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2015 Fusion Energy: Recent Progress and the Road Ahead, 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: Status and Prospects, 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: Status and Prospects, 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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