUROFER coating for DEMO First Wall

Yiran Mao

Demonstrating long tungsten fiber-reinforced tungsten composites as plasma-facing materials

Motoki Nakajima

Effects of magnetic force and magnetic field orientation on corrosion products precipitated on F82H

Dmitry Terentyev

Development of irradiation and high-temperature resistant steels for fusion applications

Simon Niemes

Tritium Analytics and Related Accountancy Challenges

Pietro Arena

Design of the WCLL BB in view of the Conceptual Design phase

Jaap G van der Laan

Status of the activities on tritium behaviour in thermal insulation materials and assemblies for ITER Test Blanket Systems

Kecheng Jiang

Progress on the design and related R&D activities for the novel solid-type PbxLiy breeding blanket for CFETR

Hong Shen

High Current IGBT Voltage Source Converters for Fusion Application at ITER

Monica Martinez Lopez

ITER Project Poloidal Field Coils Production Completion

Kazuya Hamada

Superconducting magnet operation in JT-60SA integrated commissioning test

Alessandro Lampasi

Tests of power supply and fast discharge unit for the Frascati Coil Cold Test Facility

Alexander von Müller

Additive manufacturing for fusion components

Lee Packer

Insights from neutron activation studies on ITER materials at JET

Stefano Sgobba

Lessons Learnt from Manufacturing – Forging of Tokamak Components

Adriano Pepato

Metal Additive Manufacturing for the Divertor Tokamak Test facility

Gian Mario Polli

Status of DTT construction

Haridev Chohan

Methodologies for Benchmark Experiments with Shielding Materials

Luka Snoj

KATANA facility for ITER relevant water activation experiments

Sara Perez-Martin

HELOKA-US Project: towards the verification of a DEMO-based conventional power plant technology

Kieran McCarthy

TESPEL: a powerful tool for investigating impurity control in the plasma core of magnetic confinement fusion devices

Miroslaw Zlobinski

In situ Tritium Retention Diagnostic using Laser-Induced Desorption: JET results and ITER outlook

Irene Álvarez-Castro

Computational assessment of signal from IFMIF-DONES High flux
Test Module diagnostics

Daniel Dunai
Conceptual design of the divertor monitoring diagnostic for
European DEMO

Rui Ding

Lessons learned from neutral-induced material erosion studies in EAST

Robert Lunsford

Development of Solid Material Injectors for Supplemental Wall Conditioning and Discharge Enhancement

Juergen Rapp

MPEX project status and initial program for testing PFCs under fusion reactor conditions

Hanns Gietl

Synergetic heat flux and neutron irradiation test design for fusion reactor materials

Irene Zammuto

Status of the project of the new upper Divertor in ASDEX Upgrade

Gabriele Benzoni

Remote Handling validation of the OPM-QDS connecting system for the IFMIF-DONES Target Assembly

Bojan Nemec

A Study of Bi-manual Maintenance Operations in the Tokamak Demonstration Fusion Power Plant

Gioacchino Miccichè

Development of the Remote Handling Integrated Test Campaign of
IFMIF-DONES Test Cell Components

Sehila Gonzalez

Global current status of Safety Regulation for Fusion

Michael Tobin

Beyond Ignition: Xcimer Energy’s Path to Commercial Fusion Power

Sven Wiesen

Power and Particle Exhaust Physics for Fusion Reactors