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2024   Fusion Energy: Progress Challenges and Promise, Washington, DC         Posted February 20, 2025

  Monday December 2, 2024

•  Final Agenda
• Welcome: Susana Reyes, Chair of FPA Board
  
• Presentation of FPA Awards: Stephen O. Dean, President of FPA
• Distinguished Career:  E. Michael Campbell (MCM), Bruno Van Wonterghem (LLNL)
• Leadership: In Chapman(UKAEA), Constantin Haefner (Fraunhofer)
• Excellence in Fusion Engineering: Cami Collins (ORNL), Annie Kritch (LLNL)
  
• Special Award for Science Journalism: David Kramer (Physics Today)
• DOE Career Appreciation Award to John Mandrekas by J.P. Allain Assoc. Director for Fusion Energy Science, DOE

• Session 1. Chair, Stephen Dean
• Building Bridges, Updates and Progress:  J.P. Allain, Assoc Director Fusion Energy Science, DOE
• Update on the UK Fusion Programme: Ian Chapman. CEO UKAEA
• The ITER Project Performing to a New Baseline: Pietro Barabaschi, Director-General ITER
  
• Present status of Fusion Energy Development in QST: Masaya Hanada, Nat. Inst. QST, Naka, JA

• Session 2. Chair, Michael Campbell
• Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Update: Tammy Ma LLNL, Inertial Fusion Energy Initiative Lead
• Inertial Fusion Energy, Attracting and Training a Cadre of Stockpile Stewards: Dustin Froula ,LLE
• Laser Fusion Energy Projects in Japan: Y. Sentoku and R. Kodama, ILE, Osaka, JA
• Fusion Energy – German Perspective: C. Haefner, Fraunhofer, Institute for Lasetechnik, DE
• Goals to Advance Inertial Fusion Energy:  C. Menoni, RISE, Colorado State Univ.

• Congressional Perspectives
• Daniel Dziadon and Adam Rosenberg, House SS&T Comm, SubComm on Energy
  

• Session 3. Chair: James Van Dam
• Path to a Spherical Tokamak Pilot Plant: S. Cowley, Director, PPPL
  
• Overview of Magnetic Fusion Energy Progress at General Atomics: W. Solomon, VP MFE, GAT
• Accelerating the Pathway to Fusion Power: Troy Carter, Director, Fusion Energy Division, ORNL
• PSFC Current status and future plans PSFC: Nuno Loureiro, Director, PSFC MIT 
  
• Enabling Future Fusion Energy Systems: P. Calderoni, Strategic advisor, INL Fusion Safety Prog.
• Fusion Fuel Cycles: A Canadian Nuclear Laboratories & Kyoto Fusioneering Joint Venture: Y. Nozoe & E. Castillo
• General Fusion Presentation: Michel Laberge, General Fusion

• Session 4. Chair Stephen Ekstrand
• EPRI Fusion Energy Strategic Program: Fusion Energy: Progress, Challenges, and Promise: D. Grandas, Lead Fusion Energy Research Analyst, EPRI
• Fuel Cycle: Progress, Challenges, and Promise: D.Babineau and B. L. Garcia-Diaz, SRNL
• FESAC Facilities Construction Projects Report: B. Wirth, NE Department Head UT Knoxville
• Inertial Fusion Energy Targets and Target Systems: Neil Alexander Director Inertial Fusion Energy, General Atomics
  
• Hydrogen Processing for Fusion Energy, Challenges and Opportunities: J. Dumont, LANL
• Communication, Engagement, and Training for Plasma STEM & Fusion Energy Physics: Coalition for Plasma Coalition: E. Kostadinova and J.Eskew. Auburn Univ

• Session 5.  Chair Gerald Navratil 
• All for Fusion Energy Overview and Updates of R&D at ASIPP: Yuntao SONG, ASIPP, CN
• Korea's Strategies for Accelerating Fusion Energy Realization and Key Research Activities: Yeongkook OH, Korea Institute of Fusion Energy
• Accelerating Research and Development of the Commercial Fusion Energy Industry through the DIII-D National Fusion Facility: David Pace General Atomics
• The EUROfusion Approach to DEMO and Fusion Energy: Ambrogio Fasoli, Program Manager
• Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP): Paul Methven, CEO UK Industrial Fusion Solutions
• Pulsed Power Fusion Public-Private Partnerships: K. Peterson, Sandia Nat Lab
• Kyoto Fusioneering’s Progress and Approach for the Early Testing of Fusion Energy Extraction: Satoshi Konishi, CEO Kyoto Fusioneering
• Recent Progress at Xcimer: Susana  Reyes,  Xcimer Energy Corporation
• FESAC Decadal Plan Subcommittee Mid-Process Update to FPA: Carlos Paz-Soldan, Columbia U., DOE FESAC Member
• REALTA Fusion, industrial Heat and Power from Fusion: C. Forest , CSO REALTA

• Session 6. Chair Siegfried Glenzer Chair
• Fusion Energy: Progress, Challenges and Promise at UC San Diego: Farhat Beg, CER, UCSD
• Focused Energy: Pravesh Patel CTO Focused Energy
• Smaller Lower-Cost Laser-Fusion Power: Steve Obenschain, LASERFUSIONX
• Michl Binderbauer CEO, TAE Technologies

• Session 7. Chair Tammy Ma
• Fusion is Needed Now, What is a credible and realistic plan to DELIVER? Mohamed Abdou Director, Fusion Science and Technology Center, UCLA
• Fusion Energy R&D @ Berkeley Lab: Jean-Luc Vay, LBNL
• Delivering Fusion Power and Transformative Superconducting Magnet Technology: A. Shone, Tokamak Energy Inc. US
• Advancing the science and technology of laser fusion with excimers: NRL program’s unique capabilities, near-term objectives and future outlook: Jason Bates, NRL 
• INFUSE FY2025 Update: A. Lumsdaine, E. Gilson, & R. Gruener
• FES Toroidal Long Pulse Tokamak Research Progress toward closing tokamak science and technology gaps:  Mathew Lanctot FES/DOE
• CATF Global Fusion Program Overview: Sehila M. Gonzalez de Vicente.  CATF Director

• Perspectives from the Audience
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2023  Pilot Plants for Fusion Power, Washington, DC   January 23, 2024

 Tuesday December 19, 2023

• Agenda  
  
• Welcome: Susana Reyes, Chair of the FPA Board
• Presentation of Awards:  Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Leadership: Johan Frenje (MIT), Mickey Wade (ORNL)
  
• Distinguished Career: Gerald Navratil (Columbia), Tony Taylor (GA)
  
• Fusion Engineering: Stephanie Diem (U Wisc)
• Special Award: Francis Thio, (DOE/FES)
  
• Keynote Address:  Jean Paul Allain, Assoc. Director for FES, DOE Office of Science

• Session 1.  Susana Reyes, Chair
• Fusion Pilot Plant - Historical Perspective: Stephen O. Dean, FPA
  
• Overview of General Atomics Steady-State Advanced Tokamak Pilot Plant: Wayne Solomon, Magnetic Fusion GAT
  
• Inertial Fusion Energy Initiative: Tammy Ma, LLNL
• Overview and Updates of ASIPP Status: Yuntao Song, IPP CAS, China
• The UK Fusion Programme: Ian Chapman: UKAEA
• Fusion Energy development in QST: Masaya Hanada, Japan

• Session 2. Mike Campbell  Chair
  
• IFE Program in Japan:  Keisuke Shigemori, Institute for Laser Engineering, Osaka U.
• The Laboratory for Laser Energetics: Chris Deeney, LLE U Rochester
  
•  Thoughts on Maturing Pulsed Power Paths to Inertial Fusion Energy: Daniel Sinars, Sandia National Laboratories
  
• The German Path to Fusion Energy (IFE & MFE):  Constantin Haefner,  Fraunhofer Institute fur Lasetehnik, ILT
• Focused Energy Program: Pravesh Patel,  Focused Energy
• Xcimer Chamber and Plant Design: Susana Reyes, Xcimer Energy
• Toward Realistic Fusion Pilot Plants by Enabling Technology and Available Supply Chain: Satoshi Konishi, Kyoto Fusioneering

• Session 3 Diane Demers, Chair
• On the Path to a Pilot Plant: Michl Binderbauer, TAE Technologies
• Reinventing the Stellarator: David Gates, THEA Energy
• REALTA Fusion: Industrial heat and Power from Fusion: Carey Forest, REALTA Fusion
• Path to an ArF Laser Fusion Pilot Plant that also serves as a Fusion Test Facility: Steve Obenschain, LaserFusionX
• Z- Pinch: Hafiz Rahman, MFTI
• The path to a Fusion Pilot Plant: Jack Astbury, Tokmak Energy, UK
• Elevating Confinement: the Key to Commercial Viability: Swadesh Mahajan, ExoFusion
• EnableFusion: New Korean Fusion Startup "Staged Approach to Fusion Energy", G.S. Lee, EnableFusion

• Workforce
•  Building a Work Force: Eva Kostadinova,Coalition for Plasma Science and Jessica Askew, APS Committee on Women in Physics

 Wednesday December 20, 2023

• Session 4. Gerald Navratil,  Chair
  
• ITER Program Status: Laban Coblentz , ITER Communications, ITER Organization
• A revised Roadmap towards DEMO and FPP : Fasoli, EuroFusion
  
• Fusion Energy Innovation Strategy:  Daisuke Baba, MEXT, Japan
• Towards K-DEMO in Korea: Suk Jae Yoo, Korean Institute for Fusion Energy
• INEST Nuclear Fusion Technology Program: Yican Wu, CAS, China

• Session 5. Harry McLean, Chair
  
• Getting to a Fusion Pilot Plant: Steve Cowley, PPPL
  
• Solving the Hard Problems Faster: ORNL’s Integrated Approach to Reach Fusion Energy: Cami Collins, ORNL
  
• SRNL Support for Current and Future Fusion Pilot Plants: David Babineau, SRNL
• A new strategic plan to accelerate fusion energy development is urgently needed: Mohamed Abdou, UCLA
• Transforming How We Energize the World:  Greg Twinny, General Fusion
• Congressional Perspectives
• Adam Rosenberg and Hilary O'Brien, House Science Committee
• Session 6 Eva Kostodinva Chair
• Fusion Energy Science and Technolgies at Berkeley Lab for Future Pilot Plants: Jean-Luc Vay, LBNL
• Generation Fusion Pilot Plant: Energy for the Common Good
  
• Wetted Foam Targets for Inertial Fusion Power Plants: Neil Alexander, General Atomics IFE
• Meeting the Bold Decadal Vision, An update on DIII-D Program: Richard Buttery, GA
• An outlook on laser fusion: Focusing on science and enabling future progress: Max Karasik, NRL
• INFUSE+ Update: Arnie Lumsdaine (ORNL) and Erik Gilson (PPPL)
• LASERNETUS: Advancing Inertial Fusion Energy: Chandra Curry, SLAC
• Clean Air Task Force Activities: Sehila Gonzalez  CATF 
• The Status of the Milestone Program: Colleen Nehl, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
• Idaho National Laboratory Fusion Safety Program Overview: Lori Braase, INL


• Open Audience Discussion, Richard Buttery Moderator
• FPA 2023: Questions to Initiate Discussion

• Adjourn; Stephen O. Dean
  

2022  The Road Ahead 2022, Washington, DC   January 15, 2023

 Wednesday December 7, 2022

• Agenda  
  
• Welcome: Susana Reyes, Chairman of the Board, FPA
• Presentation of Awards:  Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Leadership: Debra Callahan (LLNL), Kathy McCarthy (ORNL)
• Distinguished Career: Richard Hazeltine (U Texas, Austin), Kenichi Kurihara (Naka)
• Fusion Engineering: Zach Hartwig (PSFC MIT), Nikolai Norauski (General Atomics)
  
• Keynote Address:  Geraldine Richmond, Under Secretary for Science and Innovation, DOE
• Powering Fusion Empowering Women: Sehila M. Gonzalez de Vicente – Women in Fusion
• Update on the Bold Decadal Vision (BDV) for Commercial Fusion Energy: Scott Hsu –  Lead Fusion Coordinator, DOE
• NNSA Experimental Sciences for Inertial Fusion: Jeff Quintenz for Sarah Nelson – DOE/NNSA
• Fusion Energy Sciences Perspective: John Mandrekas, Research Division Director – FES, US DOE, Office of Science
• Special Leadership Award to James Van Dam - Presented by Mickey Wade
  

• Pilot Plant Session  Chair:  Richard Hawryluk
  
• ORNL Perspectives on Maximizing Fusion Pilot Plant Success: Mickey Wade – Director, Fusion Energy Division, (ORNL)
• Overview of GA Efforts to Design and Build a Fusion Pilot Plant: Wayne Solomon – Director, Magnetic Fusion, GAT
• Prospects for future fusion reactor developments in Europe: Gianfranco Federici – Head Technology Depart., EUROfusion
• A Fusion Nuclear Science & Technology Facility is necessary to have credible, practical, and fast pathway to fusion energy: Mohamed Abdou – Director, Fusion S&T Center, UCLA
  

• US Magnetic Confinement  Chair: John Kline
• PPPL Contributions to The Road Ahead: Jonathan Menard –  Deputy Director, PPPL
• Moving Fusion Energy Forward: Earl Marmar – PSFC, MIT
  
• Fusion Energy Sciences Program at LLNL: Harry McLean – Leader Fusion Energy Sciences, LLNL
  

• ITER Session Chair:  David Babineau
  
• The ITER Project, Progress amid Challenges, Alain Becoulet – Head of Engineering Domain, ITER Headquarters, Cadarache
  
• The Road Ahead, US ITER Progress and Contributions for US Fusion: Kathryn McCarthy – Project Director, US ITER
  
  
• US Inertial and Magneto-Inertial Confinement Session:  Chair: Zabrina Johal, Chair
  
• The threshold of ignition on the NIF and laying the path towards Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE): Tammy Ma –  Program Leader, HED Science, LLNL
• ICF Research at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics: Radha Bahukutumbi – LLE, University of Rochester
• Enticing Approach to Direct Drive Laser Fusion Performance, Deep UV ArF Laser Enabling Smaller Lower Cost Facilities: Mathew Wolford, NRL
• The Road Ahead for Sandia’s pulsed power program: Daniel Sinars – Director, Pulsed Power Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratory
• Fusion Energy Sciences at Berkeley Lab, a perspective: Thomas Schenkel – Program Head, Fusion Science and Ion Beams, LBNL
  
• Focused Energy roadmap for Inertial Fusion Energy: Pravesh Patel –  Scientific Director, Focused Energy Inc.

• Stellarator Session: Francios Waelbroeck, Chair
• The US Stellarator Program: On the path to a stellarator Fusion Pilot Plant: Novimer Pablant – Head, Stellarator Experiments Division, PPPL
• Academic research on turbulence and abrupt instability of isotope mixture plasmas in Large Helical Device (LHD): Katsumi Ida, NIFS
• Wendelstein 7-X on the path to a Helias Reactor: Samuel Lazerson – Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Griefswald

Thursday December 8, 2022

• World Perspectives and the Road Ahead: Chair: Gerald Navratil
  
• An update on the UK Fusion Programme: Ian Chapman – CEO UKAEA, Director CCFE Culham,  UK 
• Plan of a new generation of a large laser facility in Japan, relevant to the laser fusion research: Ryosuke Kodama – Managing Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka U, JA
  
• QST Activities towards Japanese DEMO:Yoshitaka Ikeda – Managing Director,Fusion Energy Directorate, QST, JA
  
• Fusion Strategy and Activities in ASIPP: Yuntao Song – Director General, ASIPP, CAS , Heifei, CN
  
• Fusion Energy Development in Korea: Suk Jae Yoo – President, Korean Institute of Fusion Energy, KO
  
• Studies on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Materials and Safety at FDS: Yican Wu – Professor, Chief Scientist, INEST, CN

• Private Sector and Partnerships   Chair: Farhat Beg
  
• The Road Ahead at TAE: Michl Binderbauer – CEO, TAE Technologies 
  
• Commonwealth Fusion Systems Vision: Bob Mumgaard – CEO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
  
• Recent Progress and Plans for Lithium Technology: Naomi Mburu – Tokamak Energy, UK 
• Transforming How We Energize The World, Overview of General Fusion: Greg Twinney – CEO General Fusion, Canada Copy Requested
  
• Fusion for the Future: Satoshi Konoshi (Chief Fusioneer) & Kiyosh Seko (VP) –  Kyoto Fusioneering Copy Requested
• Introduction of Helical Fusion Co., Ltd.: Takaya Taguchi – CEO Helical Fusion
  

• Congressional Perspectives
• Adam Rosenberg and Hilary O'Brien, House Science Committee
  

• Private Sector and Partnerships – Chair: Ahmed Diallo
  
• Role of ARPA-E in Accelerating Fusion Energy: Ahmed, Diallo – Program Director, ARPA-E
• Status: The Sheared-Flow Stabilized (SFS) Z-Pinch Reactor: Ben Levitt –  R&D Director, ZAP Energy Copy Requested
• Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror flow-shear stabilized compact mirror path to fusion: Cary Forest – Univ Wisconsin
• Staged Z-pinch, The road ahead for Fusion Energy: Hafiz Rahman – President, Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technology Inc. (MIFTI)
• ArF Lasers for Direct Drive Fusion: Stephen Obenschain – President, LaserFusionX, Inc
  
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• Perspectives, Plasma & Fusion Outreach
• Coalition for Plasma Science: Building a Workforce:  Eva Kostadinova, Auburn Univ
  
• LaserNetUS: North America's First High Intensity Laser Research Network: Chandra Breanne Curry, Coordinator, LaserNetUS, SLAC
  
• Fusion Perspectives and Related R&D at SRNL:  Brenda Garcia-Diaz, Tritium Technology Division, SRNL 
• INFUSE Update: Arnold Lumsdaine and Guttenfelder – Program Directors,  INFUSE
• Office of Science (SC) and FES DEIA Initiatives: Quinevere Shaw, FES, DOE, Office of Science
  

 Wednesday December 15, 2021

• Agenda  
  
• Welcome: Tony Taylor,  Chairman of the Board, FPA
• Opening Remarks:  Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Chairwoman, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
• Presentation of Awards:  Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA

• World Perspective   Chair:  Steve Dean
• Fusion and Research Activities at ASIPP: Yuntao Song – Director General, ASIPP, CAS , Heifei, CN
  
• Fusion Energy Research & Development in QST: Yutaka Kamada – Deputy Director General, Naka Fusion Institute, JA
• A Pathway to Fusion Power in Korea: Suk Jae Yoo – President, Korean Institute of Fusion Energy, Korea
  
• Progress of Fusion Nuclear Technology, Material and Safety Studies at FDS:  Yican Wu –  Chief Scientist, INEST, CN
• Fusion Energy Sciences Perspective: James Van Dam – Assoc. Director FES, US DOE 
• ARPA-E Fusion Overview and Perspectives: Scott Hsu – Program Director, ARPA-E, US DOE
• Office of Experimental Sciences, Defense Programs: Sarah Nelson, Acting Director, NNSA, US DO

• Fusion Program Planning  Chair: John Kline
•  An update on the UK Fusion Programme: Ian Chapman – CEO UKAEA, Director Culham,  UK Program 
• Fusion Research in EuropeHorizon EUROfusion (2021-2027): Tony Donne, Programme Manager, EUROfusion 
• Powering the Future Fusion & Plasmas; FESAC Strategic Plan Report: Troy Carter – UCLA
• Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid, NASEM Pilot Plant Report:  Richard Hawryluk – PPPL
• EPRI Perspectives on Fusion Energy Technology: Andrew Sowder – Senior Technical Executive, EPRI
  

• US Magnetic Confinement   Chair:  Gerald Navratil
• Overview of GA Activities to Accelerate the Deployment of Fusion Energy: Wayne Solomon, Deputy Director,Magnetic Fusion, GAT
• PPPL Fusion Vision and Innovation:  Steven Cowley, Director, PPPL.
  
• ORNL’s Role in Enabling anAggressive Path to Fusion Energy: Mickey Wade, Director, Fusion Energy Division, ORNL 
• SPARC, ARC and the high-field path to Burning Plasmas and Commercial Fusion Energy: Dennis Whyte – Director,  Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT
  
  
• US Inertial Confinement  Chair: Michael Campbell
  
• ICF Research  at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics: Michael Campbell, Director, LLE, University of Rochester
• The threshold of ignition on the NIF and laying the path towards Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE): Tammy Ma, Program Leader, HED Science, LLNL
  
• Magneto-Inertial Fusion: A Promising Path Toward Burning Plasmas in the Laboratory: Daniel Sinars – Director, Pulsed Power, Sandia National Laboratory. Updated Febrary 4, 2022
• Development path to smaller lower-cost inertial fusion power plants using direct drive with argon fluoride (ArF) Lasers: Stephen Obenschain – Head, Laser Plasma Branch, NRL
• Targets, Enabling Ignition & High Yield Research: Mario Manuel, ICF General Atomics. - Requested
  

Thursday December 16, 2021

• ITER– Chair: Dan Sinars 
  
• ITER: An Essential Step toward Fusion Energy: Tim Luce, Head of ITER Science and Operation Domain, ITER IO
  
• Status of US ITER: US ITER Project Director, Kathy McCarthy, ORNL
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• Stellarator Pathways  Chair: Dan Sinars
  
• Results from and plans for Wendelstein 7-X and the optimized stellarator path to fusion power: Thomas Sunn Pedersen
• Progress of Conceptual and Engineering Design Studies on the LHD-Type Heliotron Fusion Reactor: Nagato Yanagi – NIFS, JA
• Progress on the Stellarator Path to Fusion Power:  Michael Zarnstorff, PPPL 
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• Private Sector and Partnerships   Chair: Farhat Beg
  
• Progress and Next Steps at TAE: Michl Binderbauer, CEO, TAE Technologies
  
• Tokamak Energy, A Faster Way to Fusion: David Kingham, EVC, Tokamak Energy, UK
  
• Transforming How We Energize The World, Overview of General Fusion:  Ryan Guerrero, CTO General Fusion, Canada
  
• Commonwealth Fusion Systems Vision: Bob Mumgaard, CEO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
  
• Powering Tomorrow's World: Richard Pearson (Chief Innovator) & Taka Nagao (CEO), Kyoto Fusioneering
  
• Fusion Industry Association – The Voice of a New Industry: Andrew Holland – CEO Fusion Industry Association
  
• Status: The Sheared-Flow Stabilized (SFS) Z-Pinch Reactor: Ben Levitt –  R&D Director, ZAP Energy
  
• Development of Sustained Spheromaks with Steady, Inductive Helicity Injection (SIHI): Derek Sutherland – CEO, CTFusion
  
• Staged Z-pinch (A Target for Fusion Energy) Hafiz Rahman – President, Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technology Inc. (MIFTI)
  
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• Congressional Perspectives
• Adam Rosenberg and Hilary O'Brien
  

• Perspectives – Chair: Wayne Solomon
  
• Fusion Perspectives and Related R&D at SRNL:  David Babineau – Director, Tritium Technology Division, SRNL
  
• Research on High Energy Density Science and Fusion at UC San Diego: Farhat Beg – Director, Center for Energy Research, UCSD
  
• High Energy Density Science at SLAC: Siegfried Glenzer – SLAC  
  
• Fusion Power Program at LANL:  John Kline – Manager, FES and NNSA Fusion Research, LANL
  
• Fusion Energy Sciences Program at LLNL: H. McLean, LLNL Fusion. Requested
  
• Fusion Energy Sciences at Berkeley Lab a Perspective: Thomas Schenkel – Program Head for Fusion Science and Ion Beam Technology, LBNL 
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• Plasma & Fusion Outreach and Wrap Up
• Coalition for Plasma Science: Recent Activities, & Future Initiatives: Eva Kostadinova, Auburn Univ
  
• LaserNetUS: North America's First High Intensity Laser Research Network: Kramer Akli – Fusion Energy Sciences, DOE
  
• U.S. Fusion Community Website: USFusionEnergy.org,  Steffi Diem and Harry Kelso - USFusionEnergy.org
• State Of The Art ICRF Transmitters: Marcel Gaudreau –  Pres. Diversified Technologies, Inc.
  

2020  Fusion Energy: Achievements and Opportunities 2020, Washington, DC   Updated February 2, 2021

 Wednesday December 16, 2020

• Agenda  
  
• Welcome: Tony Taylor,  Chairman of the Board, FPA
  
• Presentation of Awards: Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
  
• Keynote Address: Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science, USDOE
  

• International Fusion Europe    Chair: S. Dean, FPA
  
• The ITER Project, Opening the Way to a New Energy Future:  Bernard Bigot, Director General, ITER Organization
  
• UKAEA Update: Ian Chapman, CEO, UKAEA; Director, Culham Science Center, UK
• Research for an Integral Study of Inertial Fusion Reactor: Jose Manuel Perlado, Director, Instituto de Fusion Nuclear

• Magnetic Fusion Energy U. S.    Chair: G Navratil, Columbia U.
  
• ITER Impacts and US ITER Progress: Kathy McCarthy, Associate Director, ORNL
  
• PPPL – Fusion Power Associates: Steve Cowley, Director
  
• Implementing the FESAC Plan to Fusion Energy, General Atomics Perspective: Richard Buttery, Director, DIII-D National Fusion Program
• Recent Progress on the High-Field Path to Fusion Energy: Dennis Whyte, Director, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT
• ORNL Fusion Energy Program, Accomplishments and Opportunities for the 2020s: Mickey Wade, Director, Fusion Energy Division, ORNL
• Fusion Energy Sciences Program at LLNL Fusion Energy Sciences Program at LLNL: Harry McLean, Program Leader

• Inertial and Magneto Inertial Fusion Energy U. S.   Chair: K Budil, LLNL
  
• Progress on Inertial Confinement Fusion Research on NIF: M. Herrmann, Deputy Program Director for Fundamental Weapons Physics and Design Program,   LLNL
  
• Magneto-Inertial Fusion: A Promising Path Toward Burning Plasmas in the Laboratory: Daniel Sinars, Director, Pulsed Power, SNL
• Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) Update: Michael Campbell, Director, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. Rochester
• Progress in the S&T to enable high-gain laser inertial fusion @ NRL:  Steve Obenschain, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
• Targets, at the Center of ICF Experiments and Research: Michael Farrell, Director for ICF, General Atomics

• Congressional  Speaker - House Science Committee, Adam Rosenberg

• Private Sector and Partnerships  - Chair: S Hsu, ARPA-E
• Progress and Next Steps at TAE: Michl Binderbauer, CEO, TAE Technologies
• Tokamak Energy, A Faster Way to Fusion: Jonathan Carling, CEO, Tokamak Energy, UK
• Transforming How We Energize the World: Michel Laberge, CSO, General Fusion, Canada
• CFS Status and Thoughts on Public-Private Partnerships:  Bob Mumgaard, CEO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
• Sheared-Flow Stabilized (SFS) Z-Pinch Reactor Concept: Brian Nelson, CTO, Zap Energy
• R&D Activities for the Sustained Spheromak Approach to Magnetic Fusion Energy: Derek Sutherland, CEO, CTFusion, Inc.
• Fusion Update from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy: Scott Hsu, Program Director, ARPA-E, USDOE

• International Fusion Asia    Chair:  S. Dean, FPA
  
• Fusion Energy Research & Development Towards DEMO Reactor of Japan: Hideki Iwabuchi, Director Int. Nuclear and Fusion Affairs, MEXT, Japan
• Fusion Energy R&D in QST- ITER, JT-60SA and Other Broader Approach Activities: Kenichi Kurihara, Director General, Naka Fusion Institute, Japan
• Achievements and Opportunities 2020 on Fusion Energy Development in Korea: Suk Jae Yoo, President, Korean Institute of Fusion Energy
• Studies on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Materials and Safety at FDS: Yican Wu. Director, INEST, China
• Ryusuke Kodama, Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka U
• EXL Fusion Power Technology R&D, An Introduction: Martin Peng, ENN Science and Technology Development Co. Ltd., China
  

• U. S. Fusion Energy Science, Achievements and Opportunities: James Van Dam, Assoc. Director for OFES, Office of Science, USDOE
  
• The Critical Role of Communications in Fusion: Zabrina Johal, General Atomics
• Powering Tomorrow’s World: Richard Pearson, Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd.
• U. S. Fusion Program Planning Session
  
• US Fusion Planning Overview: FESAC Chair, Don Rej, LANL
• US Fusion Community Planning Report: Wayne Solomon, General Atomics
• FESAC Long Range Report Summary: FESAC SC Chair, Troy Carter, UCLA
• Fusion Science and Technology Session:  Session Chair: FarHat Beg, UCSD and Peter Seidl, LBNL
  
• Fusion Energy Sciences at LBNL: Status and Directions Thomas Schenkel, Director, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, LBNL
• High Energy Density Science at SLAC: Siegfried H. Glenzer, SLAC, Director, High Energy Density Science, SLAC
• Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Fusion Science and Technology Research: Mohamed Abdou, Director, Fusion S&T Center, UCLA
• Fusion Power Program at LANL: John Kline, Program Manager, FES and NNSA Fusion Research, LANL
• Fusion Energy Research at UT: Francois Waelbroeck, Director, Institute of Fusion Studies, U. Texas, Austin
• Tritium Science and Technology for Fusion Energy Success: David Babineau, Director Defense Programs and Fusion Technology, SRNL
• The US Burning Plasma Organization: Charles Greenfield, Director, USBPO/GA
• Fourth-generation Laser for Ultrabroadband eXperiments (FLUX) for mitigation of LPI & beam imprint with bandwidth: Jonathan Zuegel, U. Rochester
• Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) Program Overview: Daniel Clark, OFES, USDOE
  
  

2019 Fusion Energy Perspectives and Planning, Washington, DC  

 Tuesday December 3, 2019

• Agenda  
  
• Welcome: Gerald Navratil  Chairman of the Board, FPA
  
• Presentation of Awards: Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
  
• Keynote Address - DEMO Programme in Europe- Lessons Learned and Future Plans: Gianfranco Federici, EUROfusion, EU 
  
• Fusion Energy R&D in Japan: Perspectives and Planning toward DEMO: K. Kurihara, Naka Fusion Inst, Japan
• Perspectives and Planning on Fusion Energy Development in Korea: S. K. Yoo, NFRI, Korea
• Latest Fusion R&D Activities at INEST: Yican Wu (Zhibin Chen), INEST-CAS, China
  
• Latest from UKAEA Fusion Energy Activities: J. Milnes, CCFE, UK 
• Perspectives and Opportunities from the NAS Burning Plasma Strategy Report: M. Mauel, Columbia Univ.
  
• Fusion Communications: Z. Johal, GA
  
• Perspectives and Plans for the US Fusion Program and General Atomics’ Part in It: M. Wade, GA
• PPPL Perspective and Vision for the Future of Fusion Energy: S. Cowley, PPPL
• SPARC: Mission and Physics: D.Whyte, MIT
  
• FIREX project Status and prospect: Y. Arikawa, ILE, Osaka
  
• Update on High Energy Density Science at LLNL: M. Herrmann, LLNL
  
• The Argon Fluoride laser as high performance driver for ICF/IFE: S. Obenschain, NRL
• Progress toward scaling to inertial fusion energy conditions: D. Sinars, SNL
• Laser Direct Drive: Proof-of-principle toward ignition and NIF experiments: P. B. Radha, LLE-Univ. Rochester
  
• Congressional  Speakers - House Science Adam Rosenberg and Hillary O'Brien
  

• DOE Perspective, Paul Dabbar, DOE Under Secretary for Science
  
• Fusion Energy Sciences Perspective: J.Van Dam, FES-DOE
  
• ITER Perspectives and Planning: T. Luce, ITER Org.
• Construction Perspective on the Future of the Stellarator Approach to Fusion Power: L. Wegener, MP-IPP, DE
• Perspective on Magnetic Fusion Energy Directions from Early Career Fusion Scientists: S. Diem, ORNL
• Progress and Next Steps at TAE: M. Binderbauer, TAE Technologies, US
• Perspectives, Progress & Plans: J. Carling, Tokamak Energy, UK
  
• General Fusion Program: M. Laberge, Canada (Caution 246MB file)
  
• Commonwealth Fusion Systems: B. Mumgaard, CFS, US
  
• ORNL Fusion Energy Program: Perspectives and Planning: J. Canik, ORNL
  
• US ITER Progress: D. Rasmussen, US ITER/ORNL
  
• Fusion Energy Science Long-range Strategic Planning Activity: Don. Rej, LANL, FESAC Chair
  
• High Energy Density Sciences at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory: L. B. Fletcher, SLAC
  
• ARPA-E Fusion-Energy Programs and Plans: S. Hsu, ARPA-E, DOE
  
• Kyoto Fusioneering Program: S. Konishi. Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd.
  
• DOE/FES, ARPA-E Fusion Energy Sciences at LLNL: H. McLean, LLNL
• Fusion Energy Sciences at LBNL: P. Seidl and T. Schenkel, LBNL
  
• Perspectives on the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC): S. Barish, FES
  

2018 Strategies and Expectations through the 2020s, Washington, DC  

 Tuesday December 4, 2018

• Agenda  
  
• Welcome: Gerald Navratil  Chairman of the Board, FPA
  
• Presentation of Awards: Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
  
• Keynote Address - Research & Development Strategies and Expectations toward Fusion Energy through the 2020s: Kenichi Kurihara, DG, Naka Fusion Institute, Japan 
  
• European Roadmap to Fusion Energy: William Morris, CCFE, for EUROfusion
  
• Present Status and Future Plan of Helical Research in NIFS: Tomohiro Morisaki, Director LHD, NIFS Japan
• Korea Strategies on Fusion Energy Development: Suk Jae Yoo, President, NFRI, Korea
  
• Latest Fusion R&D Activities at INEST: Yican Wu, DG, and Zhibin Chen, INEST-CAS, China
• The path to delivering fusion power: Ian Chapman, CEO, UKAEA
  
• Congressional Staff: House Appropriations: Perry Yates (R) and Jamie Schimek (D)
  
• General Atomics Perspective on the US MFE Program in the 2020s: Mickey Wade, General Atomics
• PPPL 2018: Steve Cowley, PPPL
• SPARC and the high-field path to commercial fusion energy: Bob Mumgaard, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Inc.
  
• Status and Prospect of Laser Fusion Research at ILE Osaka University: Ryosuke Kodama, Director, ILE, Osaka U.
  
• The next decade of inertial fusion research at LLNL: Mark Herrmann, LLNL
• Need for and development path to a next generation laser driver for ICF /IFE: Steve Obenschain, NRL
• Fusion & High Energy Density Plasma Science Opportunities using Pulsed Power: Daniel Sinars, Sandia Labs
• Innovative Science and Broadband Lasers - A Path to an Expanded ICF Design Space: Dustin Froula, U. Rochester LLE
• House Science staff– House Authorizations: Adam Rosenberg (D) and Emily Domenech (R),
  

• Fusion Energy Sciences, Perspectives & Plans: James Van Dam, DOE OFES
• Expectations for ITER in the 2020’s: Tim Luce, Chief Scientist, ITER Organization
• US ITER Progress: Ned Sauthoff, US ITER
• A Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research: Michael Mauel, NAS Study Co-Chair
• Progress and Next Steps at TAE: Michl Binderbauer, CEO, TAE Technologies, Inc.
• First operation of the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator and expectations for the future: Hans-Stephan Bosch, WX-7 EU
• Strategies and Expectations for the 2020s: Jonathan Carling, CEO, Tokamak Energy, UK 
• General Fusion: Michel Laberge, General Fusion, Canada
• Fusion Industry Association,  the Voice of a New Industry: Andrew Holland, ASP 
• Strategies and expectations for Fusion Nuclear Science into the 2020s: Phil Ferguson, ORNL
• Fusion and Plasma Physics Research at Los Alamos: Ray Leeper, LANL 
• Matter in Extreme Conditions at LCLS: Gillis Dyer, SLAC
• Catalyzing Transformative Fusion-Energy R&D: Scott Hsu, ARPA-E
• Fusion Energy Sciences at LLNL: Harry McLean, LLNL
• Fusion Energy Research at LBNL: Peter Seidl, LBNL
• The Advanced Tokamak Modeling Environment (AToM) for Fusion Plasmas: Chris Holland, UCSD
• Development of GDT-based Fusion Neutron Source on a path to fusion energy: Cary Forest, U. Wisconsin
• Measurement Innovation Program: Mark Foster, DOE OFES
  
  

2017 Pathways and Progress Toward Fusion Power, Washington, DC  

 Wednesday December 7, 2017

•  Agenda  
  
• Welcome: Farrokh Najmabadi, Chairman of the Board, FPA
  
• Presentation of Awards: Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
  
• Keynote Address - Fusion in the Context of Future Energy Sources: Osamu Motojima, President, Future Energy Research Association
• American Security Project Perspective on Future Energy Sources: Andrew Holland, American Security Project
• EU Demo Study: Status and Issues: Gianfranco Federici, Head, Technology Dept, EUROfusion Consortium
• European and Asian Perspectives on Pathways and Technology Needs (Magnetic)
• Gianfranco Federici, Head, Technology Dept, EUROfusion Consortium
• Kenji Tobita, Director, Dept. of Fusion Reactor Systems Research, QST (Japan)
• Keeman Kim, President, National Fusion Research Institute (Korea)
• Baonian Wan, Director, Institute of Plasma Physics, CAS (China)
• Perspectives on Pathways and Progress (Magnetic)
• Steven Cowley, Oxford U.
  
• Dennis Whyte, MIT
• Michl Binderbauer, Tri Alpha Energy, Inc.
• Raffi Nazikian, PPPL
• Tony Taylor, General Atomics
• Perspectives on Pathways and Progress (Inertial and Magneto-Inertial)
• Riccardo Betti, U. Rochester LLE
• Stephen Obenschain, Naval Research Lab
• Shinsuke Fujioka, Professor, Inst. of Laser Engineering, Osaka U.
• Daniel Sinars, Sandia Laboratories
• Report on National Academies Fusion Study: Mike Mauel, Columbia U.
  
• Progress and Plans on DIII-D: David Hill, General Atomics
• High Energy Density Science at SLAC: Siegfried Glenzer, SLAC
• Status and Plans at Tri-Alpha Energy: Michl Binderbauer, Tri Alpha Energy
• Status of ARPA-E ALPHA Program: Patrick McGrath, ARPA-E

• Congressional Perspective (Senate): Benjamin Reinke, Senate Energy Committee
• US Fusion Program Overview: James Van Dam, Acting Director, OFES DOE
• Status of ITER: Bernard Bigot, Director General, ITER Organization
  
• Technology Issues for Fusion Power
• Steve Zinkle, ORNL
• Mohamed Abdou, UCLA
  
• Yican Wu, Director General, INEST (China)
• Status of US Contributions to ITER Construction: Ned Sauthoff, US ITER
  
• Status and Progress on NIF: Mark Herrmann, LLNL
• Ignition Hydroequivalence Progress on OMEGA: Valeri Goncharov, U. Rochester
• Status and Progress on MAGLIF: Daniel Sinars. Sandia National Laboratories
• Progress and Plans at General Fusion: Michael Delage, General Fusion
• Fusion Energy Sciences at LBNL: Peter Seidl, LBNL
• Congressional Perspective (House): Emily Domenech and Adam Rosenberg
• US Contributions to ITER Physics - Charles Greenfield, USBPO,  Not Available
  
• High Energy Density Microphysics: Progress and Plans: Rip Collins, U. Rochester 
  
• Successes of the Early Career Award Program: Nirmol Podder, DOE OFES
• Fusion Rocket for In-Space Propulsion: Michael Paluszek, Princeton Satellite Systems
  

2016 Fusion Power Development: An International Venture, 37th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Washington, DC   

• Agenda
  
• Welcome - Farrokh Najmabadi, Chairman of the Board, FPA
  
• Presentation of Awards - Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Keynote Address - Ian Chapman, CEO, UK Atomic Energy Authority
  
• ITER: An International Venture - Ned Sauthoff, US ITER Project Manager and Bernard Bigot, ITER Director General
• Overview of the European Fusion Program - Darren McDonald, EuroFusion
• Overview of the Korean Fusion Program - Keeman Kim, NFRI, Korea
• Overview of the Fusion Program in China - Baonian Wan, ASIPP, China
• Overview of Accomplishments of Alcator C-Mod - Earl Marmar, MIT
• The Chinese Engineering Test Reactor Study - Yuanxi Wan, IPP, China  (must also download imbedded 390 MB video to the same folder)
  
• Role of JT60SA in Fusion Development - Shunsuke Ide, Naka, Japan
• Progress and Plans at JET - Darren McDonald, EuroFusion
  
• Progress and Plans on WEST - Alain Becoulet, CEA
• Progress and Plans on ASDEX-Upgrade - Hartmut Zohm, MPI, Germany
• Progress and Plans on DIII-D - David Hill, General Atomics
• Progress and Plans on NSTX-U - Jon Menard, PPPL
• Status and Plans at Tri-Alpha Energy - Michl Binderbauer, Tri Alpha Energy
• Status of ARPA-E ALPHA Program - Patrick McGrath, ARPA-E
• Activities of the American Security Project - Andrew Holland

• US Fusion Program Overview - Ed Synakowski, DOE OFES
• Status and Plans at W7-X - Thomas Klinger, IPP, Greifswald, Germany
• Status and Plans at LHD - Y. Takeiri, NIFS, Japan
• Activities of the Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology - Yican Wu, China
• US International Collaborations
• PPPL International Collaborations - Mike Zarnstorff, PPPL
• GA MFE: Accelerating Fusion Energy Development through International Collaboration - Mickey Wade, General Atomic
• MIT International Collaborations - Earl Marmar, MIT
• Technologies Needed for a Fusion Demo - Mohamed Abdou, UCLA
• Status and Progress on NIF - John Edwards, LLNL
• Status and Progress on Omega - Craig Sangster, LLE
  
• Status and Progress on MAGLIF - Daniel Sinars. Sandia
• Status and Progress on FIREX - Hiroshi Azechi, Osaka U., Japan
• Plasma Physics and Inertial Fusion at NRL - Steve Obenschain, NRL
• Status and Plans on MAST-U - Joe Milnes, CCFE, UK  (download video, place in same folder)
  
• Fusion Energy Sciences at LBNL - Peter Seidl, LBNL
• Progress and Plans at General Fusion - Michael Delage, General Fusion
• The World Effort on Exascale Computation - John Mandrekas, DOE OFES
  
  

2015 Strategies to Fusion Power, 36th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Washington, DC   Updated December 19, 2015

• Agenda
  
• Welcome - Farrokh Najmabadi, Chairman of the Board, FPA
  
• Presentation of Awards - Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Keynote Address - Norman Augustine, Board of Directors, American Security Project, (CEO, retired, Lockheed Martin Corp.)
  
• The ITER Project: Moving Ahead at Full Speed - Bernard Bigot, Director-General, ITER Org.
• Status of NIF Research - John Edwards, LLNL
  
• Status of US ITER Contributions - Ned Sauthoff, US ITER Project Office
  
• Laser Fusion Strategy in Japan - Hiroshi Azechi, Director, ILE, Osaka U., Japan
• Development of Technology Bases for Japanese Strategy to Fusion Power - Hiroshi Yamada, Japan
• Tokamak Fusion Nuclear Science Facility Next Step - Charles Kessel, PPPL
• High Temperature Superconducting Magnets and Other Innovations for Fusion - David Kingham, Tokamak Energy, UK
• High Temperature Superconducting Magnets for Fusion - Joe Minervini, MIT
• The HIT Program and Its Implications for Fusion Energy - Derek Sutherland, U. Washington
• MagLIF Approach to Fusion Power - Daniel Sinars, Sandia
• Stellarator Paths to a Fusion Demo - Mike Zarnstorff, PPPL
• Strategic Opportunities for Fusion Progress - Mike Mauel, Columbia U.
• Summary of UFA Activities and Workshop - Uri Shumlak, U.Washington
• Materials Prospects for Fusion Power Plants - Steve Zinkle, ORNL
• Progress and Plans at General Fusion - Michel Laberge, General Fusion
• Opportunities on NIF as a User Facility - Mark Herrmann, LLNL
• ARPA-E Fusion Project - Patrick McGrath, ARPA-E
• Congressional Fusion Perspective - Aaron Weston, Counsel, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
  

• US Fusion Program Overview - Ed Synakowski, DOE OFES
  
• NNSA Inertial Confinement Fusion Program Overview - Keith LeChien, NNSA
  
• Progress and Fusion Vision at Tri Alpha Energy - Michl Binderbauer, Tri Alpha
  
• Comments on Fusion Development Strategy for the US - Stewart Prager, PPPL
• Perspectives on Inertial Fusion Energy - Robert McCrory, U. Rochester
• EU Strategy to Fusion Power - Xavier Litaudon, EUROfusion
• Fusion Energy Development at ORNL (non-US ITER) - Phil Ferguson, ORNL
• Fusion Energy Development Strategies - Tony Taylor, General Atomics
• Accelerated Fusion Development Path Based on New Superconductor Technology - Dennis Whyte, MIT
• Thoughts on Fusion Development Strategies - Don Correll, LLNL
• Fusion Development Strategies: More Robust Approaches to Laser ICF - Stephen Obenschain, NRL
• Fusion and Plasma Physics Research at Los Alamos - Don Rej, LANL
• Short Intense Ion Pulses for Materials, Warm Dense Matter and Fusion Energy Research - Peter Seidl, LBNL
• Fusion Research: Time to Face Reality - Robert L. Hirsch
• A Magnetic Mirror Strategy to Fusion Power - Tom Simonen, Retired
• Fusion Contributions to Today's Commercial Applications - Rich Callis, General Atomics
• Importance of Advanced Computers and Computation to Fusion Development - Paul Bonoli, MIT
• Fusion Contributions to Other Fields of Science - Sean Finnegan, DOE OFES

2014 Fusion Energy: Recent Progress and the Road Ahead, 35th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Washington, DC   Updated January 7, 2015

• Agenda
  
• Presentation of Awards - Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Keynote Address: Fusion Power Burn and .. - Steve Cowley, Director, Culham Center, UK
  
• ITER: Where are we? - Carlos Alejaldre, ITER Organization
• Government Accountability Office ITER Review - Frank Rusco, GAO 
• US Contributions to ITER - Ned Sauthoff, US ITER Project Office
• ITER Communications - Michel Claessens,  ITER Organization
• Progress and Challenges in  X-ray Drive ICF on the NIF - John Edwards, LLNL
• Omega Recent Results and Plans - T. Craig Sangster, U. Rochester
• Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) Research:  A Promising Beginning - Daniel Sinars, Sandia
  
• Session on Status of Magnetic Fusion and the Road Ahead
• Fusion Energy Development in Korea: Current Activities and Development - G.S. Lee, Korea
  
• The Magnetic Fusion Program in China - Roadmap and Progress - Yuanxi Wan, China
• Fusion Research in Europe - Tony Donne, EuroFusion 
• The Magnetic Fusion Program in Japan - Kenichi Kurihara, Japan,  Updated Dec 26,2014
  
• The Magnetic Fusion Program at PPPL - Mike Zarnstorff, PPPL
  
• Magnetic Fusion Program at General Atomics - Tony Taylor, GA
• Fusion Research and Spinoffs at MIT - Miklos Porkolab, MIT
  
• Session of Inertial Fusion: The Road Ahead
  
• The Inertial Fusion Program in Japan - Hiroshi Azechi, Osaka U.
  
• Road to Inertial Fusion Energy - Steve Obenschain, NRL
  
• Perspectives on Inertial Fusion Energy - Bob McCrory, U. Rochester
  
• Laying the Foundational Technology for IFE Laser Drivers - Tom Anklam, LLNL
  
• Fusion Perspective - Ben Hammond, House Appropriations Staff
  

• FES Update and Considerations for Strategic Planning - Ed Synakowski, DOE OFES
• Progress and Vision in the HED Sciences for National Security - Keith LeChien, DOE NNSA
  
• Fusion Perspective - Leland Cogliani, Senate Appropriations Staff
• LLNL Tokamak Boundary Research on DIII-D - Don Correll and David Hill, LLNL
• Fusion Research at Berkeley Lab - Peter Seidl, LBNL  Updated December 29, 2014
  
• Fusion and Plasma Physics Research at Los Alamos - Don Rej - LANL
• Fusion Materials Research - Steve Zinkle, ORNL
  
• 2014 Advisory Committee (FESAC) Strategic  Planning Panel Report - Mark Koepke, FESAC Chair
  
• Advanced Divertor Geometries for Next Generation Tokamaks, Possible Solutions for Divertor Issues - Mike Kotschenreuther, U. Texas
  
• Activities US Burning Plasma Organization - Chuck Greenfield, General Atomics Updated January 7, 2014
• Current Status of IFMIF - Yoshi Okumura, IFMIF
• Progress at General Fusion - Michel Laberge, General Fusion
• Polywell Fusion Electrostatic Fusion in a Magnetic Cusp - Jaeyoung Park, EMC2
• Magnetic Fusion in the Czech Republic - Radomir Panek, Czech IPP
• Update on ARPA-E ALPHA Program - Will Regan, DOE ARPA-E
• International Collaborations and the Road Ahead - Steve Eckstrand, DOE OFES
• Activities of the American Security Project - Andrew Holland
• StarDriver: An Update - David Eimerl
  
• Activities of the University Fusion Association - Dylan Brennan
  
• A Fusion Power Plant - Howard Hornfeld, Swiss-American Fusion Energy Corp

2013 Fusion Energy: Visions of the Future, 34th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Washington, DC   Updated January 1, 2014

• Agenda
  
• Presentation of Awards, Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Status of ITER - Osamu Motojima, Director General, ITER Organization
  
• NIF: Recent Experiments and Future Plans - John Edwards, LLNL
• Status of U.S. Contributions to ITER - Ned Sauthoff, U.S. ITER Project
  
• Session on Pathways to Fusion Beyond NIF
• Pathways to Laser Fusion Beyond NIF - Stephen Obenschain, US Naval Research Laboratory
  
• Perspectives on Inertial Fusion Energy - Robert McCrory, Laboratory for Laser Energetics U. Rochester
• Pathways to Fusion Beyond NIF - Tom Anklam, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Update on Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion - Mark Herrmann, Sandia National Laboratories
• Pathways to Fusion Beyond NIF - Hiroshi Azechi, Inst. of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
• Pathways to Fusion Beyond NIF: the perspective of the French Academic Community - R. McCrory for Dimitri Batani, Institut Lasers Plasmas, France
• Fusion Perspective - Ben Hammond, House Appropriations Staff
  
• Session on Pathways to Fusion Beyond ITER
• K-DEMO Design and R&D Plan - G. S. Lee, National Fusion research Institute, Korea
  
• Activities and Strategy in Japan on Fusion Technology for DEMO - Hiroshi Horiike, Osaka University
  
• CFETR the Next Step for FE in China beyond ITER - Yuanxi Wan, China
  
• EFDA Fusion Roadmap, Status of Implementation - Francesco Romanelli, EU
  
• Paths to Fusion Energy, The next 30 years, the next 10 years - Stewart Prager, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
  
• Framework for a Road Map to Magnetic Fusion Energy, Status Report - Dale Meade, Fusion Innovation Research and Energy
  
• Pathway to Fusion Beyond ITER - Tony Taylor, General Atomics
• Innovation is Key from ITER to DEMO - Miklos Porkolab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  
• Session on Demo Designs and Issues
• Designing Fusion Machines for High Availability - Tom Brown, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• Comments on Demo Designs and Issues - Steven Zinkle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Non-Proliferation Challenges In Connection With Magnetic Fusion Power - Richard Kamendje, IAEA
  
• A New Approach to the US Fusion program: Common Sense - Jeffrey Freidberg, MIT
• American Security Project Next Steps on Fusion Power - Andrew Holland, ASP
  

• Congressional Perspective - Leland Cogliani, Senate Appropriations Staff
  
• Update on the Fusion Energy Sciences Program - Ed Synakowski, DOE OFES
• NNSA's ICF Strategy - Kirk Levedahl, NNSA 
• Near-Term Issues for Inertial Confinement Fusion - David Meyerhofer and Riccardo Betti, University of Rochester LLE
  
• U.S. Burning Plasma Organization: MFE Research in Support of Burning Plasmas - Amanda Hubbard, MIT
  
• Session on Alternate Pathways
• LANL Fusion Energy Sciences Research -  Glen Wurden, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• MTF Progress Update and Compression Heating of Spheromaks - Doug Richardson, General Fusion
  
• Imposed Dynamo Driven Spheromak Roadmap - Tom Jarboe, Derek Sutherland et al., U. Washington
  
• Fusion with the Plasma Focus -  Eric Lerner, Lawrenceville Plasma Physics
  
• Activities of the University Fusion Association - Dylan Brennan, UFA
• Future Direction of the U.S. Fusion Materials Program - Peter Pappano, FES, US-DOE
• The DOE Program in High Energy Density Physics
• HED Science Research at LLNL - Pravesh Patel, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• HEDP and Heavy Ion Fusion - Peter Seidl, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• The DOE Program in High Energy Density Physics: New Initiatives in Matter in Extreme Conditions - Siegfried Glenzer, SLAL
  

2012 Fusion Energy: Status and Prospects, 33rd Annual Meeting and Symposium, Washington, DC   Updated December 24, 2012

• Agenda
  
• Presentation of Awards, Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Status of Experiments on NIF - Mike Dunne, LLNL
• Status of ITER Construction - Ned Sauthoff on behalf of Osamu Motojima, ITER 
• Fusion at MIT - Miklos Porkolab and Earl Marmar, MIT PSFC
  
• Fusion at General Atomics - Tony Taylor, GA
  
• Fusion at PPPL - Stewart Prager, PPPL
• Fusion Energy Sciences Research at LLNL 
• Overview - Don Correll, LLNL
• Snowflake Divertor, a possible power exhaust solution for magnetic fusion - Vlad Soukhanovski, LLNL
  
• Fusion Perspective - Joe Levin, House Appropriations Staff
• Fusion at the University of Rochester LLE - Robert McCrory, UR LLE
• Fusion at the US Naval Research Laboratory - Steve Obenschain, NRL
• Fusion at Sandia National Laboratories - Mark Hermann, SNL
• Fusion at LBNL - Joe Kwan, LBNL
  
• Progress on a New Intense RF Plasma Generator - Y-K Martin Peng, ORNL
• Fusion at Los Alamos National Laboratory - Glen Wurden, LANL
• The NAS Review of Inertial Fusion for Energy - Ron Davidson, PPPL, Jerry Kulcinski, U. Wisconsin
• Status of the EPRI Fusion Review - John Sheffield
• Fusion Activities of the American Security Project - Andrew Holland
  
• Fusion Communications Strategies - Kitta MacPherson, PPPL

• Fusion Perspective - Leland Cogliani, Senate Appropriations  Staff
• Overview of OFES Programs - Ed Synakowski, DOE OFES
• Inertial Fusion in NNSA - Jeff Quintenz, DOE NNSA
• Status of US Contributions to ITER - Ned Sauthoff, ORNL
• Update on Progress at General Fusion - Doug Richardson, General Fusion
  
• Innovative Fusion Power Plant Concepts - Dennis Whyte, MIT
• Summary of IAEA Demo Workshop - Hutch Neilson, PPPL
• Ignition Options with Lasers - Riccardo Betti, U. Rochester
• Update on Progress at General Fusion - Doug Richardson, GF
  
• Update on LIFE Study - Mike Dunne, LLNL
• OFES Programs in HEDLP and General Plasma Physics - Ann Satsangi, OFES
• Activities of the USBPO - Charles Greenfield, GA
• Activities of the University  Fusion Associationm - Dylan Brennan, UFA
• Activities and Capabilities at National Instruments - Stefano Concezzi, National Instruments

2011 Fusion Energy: Expectations, 32st Annual Meeting and Symposium, Washington, DC   Updated January 7, 2012

• Agenda
  
• Presentation of Awards , Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Fusion: An Inside/Outside Perspective - Steven Koonin, Former DOE Under Secretary for Science
• Energy Policy Interests of the American Security Project - Andrew Holland
• Energy Policy Interests of the Bipartisan Policy Center - Margot Anderson
  
• Path to Market for Compact Modular Fusion Systems - Simon Woodruff
  
• Status of Ignition in NIF - Ed Moses, LLNL
• Role of ITER in the Development of Fusion Energy - Richard Hawryluk, Deputy Director-General, ITER Organization
• A Path to Magnetic Fusion Energy - Stewart Prager, PPPL
• A Path to Inertial Fusion Energy - Mike Dunne, LLNL
• Status of NAS IFE Review - David Lang, NAS-NRC
• Activities of the U.S. Burning Plasma Organization - Michael Bell, PPPL
• Pathways to Magnetic Fusion Energy (I)
  
• A Path to a Fusion DEMO as a Next Step After ITER - Andrea Garofalo, General Atomics
• A Path to Practical Fusion Power - Ron Parker, MIT
• MFE Roadmapping in the ITER Era - Hutch Neilson, PPPL
• Realization of Fusion Energy: Why, When, How? - Farrokh Najmabadi, UCSD
• Pathways to Inertial Fusion Energy
  
• Pathways to Inertial Fusion Energy Laser Direct Drive - Steve Obenschain, US Naval Research Lab
• Thoughts on Inertial Fusion Energy - Bob McCrory, U. Rochester, LLE
• Keith Matzen, Sandia National Laboratories
  
• Heavy Ion Fusion Pathway - B. Grant Logan, LBNL
• LIFE Approach to Fusion Energy - Jeff Latkowski, LLNL
• Magneto-Inertial Fusion - Glen Wurden, LANL
  
• Perspectives on Innovative Confinement Concepts
• Cost Effective Path to DEMO - Tom Jarboe, U. Washington
• Perspective on Reversed Field Pinch (RFP) Fusion Research - John Sarff, U. Wisconsin
  

• Fusion Ignition and Stockpile Stewardship - Donald Cook, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, NNSA DOE 
• Update on NNSA Inertial Confinement Fusion Program -  Kirk Levedahl  NIC Campaign Manager, NNSA DOE
• Fusion in India - Shishir Deshpande, ITER India
• Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Strategy  - Ed Synakowski, (presented by Jim Vandam) DOE OFES
• Results from Levitated Dipole Experiment - Jay Kesner, MIT
• Session on Pathways to Magnetic Fusion Energy (II)
• Update on Developing the Mission and Research Goals for FNSF - G. Navratil, Columbia University
• FNST Challenges and Facilities on the Pathway to Fusion Energy - M. Abdou, UCLA
• Accompanying R&D and Required Capabilities for FNSF - Y-K Martin Peng, ORNL
• Materials Challenges on the Pathway to Magnetic Fusion Energy - S. Zinkle, ORNL
• Expectations for Steady-State MFE - M. Zarnstorff, PPPL
• Status of EPRI Fusion Review - Tom Mulford, EPRI, and John Sheffield
• U.S. Contributions to ITER
• Report from US ITER - Ned Sauthoff, U.S. ITER Project Office Director
• ITER Tokamak Cooling Water System - Tom Coleman, Areva Federal Services
  
• General Atomics: Overview and Support of ITER - John Smith, General Atomics 
• Session on DOE Program in HEDLP
• DOE-SC Program in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasma Science and  Inertial Fusion Energy Science - Sean Finnegan, OFES
• Fusion Science Center for Extreme States of Matter - David Meyerhofer U. Rochester
• HEDLP Fundamental Science on the Z Facility - Keith Matzen, Sandia National Laboratories
• Fast Ignition Inertial Confinement Fusion - Prav Patel, LLNL
  
• Research Program at General Fusion - Michael Laberge, General Fusion
  
• Plasma Jet Driven Magneto-Inertial Fusion - Scott Hsu, LANL

2010 Fusion Energy: Forum on the Future, 31st Annual Meeting and Symposium, Washington, DC   Updated December 27, 2010

• Agenda
  
• Presentation of Awards , Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Fusion in NNSA - Donald Cook, Deputy Administrator, NNSA
• Status of Experiments on NIF - Ed Moses, LLNL
• Status of ITER - David Campbell, ITER Organization
• Fusion Research in China - Yuanxi Wan, Inst. Plasma Phys., Hefei, China
• Fusion Perspective from PPPL - Stewart Prager, PPPL
• Fusion Perspective from U. Rochester - John Soures, U. Rochester
• Status of U.S. Contributions to ITER - Ned Sauthoff, ORNL
• Fusion Perspective from MIT - Miklos Porkolab, MIT
• Fusion Perspective from LANL - Glen Wurden, LANL
• Fusion Perspective from  Sandia - Mark Hermann, Sandia
• Developing Technology for Inertial Fusion Energy - David Crandall, U.S. DOE
• Inertial Fusion Ignition Options - Ricardo Betti, U. Rochester
  
• Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) - Mike Dunne, LLNL
• The Heavy Ion Fusion Option - B. Grant Logan, LBNL
• The KrF Laser Fusion Option - Steve Obenschain, NRL
• Pulsed Power Inertial Fusion Energy - Mike Cuneo, Sandia
• The U.S. Burning Plasma Physics Program - Jim Van Dam, U. Texas
• Plans for the NAS-IFE Review - David Lang, National Research Council
• Fusion Energy Legislation - Adam Rosenberg, House S&T Committee
  

• Fusion in the DOE Office of Science - William Brinkman, Director 
• Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Strategy - Ed Synakowski, OFES
• Inertial Confinement Fusion in NNSA - Allan Hauer, NNSA
• Inertial Confinement Fusion in France - Thierry Massard, CEA, France
• Overview of JET Experiments and Plans - F. Romanelli, EFDA
•  Session on Mission and Need for a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility Mission - G. Navratil, Columbia University
• Need for Fusion Nuclear Science and technology Program - Mohamed Abdou, UCLA
• The Spherical Torus Option - Y-K Martin Peng, ORNL
• The Advanced Tokamak Option - Ronald Stambaugh, General Atomics
• Magnetic Fusion Pilot Plant Studies - Jon Menard, PPPL
• The Stellarator Option - Mike Zarnstorff, PPPL
  
• Role of IAEA in the World Fusion Effort - Richard Kamendje, IAEA
• Overview of Fusion Energy Sciences Program at LLNL - Don Correll, LLNL
• Fusion Perspectives - Dmitri Ryutov, LLNL
• Fast Ignition - Prav Patel, LLNL
• Need for an Inertial Fusion Engineering Test Facility - John Sethian, NRL
• Summary of Innovative Concepts - Simon Woodruff, Woodruff Scientific
• Fusion Parameter Space from First Principles - Irv Lindemuth, U. Nevada
  
• Implications of Plasma Wall Interactions - Dennis Whyte, MIT
• Fusion Simulation Project - Xianzhu Tang, LANL

2009 Fusion Energy: Status and Prospects, 30th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC   Updated January 21, 2010

• Agenda
  
• Presentation of Awards , Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Status of ITER - Norbert Holtcamp, ITER Principal Deputy Director General
• The National Ignition Facility - Status and Future Directions - Ed Moses, LLNL
  
• The Korean Fusion Program - G. S. Lee, President, NFRI Korea
• Report of the ReNeW Workshop - Richard Hazeltine, U. Texas
• Report of the Fusion-Fission Hybrid Workshop - Jeff Freidberg, MIT
• Fusion Legislation - Adam Rosenberg, Committee on Science and Technology
• Laser Fusion in Japan - Hiroshi Azechi, Osaka University
• The NIF Ignition Campaign - John Lindl, LLNL
  
• Overview of Fusion Research at U. of Rochester - Bob McCrory, U.Rochester
• Overview of Fusion Program at LBNL - Grant Logan, LBNL
• Overview of Fusion at Sandia Labs - Keith Matzen, Sandia Labs
• Overview of Fusion Program at General Atomics - Ron Stambaugh, GA
• Overview of Fusion Program at PPPL - Stewart Prager, PPPL
• Overview of the Alcator C-Mod Program and Recent Results - Earl Marmar, MIT
• Overview of Fusion Program at LANL - Glen Wurden, LANL
• Status of US Contributions to ITER - Ned Sauthoff, ORNL
• U.S. Burning Plasma Organization: US Scientific Contributions to ITER - Amanda Hubbard, MIT
• A View from Congress - Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)

• LIFE: Laser Inertial Fusion-based Energy - Jeff Latkowski, LLNL
• The SABR Fusion-Fission Hybrid Concept - Bill Stacey, Georgia Tech
• Fusion-Fission Transmutation Scheme - Mike Kotschenreuther, U. Texas
• Science and Energy at the Department.of Energy- Steven E. Koonin, DOE Under Secretary of Science
• OFES Future Directions and Plans - Ed Synakowski, DOE OFES
  
• ICF Future Directions and Plans - Allan Hauer, DOE NNSA
• Progress in Fusion Nuclear Science and Technology - M. Abdou, UCLA
• Overview of NRL Program and Thoughts on Future Steps for Inertial Fusion - Steve Obenschain, NRL
• Overview of ORNL Fusion Program - Stan Milora, ORNL
• Overview of Fusion Energy Program at LLNL - Don Correll, LLNL
• Fast Ignition at LLNL - Prav Patel, LLNL
• Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy - Miklos Porkolab, MIT
• The Fastest Route to Fusion Power on the Grid - Rob Goldston, PPPL
• Impact of Design Studies for Fusion Energy - Farrokh Najmabadi, UCSD
• Report on the Levitated Dipole Experiment - Darren Garnier, Columbia U.
• The Omega Workshop and Users Group: Opportunities for Basic HED Science - Richard Petrasso, MIT
• Management of Large-Scale International Science Projects - Ben Cross, SRNL
  
• Potential of Magnetic Mirrors - Tom Simonen    
  

2008 Fusion Energy: Countdown to Ignition and Gain, 29th Annual Meeting, Livermore, CA   Updated December 30, 2008

Wednesday December 4, 2008

• Agenda
  
• Presentation of Awards , Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Thoughts on Fusion Energy Development, Richard F. Post, LLNL
  
• Search for a "YES, WE CAN" Ten Year Inertial Fusion Energy Development Strategy, John H. Nuckolls, LLNL
• Status of ITER, Kaname Ikeda, Director General, ITER Organization
  
• Plans for U.S. Contributions to ITER, Ned Sauthoff, US ITER Proj. Dir.
• The U.S. Burning Plasma Program, Chuck Greenfield, General Atomics
• Status of Laser Fusion Research in Japan, Kunioki Mima, Director, Inst. of Laser Engineering, Osaka Univ.
• Advances in Laser Fusion Energy, John Sethian, NRL
• Activities of the High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas FESAC Panel, Riccardo Betti, U. Rochester
• Status of the National Ignition Facility, Ed Moses, LLNL
  
• Future Directions for Inertial Fusion, Ed Moses, LLNL
• Planning for the Ignition Campaign on NIF, John Lindl, LLNL
  
• Lasers for LIFE, Chris Barty, LLNL
• New Directions in Fusion Energy Program at LLNL, W. Meier (LLNL)

Thursday December 5, 2008

• The Legacy of Richard F. Post,
  
• Best wishes from Novosibirsk - Dmitri Ryutov, LLNL
  
• Tribute to Dick Post, T. K, Fowler, U. C. Berkeley
  
• GAMMA-10 Simulation Results and Implications for a Tandem Mirror Effort, Jane Pratt, U. Texas
  
• The Status of Mirror Research, Tom Simonen, LLNL/GA (retired)
• Sustainment Physics of a Self-Organized Spheromak Torus Imbedded in an Open Magnetic Field, Bick Hooper, LLNL (retired)
• Overview of Fusion Research at National Institute of Fusion Research (NIFS), Osamu Motojima, Director NIFS, Japan
• DOE NNSA Perspective on Fusion, David Crandall, NNSA
  
• DOE OFES Perspective, Curt Bolton, OFES
  
• PPPL Research Highlights FY08, Rob Goldston, PPPL
  
• Overview of Fusion Research at General Atomics, Ron Stambaugh, GA
  
• Overview of Fusion Research at MIT, Miklos Porkolab, MIT PSFC
• Overview of Fusion Research at LANL, Glen Wurden, LANL 
• Overview of Inertial Fusion Research at U.Rochester, John Soures, U.R.
• Status of Heavy-Ion-Beam-Driven High Energy Density Physics and Fusion, B. Grant Logan, LBNL
• Overview of Fusion Research at SNL, Keith Matzen, SNL
• Report of FESAC Panel on Alternate Concepts, Dave Hill, LLNL
• Role of Neutron Sources in MFE and IFE, John. Sheffield, U. Tennessee
• An Evaluation of Fusion Energy R&D Gaps Using Technology Readiness Levels, Mark Tillack, UCSD
• Some Highlights on the Paths to Controlled Ignition and Gain in the Laboratory - Dale Meade, FIRE 

2007 Fusion Energy: Preparing for the NIF and ITER Era, 28th Annual Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN   Updated December 6, 2007

Tuesday December 4, 2007

• Agenda and Logistics
  
• Presentation of Awards , Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Fusion at the Department of Energy - Raymond. Fonck, USDOE
  
• Status of ITER - Gary Johnson, ITER Organization
  
• Status of NIF - Edward Moses, LLNL
  
• Plans for US Contributions to ITER - Ned Sauthoff, ORNL
• U.S. Burning Plasma Activities - Nermin Uckan, ORNL
• Welcome and ORNL Overview - James Roberto, Deputy Director for Science, ORNL
• Fusion Materials Research - Steve Zinkle, ORNL

Wednesday December 5, 2007

• Summary of FESAC Panel Report on MFE Planning for Demo - Martin Greenwald, MIT
  
• Overview of ICF Program - Michael Donovan, NNSA
  
• Preparations for NIF Ignition Campaign - John Lindl, LLNL
• Status of Z-Pinch Research - Keith Matzen, Sandia Laboratories 
• Status of HAPL Program - John Sethian, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory 
• IFE Target Fabrication, Delivery and Cost Estimates - Dan Goodin, General Atomics
• Overview of HIF/HEDLP - Grant Logan, LBNL
• Proposal for a Fusion Development Facility - Ron Stambaugh, General Atomics
• Taming the Plasma Material Interface - Rob Goldston, PPPL
  
• Summary of ICC Workshop - Simon Woodruff, Woodruff Scientific, LLC
• U. S. Fusion Technology Program - Stan Milora, ORNL 
• Issues and Opportunities from ITER Review - R. Hawryluk, PPPL 
• Research Plans for Omega-EP - John Soures, U. Rochester 
• Research and Plans for Alcator C-Mod - Miklos Porkolab, MIT 
• Research and Plans for NSTX - Masa Ono, PPPL
• Research and Plans for DIII-D - David Hill, LLNL/GA
• Plans for Stellarator Research - Jim Lyon, ORNL
• Report of a Discussion Group on  Component Testing - Martin Peng, ORNL
  

2006 Fusion: Pathways to the Future, 27th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC Updated September 30, 2006

Wednesday September 27

• Presentation of Awards , Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• ITER on the Path to Fusion Energy , Farrokh Najmabadi, UCSD
• U. S. Technology Program and ITER , Stan Milora, ORNL
• Status of ITER Project , Tom Vanek, DOE
• A Fusion Test Facility for Inertial Fusion , Steve Obenschain, NRL
• Status of NIF and the National Ignition Campaign , Ed Moses, LLNL
• ICF and IFE at the University of Rochester , Robert McCrory, UR-LLE
• Status of Fast Ignition Research, Mike Campbell, GA
• Fast Ignition Program in Japan , Kunioki Mima, Osaka University
• Status of Z-pinch Research , Keith Matzen, SNL
• Status of Z-pinch for IFE , Craig Olson, SNL
• Status of HAPL Program , John Sethian, NRL
• Status of DPSSL Development , John Caird, LLNL
• Status of HIF/HEDP Program , Ronald Davidson, PPPL
• U. S. Burning Plasma Program ,Ray Fonck, U. Wisconsin
• The International Tokamak Physics Activity , Ronald Stambaugh, GA
• Research and Plans for DIII-D , Tony Taylor, GA
• Research and Plans for Alcator C-Mod, Earl Marmar, MIT
• Research and Plans for NSTX, Masa Ono, PPPL

Thursday September 28

• International Collaborations in Science and Technology, Andrew Reynolds, Deputy Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State
• Science and Energy, Rep. Judy Biggert, Chair, Energy Subcommittee, Science Committee, U. S. House of Representatives (presented by Michael Holland)
• Overview of Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, SteveEckstrand, DOE/OFES
• Overview of Office of Inertial Fusion and NIF , Chris Keane, DOE/NNSA
• Alternate Magnetic Pathways , Simon Woodruff, U. Washington
• Spherical Torus on the Path to Fusion Energy, Martin Peng, ORNL
• RFP on the Path to Fusion Energy, Stewart Prager, U. Wisconsin
• Magnetized Target Fusion Research Results and Plans , Glen Wurden, LANL
• Overview of World Stellarator Research , Jim Lyon, ORNL
• Status and Plans for NCSX Compact Stellarator , Hutch Neilson, PPPL
• Technology and Physics Advances for the Ignitor Program, Bruno Coppi, MIT
• A New Approach to Fusion Energy , Dan Barnes, Coronado
• Fusion Energy at LLNL , Ed Synakowski, LLNL
• Overview of Fusion Theory , Don Batchelor, ORNL
• Recent Results from LDX , Mike Mauel, Columbia U.
• FRC on the Path to Fusion Energy, Alan Hoffman, U. Washington
• Fusion Economics , Jonathan Linton and David Goldenberg, RPI

2005 October 11-12, Fusion and Energy Policy, 26th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

• Presentation of Awards -Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
• Overview of Energy Policies at the US DOE - Robert C. Marlay, US DOE Office of Policy
• Fusion and the World Energy Situation - Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith, Director, Culham Laboratory, UK
• European Fusion Development Strategy - R. Andreani, EFDA, Garching
• Fusion Development in Japan - M. Seki, JAERI, Naka, Japan
• Special Congressional Staff Luncheon Talk - Organized by the Coalition for Plasma Science
  • A Fast Track Approach to Fusion Power - Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith, Director, Culham Laboratory, UK and Chairman Consultative Committee for EURATOM on Fusion
• The National Ignition Facility: Status of Construction - (pdf,33 MB) B. Warner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Status of U. S. Planning for ITER - N. Sauthoff, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• The U. S. Burning Plasma Support Program - R. Fonck, U. Wisconsin
• Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy - J. Kilkenney General Atomics
• Ignition in NIF:Status and Plan (pdf, 66 MB)- B. Warner, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• 21st Century FESAC - R. Hazeltine, U.Texas, Austin
• The World Energy Problem - What Should We be Doing? - John Sheffield, Joint Inst. for Energy and Environment, U. Tenn.
• Overview of OFES Program - N. A. Davies, DOE/OFES
• Overview of ICF and NIF Program - Chris Keane, DOE/NNSA
• Status of High Average Power Laser Program - J. Sethian, US Naval Research Laboratory
• Status of Heavy Ion Fusion Program - Grant Logan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Status of Z-IFE - C. Olson, Sandia National Laboratory
• Status of MFE Alternate Concepts - G. Wurden, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Roles of the Major U. S. Tokamak Facilities - Jill Dahlburg, US Naval Research Laboratory
• Fusion Nuclear Technologies in the U. S. - Neil Morley, UCLA
• Status of World Spherical Torus Research - M. Peng, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Activities of the Coalition for Plasma Science - Lee Berry, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2004 December 13, The Fusion Energy Option 25th Anniversary Meeting, Washington, DC

• Current Perspectives on Fossil Fuel Reserves - John Sheffield, Joint Inst. for Energy and Environment
• Fusion as a Source for Hydrogen Production - Ken Schultz, General Atomics
• Plans for Early Ignition on NIF - John Lindl, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Development Paths for Inertial Fusion Energy - Mike Campbell, General Atomics
• Status of Planning for ITER - Ned Sauthoff, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• Status and Promise of Compact Stellarator - Hutch Neilson, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• Status and Promise of Compact Tori and Magnetized Target Fusion - Glen Wurden, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Fusion Technology R&D Needed Now for Magnetic Fusion Energy - Neil Morley. University of California, Los Angeles
• Status of High Average Power Laser Program - John Sethian, U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
• Status of Z-pinch IFE Program - Craig Olson, Sandia National Laboratory
• Status of Heavy Ion Fusion Program - Grant Logan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Perspectives on Fusion Electric Power Plants: Critical R&D Issues - Farrokh Najmabadi, University of California, San Diego
• Thoughts on Fusion Energy Development Strategies - Dale Meade, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• Fusion Energy Sciences Update - N. Anne Davies, U. S. Dept. of Energy
• Inertial Confinement Fusion and the NIF Project Update - Chris Keane, U. S. Dept. of Energy

2003 November 19-21, Forum on the Future of Fusion, Washington, DC

Washington Perspective

• Fusion at the Department of Energy R. Orbach, Director of the Office of Science, DOE
• Fusion and National Science and Technology Policy, J. Patrick Looney, OSTP
• Perspective from OMB J. Parriott, OMB (68 kB, pdf)
• Science, Technology and International Relations, George Atkinson, Science Advisor US State Department

ITER

• Status of ITER Bill Spears, ITER Project (10 MB, ppt)
• Overview of U.S. Preparations for ITER Ned Sauthoff, U.S. ITER Planning Office (0.5 MB, ppt)
• U.S. Science Interests in ITER Gerald Navratil, Columbia U. (6.5 MB, pdf)
• U.S. Technology Interests in ITER Charles Baker, UCSD (5.9 MB, ppt)
• U.S. Industry Interests in ITER, Robert Iotti, CH2M Hill
• ITER as a Step toward Fusion Power Rob Goldston, PPPL (4.7 MB, ppt)

Burning Plasma Physics and Magnetic Fusion

• Report of NRC Burning Plasma Assessment Committee, John Ahearne, Sigma Xi
• The U.S. Burning Plasma Program Stewart Prager, U. Wisc (112 kB, ppt)
• Status of FIRE Dale Meade, PPPL (4.6 MB, ppt)
• Status of Ignitor Bruno Coppi, MIT
• Frontiers in Magnetic Fusion Physics Tony Taylor, General Atomics (1.5 MB, pdf)
• Status of Tokamak Research on C-Mod Earl Marmar, MIT (540 kB, pdf)

Burning Plasma Physics and Inertial Fusion

• Frontiers in high Energy Density David Meyerhoffer (2.8 MB, pdf)
• Status of NIF, Bruce Warner, LLNL (44 MB, pdf)
• Status of Heavy Ion Fusion Grant Logan, LBNL (8.1 MB, pdf)
• Status of HAPL John Sethian, NRL (19 MB, ppt)
• Status of Z-Pinch Fusion, Craig Olson, Sandia (5.6 MB ppt)
• Status of Fast Ignition Research John Kilkenny, GA (10 MB, ppt)
• Status and Plans for Omega Bob McCrory, U. Rochester (4 MB, pdf)
• A Roadmap for Laser Fusion Energy Ken Tomabechi, IFE Forum and Yasuji Kozaki Osaka U. (15 MB, ppt)

Fusion Program Overview and Innovative Concepts and Applications

• Overview of Fusion Energy Sciences Program John Willis, DOE OFES (5 MB, ppt)
• Overview of NNSA ICF Program, David Crandall, DOE (1 MB, pdf)
• Overview of Innovative Concepts Program Bick Hooper, LLNL (5 MB, ppt)
• Status of Spherical Torus Research M. Peng, ORNL (6 MB, ppt)
• Cleaner, More Efficient Vehicles Using Plasmatrons, Dan Cohn, MIT (3MB, ppt)

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