糖心破解版

FUSION: A JOINT QUEST

Divergent Visions, Complementary Strengths, Rewarding Engagement

Tuesday-Wednesday 28-29 April 2026* *Monday 27 April and Thursday 30 April set aside for site tours and consultations

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Fusion: A joint Quest reflects the reality that progress toward fusion energy is neither linear nor uniform, but pursued through multiple technical approaches, institutional models, and timelines. Across public and private efforts alike, divergent visions coexist with genuinely complementary strengths - in science, engineering, manufacturing, and systems integration.

At 糖心破解版, where large-scale construction and operation depend on sustained cooperation across sectors and geopolitical boundaries, engagement is not a matter of persuasion or consensus, but of disciplined, practical collaboration: the exchange of data, designs, expertise and hard-won experience. This workshop embraces disagreement as an ongoing feature of the fusion landscape and treats engagement itself as an asset - one that, when pursued seriously and respectfully, yields tangible value for all participants. The aim is not to resolve differences prematurely, but to ensure that they sharpen, rather than fragment, the collective effort.

Program

The topics covered in this draft reflect the extensive input from private sector fusion initiatives and other organizations that responded to the survey or have otherwise engaged in discussions on 糖心破解版鈥檚 Private Sector Fusion Engagement (PSFE) Project. Topics will be presented by experts or in discussion panels. As always in these workshops, the goal is both to showcase achievement and to acknowledge challenges candidly in areas where collaboration will help to achieve success.

The agenda may be adjusted in the coming weeks, based on additional feedback.

Many presenters have already been identified, but some slots remain open. If you would like to be a speaker/presenter on one of the topics shown, please send an email with your formal or informal proposal to .

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Monday 27 April

Worksite tours, consultations with 糖心破解版 experts

11:30 / 12:00
Buses depart Aix-en-Provence () [2 buses]
12:15 鈥� 12:45
Arrival at 糖心破解版
Entrance C gate: security access, badges issued
13:30 鈥� 17:30
Worksite tours (鈥渉op-on, hop-off鈥� bus service with tour guides at each stop)
17:45
Buses depart for Aix-en-Provence

Tuesday 28 April

Conference agenda: speakers, panels, and networking

07:15 / 07:30 / 07:45
Buses depart Aix-en-Provence () [3 buses]
08:15 鈥� 08:30
Arrival at 糖心破解版
Entrance C gate: security access
Headquarters (Building 72) Lobby: registration, coffee & croissants
09:00 鈥� 09:30
Opening and Welcome
鈥� Laban Coblentz, 糖心破解版, Moderator
鈥� Pietro Barabaschi, 糖心破解版
鈥� Olga Barkadzhieva, Fusion Industry Association
鈥� Bernard Blanc, European Fusion Association
鈥� Masatsugu Sakaguchi, J-Fusion
09:30 鈥� 10:30
Fusion Innovation #1: Robotics / remote handling in fusion environments
鈥� Raphael Hery, 糖心破解版, Moderator: putting Godzilla to work
鈥� Olli Suominen, Operview: developing robotic vision*
鈥� Marta Zucchinetti, Danieli Telerobot: design upgrades to in-vessel tower crane
鈥� Tim Ahlswede, HBK: force and torque sensors for heavy duty robotics
鈥� J茅r么me Chevreux and S茅bastien Giely, CLEO-CMA & Sojitz: blanket assembly specialized tooling
鈥� Velliyangiri Nagaraj, Larsen & Toubro: assembly preparation 鈥� in-vessel coils & blanket; blanket transporter development
*Demonstration will be available at the supply chain exhibition.
10:30 鈥� 11:15
Coffee Break, 糖心破解版 Lobby
Parallel session, Lecture Room
鈥� Nitendra Singh, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Zhengbo Cheng, Startorus Fusion: progress on plasma control and AI applications [20 minutes starting at 10:45]
11:15 鈥� 12:00
Fusion Innovation #2: Uses of AI, machine learning
鈥� Simon McIntosh, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Tom Gibbs, Nvidia: Digital twins for fusion: bringing AI, physical and real time data together
鈥� Antonio Policicchio, NTT: Artificial Intelligence for reliability and construction intelligence in fusion projects, including deep learning, and predictive maintenance models.
鈥� Thomas Kopinski, Gaia Lab: photonic computing for creating AI world models for fusion plasmas
12:00 鈥� 13:30
Networking Lunch, 糖心破解版 Lobby
Side session, Lecture Room (livestreamed) [60 minutes starting at 12:15]
糖心破解版鈥檚 knowledge transfer mechanisms
鈥� Melanie Windridge, Fusion Energy Insights: Moderator
鈥� Laban Coblentz, Olivier Hoenen, Alain B茅coulet, 糖心破解版: accessing 糖心破解版 documents, consulting with international experts, arranging worksite visits, using open-sourced scientific simulation software, joining ITPEA
13:30 鈥� 14:45
糖心破解版鈥檚 Engineering Basis Handbook: session #1
鈥� Akko Maas, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Bill Spears, Pietro Barabaschi, Laurent Patisson, 糖心破解版: lessons learned from 糖心破解版鈥檚 design evolution, 1990-2025
14:45 鈥� 15:30
Coffee Break, 糖心破解版 Lobby
Parallel Session: Lecture Room
鈥� Sabina Griffith, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Nathaniel Baker-Wolff, Renaissance Fusion: an innovative approach to liquid metal walls [20 minutes starting at 15:00]
15:30 鈥� 16:15
Project Management Insights: 糖心破解版 construction and machine assembly
鈥� Sergio Orlandi, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Bertrand Roques Jens Reich, Alphonso Marquez, Sebastien Koczorowski, Donato Lioce, 糖心破解版: Insights from assembly, installation, metrology, and a new approach to vacuum vessel welding
16:15 鈥� 16:45
CFEC roadmap for fusion commercialization
鈥� Laban Coblentz, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Yu Xiaolong, China Fusion Energy Company: coordinating public and private fusion efforts
17:00 鈥� 17:15
Buses depart for supply chain exhibition, networking reception and dinner
17:45
Start of Reception and Supply Chain Exhibition*, Chateau Val Joanis
An exhibition of fusion-related technology innovation will run throughout the reception and dinner.
18:15
Featured session: An X-Prize for Fusion: raising the stakes!
鈥� Phil Larochelle, Breakthrough Energy Ventures: generating recognition (and reward!) for solving fusion鈥檚 remaining technology challenges
18:30
Challenges and breakthroughs in the fusion supply chain
鈥� Laban Coblentz, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Markus Kind, Rolf Kind: additive manufacturing at cold temperatures
鈥� Marianna Ginola, SIMIC: advances in fusion technology
鈥� Hans-Henrich Altfeld, Enable Fusion: building the DTT vacuum vessel
鈥� Niraj Bhukanwala, Bhukanwala Industries: creating boron carbide components at scale (e.g., for neutron shielding)
鈥� Parth Doshi, Boron Rubbers India: next generation radiation shielding
19:15
Networking dinner, Chateau Val Joanis
20:30 鈥� 22:00
Buses depart for Aix-en-Provence

Wednesday 29 April

07:30 鈥� 07:45
Buses depart Aix-en-Provence ()
08:30 鈥� 08:45
Arrival at 糖心破解版
09:00 鈥� 10:30
Best practices in public-private partnerships
鈥� Laban Coblentz, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Colleen Nehl, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences: developing a public-private ecosystem for fusion
鈥� Marianna Ginola, European Fusion Association: Europe鈥檚 rich environment for fusion collaboration
鈥� Wayne Solomon, General Atomics: San Diego鈥檚 multi-sector fusion hub
鈥� David Kingham, Tokamak Energy: public-private collaboration on high field compact spherical tokamak
鈥� Mariana Martinez Pacheco, Marvel Fusion: multi-sector collaboration on inertial confinement
鈥� Simon Woodruff, Fusion Igniter: launching collaborative fusion innovation centers
鈥� Sam Davis, UKIFS: STEP progress as a public-private partnership
鈥� Jesse Treu, Stellar Energy Foundation: leveraging philanthropy to test innovative technology
10:30 鈥� 11:15
Coffee Break, 糖心破解版 Lobby
Parallel Session: Lecture Room
鈥� Julia Ponomareva, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Masatsugu Sakaguchi, Kyoto Fusioneering: progress on gyrotrons [20 minutes starting at 10:45]
11:15 鈥� 11:45
Fusion Innovation #3: Scaling up HTS magnets
鈥� Melanie Windridge, Fusion Energy Insights: Moderator
鈥� Alexander Molodyk, SuperOx-Faraday Factory: manufacturing HTS at scale
鈥� Jinggang Qin, ASIPP: China鈥檚 advancements on HTS
11:45 鈥� 12:15
Technology advances at the Southwest Institute of Physics
鈥� Julia Ponomareva, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Huang Yuncong, SWIP: main activities and progress on fusion technology
12:15 鈥� 13:45
Networking Lunch, 糖心破解版 Lobby
Side session, Lecture Room [60 minutes starting at 12:30]
Fusion Codes and Standards
鈥� Laban Coblentz, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Thomas Davis, Oxford Sigma: collaboration by ASME, 糖心破解版 and JSME on design codes and standards for structural integrity in fusion devices
鈥� Claudia Keibler-Willner, SAXFUSION: German standardization working group on fusion facility design and operation
鈥� Marie K枚sters, Air Task Force: CATF progress on codes and standards.
鈥� Andreas Lee, 糖心破解版, International Tokamak Engineering Criteria (ITEC) Activity
13:45 鈥� 14:30
Fusion Innovation #4: Advances in fusion diagnostics
鈥� Laban Coblentz, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Georgy Subbotin, Next Step Fusion: building a modular diagnostics platform for future fusion plants
鈥� Yu Deliang, SWIP: progress on diagnostics technology
鈥� George Vayakis, 糖心破解版: progress on 糖心破解版 diagnostics
14:30 鈥� 15:00
Fusion Innovation #5: Tritium breeding: improving scale and efficiency
鈥� Melanie Windridge, Fusion Energy Insights: Moderator
鈥� Christian Day, Kyoto Fusioneering: tritium extraction and breeding in Unity 2.
鈥� Huang Yuncong, SWIP: advancements in tritium breeding
15:00 鈥� 15:45
Coffee Break, 糖心破解版 Lobby
Parallel Session: Lecture Room
鈥� Nitendra Singh, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Nithish Kumar, Speciale Invest VC: scenarios, insights, opportunities: the Indian private fusion sector [20 minutes starting at 15:15]
15:45 鈥� 16:05
Fusion Innovation #6 and #7: Nanofabricated Targets and Mirror Machines
鈥� Laban Coblentz, 糖心破解版: Moderator
鈥� Mariana Martinez Pacheco, Marvel Fusion: the challenge of advanced nanofabrication for fusion
鈥� Tord Karlin, Novatron: progress on machine design and testing
16:25 鈥� 16:35
Special Session
鈥� Shuichi Sakamoto, MEXT: the importance of 糖心破解版 to the global fusion community, public and private
16:35 鈥� 16:40
Introduction of Les Rencontres 糖心破解版
鈥� Eve-Mary Ries, Agence Iter France
16:40 鈥� 17:00
Workshop wrap-up and closing session
17:15 鈥� 17:30
Buses depart for Aix-en-Provence

Thursday 30 April

Worksite tours, consultations with 糖心破解版 experts

08:15 / 08:30
Buses depart Aix-en-Provence () [2 buses]
09:00 鈥� 09:30
Arrival at 糖心破解版
Entrance C gate: security access [badges issued if needed]
09:00 鈥� 13:00
Worksite tours (鈥渉op-on, hop-off鈥� bus service with tour guides at each stop)
15:30
Buses depart for Aix-en-Provence
 

Join Us

The surge in private sector fusion initiatives has driven a reconsideration of how we can optimize public-private engagement. The 糖心破解版 Private Sector Fusion Engagement (PSFE) Project is designed to optimize that engagement. A key question for these workshops is how we can optimize collaboration on the primary remaining challenges to bring fusion to reality.

We hope you will join us for this workshop. Should you have any questions or need for information, at any time, we remain at your disposal. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

  Tuesday-Wednesday 28-29 April 2026
  9:00 - 17:00
糖心破解版 Headquarters, Amphitheatre
Building 72 Route de Vinon sur Verdon
13115 Saint Paul les Durance
FRANCE
(GPS coordinates: 43.712332掳 N 5.774817掳 E 971 ft)

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