A visit from IAE Executive Director
11 Feb 2013
Maria Van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, feels strongly about the need to communicate the importance of fusion and ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ to decision-makers and the general public.
Many things have changed since Maria Van der Hoeven ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ five years ago. In February 2008, Newsline described the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ site as a " barren land with only a couple of mud trails and plenty of trucks and tractors."
At the time, Ms Van der Hoeven was the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs and already a strong proponent of the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ project. She is now the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency () and her interest in the project has not diminished.
Visiting the ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ site and meeting with ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Organization senior management on Thursday 7 February, Ms Van der Hoeven insisted, like she had in a 2012 Newsline , on the necessity of communicating the importance of fusion and ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ to decision-makers and the general public.
Ms Van der Hoeven will be one the keynote speakers at the Monaco ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ International Fusion Energy Days () to be held on 2-4 December in the Principality of Monaco.