1st Announcement on 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics(AAPPS-DPP 2018) November 12-17, 2018
http://aappsdpp.org/DPP2018/index.html
The Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Ishikawa Prefectural Bunkyo Hall

Organized by AAPPS-DPP
AAPPS-DPP executive committee (M. Kikuchi, chair) decided to organize the 2nd Asia-PacificConference on Plasma Physics (AAPPS-DPP2018 in short). This conference will be the generalplasma physics conference in Asia-Pacific region, similar to the APS-DPP and EPS-DPP
conferences on plasma physics.
[1] Scope of the AAPPS-DPP2018: AAPPS-DPP2018 is a plasma physics conference under theauthority of AAPPS-DPP for scientific discussions on plasma physics. This conference should bephysics oriented and provide interdisciplinary and in-depth discussions among and in various fieldsof plasma physics and application.
[2] Date: November 12(Monday) -17(Saturday), 2018
[3] Conference Venue:
The Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kanazawa-CCI) (http://www.kanazawa-cci.or.jp/) & Ishikawa
Prefectural Bunkyo Hall (http://www.bunkyo.or.jp), Kanazawa, Japan. Venue is located near Kanazawa Castle andKenrokuen garden (one of three famous Japanese garden) and Ohmicho Market (seafood). 10 minutes from Kanazawa
station by bus and 3minutes walks.

[4] Organization:
AAPPS-DPP (http://aappsdpp.org/AAPPSDPPF/) is organizing body of this conference. This conference is endorsed
and sponsored by following societies and organization.
Endorsed by:
1. Division of plasma physics in American Physical Society (APS-DPP, https://www.aps.org/units/dpp/)
2. Division of plasma physics in European Physical Society (EPS-DPP, http://plasma.ciemat.es/eps/) pending.
3. Physical Society of Japan (JPS, http://www.jps.or.jp/english/)
4. Division of Plasma Physics in Chinese Physical Society (CPS-DPP)
5. Division of Plasma Physics in Korean Physical Society (KPS-DPP)
6. Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI, http://www.pssi.in/)
7. Astronomical society of Japan (ASJ, http://www.asj.or.jp/)
8. The Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (SGEPSS, http://www.sgepss.org/sgepss/index-e.html)
9. Laser Society of Japan (LSJ, http://www.lsj.or.jp/LSJHP/LSJindex.html)
10. Division of Plasma Electronics in Japan society of Applied Physics (JSAP- DPE, http://annex.jsap.or.jp/plasma/)
11. Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research (JSPF, http://www.jspf.or.jp/eng/)
12. Division of Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics in Chinese Nuclear Society
13. Asian African Association on Plasma Training (AAAPT, http://www.aaapt.org/)
14. Australian ITER Forum (http://fusion.ainse.edu.au/)
Financially supported by:
1. Ishikawa prefecture
2. Kanazawa city
3. Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP, https://www.apctp.org/main/)
4. NFRI (Sponsor for 2018 S. Chandrasekhar Prize)
5. IFE Forum (Sponsor for 2018 U30 Award)
6. Hamamatsu photonics
7. SPP Technologies

[5] Scientific Program:
2nd Asia-Pacific conference on Plasma Physics will cover following sub-disciplines of plasma
physics.
CD. Cross-disciplinaryF.
Fundamental plasma
B. Basic plasma
A.
Applied plasma
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2.

3.

L.
S.
SA.
MF.

Laser plasma
Space plasma
Solar / Astro plasma
Magnetic Fusion plasma“Cross Disciplinary” session is created according to the comments on 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma
Physics to discuss common topics among various plasma fields. This session will have three topics. 1. Magnetic
Reconnection and Relaxation (MRR), 2. Turbulent Momentum Transport and Flow Structure (TMTF), 3.
Filamentation, Focusing and Collapse.
“Fundamental” covers 1. Mathematical plasma physics, 2. MHD and Reconnection, 3. Kinetic MHD, 4. Plasma
turbulence, 5. Gyro kinetic, 6. NC transport, 7. Turbulent transport, 8. Current Drive, 9. Relativistic plasma physics,
etc. Fundamental will have some focused sessions on EP physics in AAPPS-DPP 2018.
“Basic” covers 1. Plasma Simulation, 2. Strongly-coupled& Dusty& Quantum plasmas, 3. Atomic& Molecular inplasma for astro/solar/space, laser, low temp and fusion applications, 4. Plasma Diagnostics, 5. Non-neutral plasma,
7. Plasma propulsion, 8. Plasma source and plasma heating system, etc. Basic will have focused sessions on 1.
Massive computational plasma physics, 2. Strongly-coupled, and 3. Atomic& Molecular in plasma[6] Basic Structure of Scientific Program:Conference will from Monday (12 Nov.) to Saturday (17 Nov., conference tour). Morning
sessions will be plenary session (no parallel session) at the main conference hall except Friday.
There will be 2018 S. Chandrasekhar Prize selection before the conference and the winner will be
the first plenary speaker. Afternoon session will be dedicated for parallel sessions. Number ofinvited speakers is 270 of above 8 fields. Number of orals will be decided according to the numberof contributed abstracts. There will be DPP young research award and U30 award and poster prize.

[7] Registration Fee and Conference Dinner Fee
Registration fee should be paid on-line before the conference. Conference registration site ishttps://www.gakkai-web.net/p/aappsdpp_reg/new1.php
Participants who need VISA should register by July 1 and should pay registration fee. In caseparticipant can’t come, paid fee will be reimbursed with some cost. VISA support after July 1 willend on 1 September.
At the conference site, there will be minimum peoples in charge. We will not accept payment incash and ask on-line payment in case you have not paid on-line before so that you have to bringyour valid credit card.
Member fee is applied to AAPPS-DPP members and members of endorsed societies. Registration
fee includes 1) Admission to all conference sessions and 2) Conference Materials.
Coffee break and welcome reception are free of charge.
Before Sept. 30, 2018

After Sept. 30

Member50, 000 JPY

60, 000 JPY

Non-member

60, 000 JPY

70, 000 JPY

Student/Retired

25, 000 JPY

30, 000 JPYa) Welcome Reception: There will be a reception on Sunday (Nov. 11) 18:00-20:30. Place will be
noticed later.
b) Lunch box: Lunch box of 1000JPY can be reserved for Nov. 12-16 through registration
homepage.
c) Conference dinner: Conference dinner will be on Thursday (Nov. 15) 19:30-22:00 at Japanesestyle restaurant (SEN, AKANEDOKI) near Kanazawa station. Conference dinner fee is 6000 JPY
for full participant and 4000 JPY for student.
d) Conference tour: There are three options.
(1) Kanazawa city tour.

Kanazawa castle

Kenrokuen garden

21st century Museum of Contemporary Art(2) Shirakawago village tour:(3) Eiheiji temple tour:

Shirakawago village under snow

Eiheiji mountain gate

Four heavenly kings[8] VISA requirement
Participants who need VISA should contact LOC (aappsdpp.2018@gmail.com). Registration fee shouldbe paid in advance before you apply VISA. Please visit http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/ as well.

Deadline for VISA registration is July 1. VISA support after July 1 will end on 1 September.
1. Register yourself at Registration homepage(https://www.gakkai-web.net/p/aappsdpp_reg/new1.php)
2. Click Visa “Required” and select Country to apply Visa.

[9] Financial assistance
Financial assistance to attend this conference will be provided to a limited number of participants.
For detail, please visit http://aappsdpp.org/DPP2018/financialassistance.html[10] Hotel information http://www.aappsdpp.org/DPP2018/accomodation.html
There will be no pre-booked hotel for this conference. Kanazawa is a compact city with many
hotels but those are very crowded in the autumn, and, in addition, a big size international
conference on Nitride Semiconductors is scheduled for the same period of DPP2018. We strongly
recommend DPP2018 participants to make early reservations on the hotels. For reservation, please
go directly to the hotel's online reservation system or agent site.
(1) Kanazawa New Grand Hotel, (2) Hotel Resol Trinity Kanazawa, (3) KKR Hotel, (4) Kanazawa
Tokyu Hotel, (5) ANA Holiday Inn Kanazawa Sky, (6) Hotel Nikko Kanazawa, (7) ANA Crowne
Plaza Kanazawa, (8) Hotel Kanazawa, (9) Garden Hotel Kanazawa, (10) Smile Hotel Kanazawa,(11) Toyoko Inn Kanazawa Kenrokuen Korimbo, (12) Hotel Econo Kanazawa Katamachi, (13)Hotel Trusty Korinbou[11] Contributed and Post-deadline
Abstract submission is extended to June 15 at https://www.gakkai-web.net/gakkai/aappsdpp/
Abstract submission after June 15 is regarded as Post-deadline.
All accepted post deadline submissions will be poster presentation. Submission site will close on September 20.

[12] Venue detail
The conference venue (Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kanazawa-CCI) andIshikawa Bunkyo Hall(Bunkyo Hall)) is located near Kanazawa castle and 10 minutes by Bus from
Kanazawa station (East) to Minami-cho and then 3 minutes walk to Kanazawa CCI.

3minutes walk
Kanazawa CCI

Bunkyo Hall

12.1 Plenary Talks
All plenary talks will be given at the Plenary Hall in Kanazawa CCI.

12.2 Parallel Sessions
There will be 9 parallel sessions in Kanazawa-CCI and Bunkyo-Hall.

[13] Plenary Speakers
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2018 S. Chandrasekhar Prize
Laureate
Steven Tobias, University of Leeds,

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Yi-Kang Pu, Tsinghua University“The influence of electrode surface conditionon the discharge properties in a capacitively
coupled plasma”

16. Ho Jun Kim, Dong-A. University/Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
"Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor
Fabrication System"“Flux expulsion and Dynamos “

3. Shigeo Yoden, Kyoto University,“Hierarchy of numerical model simulations
on the equatorial QBO-like oscillations in thestratosphere -troposphere coupled system”

4. Chijie

Xiao,

PekingUniversity,“Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection:
laboratory experiments and in situ
measurements in the magnetosphere”

10. A.A.
Mamun,
Jahangirnagar
University, “Solitary and Shock Waves in
Dusty Plasmas, and some open issues”

11. Yasushi Todo, National Institutefor Fusion Science, "Energetic particle
physics in fusion
computer simulation"

plasmasthrough

17. Ryosuke Kodama, Osaka University,“High Energy Density science with highpower lasers in Japan”

18. G. Ravindra Kumar, Tata Instituteof Fundamental Research, “Relativistic
electron physics in ultrahigh intensity laser
plasma interactions”

19. Bjorn
5. Daniel Lathrop, University of
Maryland, "Reconnection and helicity ofvortices in quantum fluids and the plasma
connection”

6. Michio Yamada, Kyoto University,“Zonal Flows in Rotating Fluids:
phenomenological interest and theoreticalproblems”

12. Kwo Ray Chu, National Taiwan
University, “A study of inherent causes
for non-uniform microwave heating”

13. Chao Chang, Xi’an Jiaotong
University,“Nanosecond
IntenseMicrowave Plasma and Electromagnetic
Undulator for FEL”

14. Masaharu Hori, Nagoya University,
7. Fulvio Zonca, ENEA& Zhejiang
University, “On the nonlinear dynamics“Challenge to the systematization of thebiological interaction by plasmas”

Mauel

Hegerich,

IBS,“Relativistic
Quantum
Photonics–
fundamental science and applied engineeringwith ultrahigh intensity lasers”

20. Xian-Tu He, IAPCM, “Design andexperimental progress of hybrid- drive ICF
ignition on SG-III laser facility”

21. James F. Drake, University of
Malyland, “Magnetic reconnection in spaceplasmas (tentative)”of phase space zonal structure”

8. Katsumi Ida, National Institute for
Fusion Science, “Bifurcation phenomena
in magnetic confinement”

15. Ken
Ostrikov,
Queensland
University of Technology, “Shrinking
the plasma: why not use pores?”

22. Gurudas Ganguli, Naval ResearchLaboratory,“UseofLaboratory
Experiments
Phenomena”

toUnderstandSpace23. Daniel Baker, University ofColorado, “Overview of interaction ofparticles and waves in magnetosphere byobservations and simulations”

29. Yunfeng Liang, ASIPP, “Control of

35. Guo Yong Fu, Zhejiang University

Edge-Localized Mode in
Confined Fusion Plasmas”“Summary of Fundamental plasma session”

Magnetically

30. Yong Kyoon In, NFRI, “Critically
24. Fouad Sahraoui, Universite Pierre &Marie Curie, “Kinetic scale turbulence inresolved non-axisymmetric field physics in
KSTAR”

36. Yasuaki
Kishimoto,
Kyoto
University, “Summary of Basic plasma
session”

space plasmas”

37. Jung-Sik Yoon, NFRI
25. Kazuo Makishima, The Universityof Tokyo, “Physics of the largest-scale hot
plasmas in the Universe”

31. Wulyu Zhong, SWIP, “On turbulence“Summary of Applied plasma session”

and multi-scale interactions in low and highconfinement plasmas of the HL-2A
tokamak”

38. Amita Das, IPR“Summary of Laser plasma session”

26. Xueng Bai, Tsinghua University“Gas Dynamics of Weakly IonizedProtoplanetary Disks and Implications forPlanet Formation”

32. Tonny

Donne,EUROfusion,“Strategy and challenges of the revised
European Fusion Roadmap”

39.Xiaohua Deng, Nanchang University,“Summary of Space/Geomagnetism plasma
session”

27. Masaharu Hoshino, The Universityof Tokyo, “Particle acceleration in plasma

33. Naoyuki Oyama, QST“Progress in preparing research plan andconstruction of JT-60SA”

universe”

40. Ryoji Matsumoto, Chiba University“Summary of Solar/Astro plasma session”

28. Peter H. Yoon, University of
Maryland, “Dynamic role of kinetic plasma
processes in the solar wind”

34. Patrick H. Diamond, UCSD
“Summary of cross-disciplinary session”

41. Xuru Duan, SWIP, “Summary of
Magnetic Fusion plasma session”

[14] Invited Speakers
Cross-disciplinary:
1. Hiroyuki Arakawa (Shimane University), Wave, flow and vortex:
the third structure in drift wave turbulence
2. T. Yamada (Kyushu University), Three Dimensional Structure ofStreamer in Drift Wave Fluctuations
3. Y. Kosuga (Kyushu University), How secondary flow is selected
in drift wave turbulence: Role of parallel flow shear
4. Ashwin Joy(Indian Institute of Technology), Phase Transitions in
Active Matter Systems
5. Shi-ichi Takehiro(Kyoto University), Thermal convection andinduced mean zonal flows in rotating spherical shells
6. Hidenori Aiki(Nagoya U.), Towards a seamlessly diagnosable
expression for the energy flux associated with both equatorial andmid-latitude waves
7. Kumiko Hori(KOBE U.), Slow magnetic Rossby waves inEarth’s core
8. Jiayong
Zhong(Beijing
NormalUniversity),
Particles
Acceleration during Laser Driven Magnetic Reconnection in a
Low-beta Plasma
9. M. Jiang(SWIP), Multi-scale interactions between magnetic
island and turbulence on HL-2A tokamak
10. Zhibin Guo(Peking University), How Toroidal Coupling Induces
Phase Jumps and Zonal Flow Shear Layer Patterns
11. Norman M. Cao(MIT), Observation and Quasilinear Modeling of
Rotation Reversal Hysteresis in Alcator C-Mod Plasmas
12. Rameswar Singh(UCSD), Intrinsic parallel current generationfrom ETG turbulence in a cylindrical plasma
13. Yign Noh(Yonsei University), LES of Turbulent Particle-Laden
Flows in Nature: from Plankton to Clouds
14. Eunok Yim(EPFL), Global stability of pancake vorticies inrotating and stratified fluids
15. CS Liu(University of Maryland), Nonlinear development of
Stimulated Raman Backscattering Instability with trappedelectrons
16. Won-Ha Ko(NFRI), Rotation and momentum transport inmagnetic confined plasmas
17. S. Cappelo(Consorzio RFX), Magnetic self-organization in
confined plasmas
18. Richard Sydora(University of Alberta), Kinetic Theory and
Simulation of the Current Sheet Shear Instability in 3D Magnetic
Reconnection
19. Takahiro Iwayama(Fukuoka University), Forced-dissipative
turbulence governed by generalized two-dimensional fluid
systems
20. Yoshi-Yuki Hayashi(Kobe University), Turbulence, waves andmomentum transfer in geophysical fluids
21. M. Zhang(National Astronomical Observatories, CAS), Helicity
transport from the solar convection zone to interplanetary space
22. PF Chen(Nanjin University), Magnetic self-organization andreconnection in the solar atmosphere
23. Hiroshi Niino(University of Tokyo), Tornadoes: Their Structure,
Genesis Mechanism and Environment
24. G. Dif-Pradalier(CEA/IRFM), Global Staircase Organization in
Magnetized Plasmas
Fundamental:
1.
Shinya Maeyama (Nagoya University), Effects of electron-scale
turbulence on ion-scale turbulence in Tokamak plasmas
2.
P. Hennequin(Ecole Polytechnique), Overview of plasma
turbulence structure studies in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak
3.
Cami S. Collins(GA), ptimizing future burning plasmas throughexperiments to understand & control transport of fast ions by
Alfvén eigenmodes
4.
Tatsuya Kobayashi (NIFS), Experimental investigation of the
L-H transition dynamics
5.
Pengjun Sun (ASIPP), Experimental Study of Multi-scaleInteraction between (Intermediate, Small)-scale Microturbulenceand MHD modes in EAST Plasmas
6.
Zhisong Qu(ANU), Energetic Geodesic Acoustic Mode (EGAM)
as a two-stream instability and EGAM linear mode study invarious regime

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Emily A. Belli(GA), Impact of centrifugal drifts on ion turbulent
transport
Zhiyong Qiu (Zhejiang University), Nonlinear decay and plasma
heating by toroidal Alfvén eigenmode
TS Hahm (SNU), Modern gyrokinetic description of residual
zonal flows
Y. Ono (U. Tokyo), Direct access to the burning plasma by
high-power reconnection heating of merging tokamaks
Naoki Sato (U. Tokyo), Statistical Mechanics of TopologicallyConstrained Systems: Application to Self-Organizing Diffusion in
PlasmasMatthew Hole (ANU), Energetic particle driven mode activity:
advances in understanding from linear through hard nonlinear
regimeMakoto Sasaki (Kyushu University), Selection of flow chirality indrift-mode and D’Angelo-mode fluctuations
Ruirui Ma (SWIP), Theoretic study of the nonlinear energetic
particle mode dynamics in tokamaks
Y. Kawazura (University of Oxford), Relativistic Extended
Magnetohydrodynamics: action formalism and physicalproperties
Kaijun Zhao (SWIP), Sawtooth heat pulses interacting withplasma flows, turbulence, and gradients in the tokamak edge
plasmasLai Wei (DUT), Nonlinear interaction between drift tearing
modes and slab-ITG-modes
Y. Yatsuyanagi (Shizuoka University), Correlation function in
long-range interacting point vortex system
David Zarzoso (Aix-Marseille Université), Impact of energetic
geodesic acoustic modes on transport in fusion plasmas
S. Usami (NIFS), Particle Simulation Studies on Effective Ion
Heating during Magnetic Reconnection
Hogun Jhang (NFRI), Magnetic field stochastization andtransport process during edge pedestal collapse simulations
Jianxing Li (Xi’an Jiaotong University), Attosecond Gamma-ray
generation via nonlinear Compton scattering and single-shot
carrier-envelope phase determination of long PW laser pulses
Sumin Yi (NFRI), A gyrokinetic simulation study of parallel flow
fluctuation effects on zonal flow generation
CZ Cheng (NCKU), Heating/Acceleration of Electrons and Ions
in Driving Magnetic Reconnection

Basic:
1.
M. Yagi (QST), NEXT (Numerical EXperiment Tokamak)
project and future prospect of burning plasma simulation
2.
Akihiro Ishizawa(Kyoto University), Multi-scale interaction andparity mixture between turbulence and magnetic islands
3.
H. Ohtani(NIFS), Combination of particle-in-cell simulation withanalysis by in-situ and virtual-reality visualization forinvestigation of plasma physics
4.
Haruki Seto(QST), A pseudo-spectrum scheme for ELM crashsimulation with n=0 flow and field driven by short wave length
instabilities
5.
Yuuichi Asahi(QST), Benchmarking of flux-driven full-F
gyrokinetic simulations
6.
Shinichiro Toda(NIFS), Reduced model for gyrokinetic electron
and ion turbulent transport in helical plasmas
7.
Lei Chang(Sichuan University), Gap eigenmode in linear plasma:theory and simulation
8.
Than Tinh Tran (NFRI), Zonal Flow Pattern Formation in
Coupled Drift Wave Turbulence and Parallel Flow Fluctuations:
A Computational Study
9.
Ding Li(IOP), The effects of high magnetic field on plasma
kinetic equations and transport
10. Daniel Groselj (Max Planck, IPP), Dissipation Range Physics in
Solar Wind Turbulence: New Insights from Fully Kinetic
Simulations
11. N. Chakrabarti (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics), Nonlinear
Dispersive Wave Solutions in Compressible Magnetized Plasmas
Exhibiting Collapse
12. Punit Kumar (University of Lucknow), Two stream instability inmagnetized quantum plasma with spin-up and spin-down

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Quantum Plasma with Spin-up and Spin-down ExchangeInteraction
Pintu Bandyopadhyay (IPR), Experiments in flowing dusty
plasmaMierk Schwabe (German Aerospace Center), Crystallization inthree-dimensional complex plasmas
Chengran Du (Donghua University), Wave phenomena at theinterface of a binary complex plasma: experiments andsimulations
Yan Feng (Soochow University), Transport of magnetizedtwo-dimensional Yukawa liquids
Nareshpal Singh Saini (Guru Nanak Dev University), Effect ofpolarization force on nonlinear excitations in dusty plasmas
A. Escarguel (Aix-Marseille Université), Study of instabilities incross-field plasma configurations
A. Khare (University of Delhi), Thermodynamic processes andfree expansion in dusty plasmas
Roger Hutton (Fudan University), Proposal of highly accurate
tests of Breit and QED effects in many-electron systems
Heremba Bailung (Institute of Advanced Study in Science andTechnology), Experimental observation of cylindrical dust
acoustic soliton in strongly coupled dusty plasma
Motoshi Goto (NIFS), Collisional-radiative mode of neutral
helium and its application to plasma diagnosis
Xi-Ming Zhu (Harbin Institute of Technology), Atomic and ionicprocesses in low-temperature Ar, Kr, and Xe plasmas: crosssection data and collisional- radiative model
Shinichi
Namba(Hiroshima
University),
Anomalousenhancement of water window X-rays emitted from laser
produced Au plasma under low-pressure nitrogen atmosphere
H. Ohashi (Toyama University), Characteristics of water-window
soft X-ray emission from bismuth plasmas
N. Nakamura (The University of Electro-Communications),
Collisional and radiative processes of highly charged iron ionsstudied with an electron beam ion trap
S. Nishiyama (Hokkaido University), Applications of Saturation
Spectroscopy to Plasma Diagnostics
Jun Xiao (Fudan University), Recent Fusion Related Tungsten
Spectroscopy Studies at Shanghai EBITs
G.Y. Liang (NAO-CAS), X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet
spectroscopy in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas
T. Kawamura (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Lasing potential
of extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light of nitrogen with a recombining
plasma scheme
S. Kado (Kyoto University), Diagnostics to Investigate Thermal
Equilibrium /Disequilibrium Features ~ in Fusion Edge And
Laboratory Discharge Low-temperature Plasmas ~H. Nakano (NIFS), Diagnostics for negative hydrogen ion
Chunfeng Dong (SWIP), Observation of tungsten EUV line
emissions in low ionization stages of W6+ and W7+ ions andanalysis of tungsten influx rate in HL-2A
Yuichiro Ezoe (Tokyo Metropolitan University), High Resolution
X-ray Spectroscopy of Astrophysical Plasmas with X-ray
Microcalorimeters
Fuminori Tsuchiya (Tohoku University), Remote sensing ofplanetary and satellite atmospheres and aurorae throughultraviolet spectroscopy
Hirohisa Hara (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan),
Plasma Dynamics in the Solar Corona Revealed fromEmission-Line Spectroscopy
Meghraj Sengupta (IPR), Investigating cylindrically andtoroidally confined non-neutral plasmas with Particle-in-Cell
Simulations
K. Akaike (Kyoto Institute of Technology), Experiments on
intermittent ion leakage from BX-U linear trap during potential
barrier closure
Masaki Nishiura (The University of Tokyo), Experimental
approach for understanding self-organized plasma transport inlaboratory magnetosphere RT-1
S. Jaiswal (DLR & Auburn University), Dynamical structureformation due to complex plasma flow past an obstacle.
Nicolas Besse (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur), Regularity of thegeodesic flow of the incompressible Euler equations on curved
spaces

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Thomas Trottenberg (University Kiel), On the importance ofdetermining the momentum transfer due to energetic particles
from process plasmas to solid surfaces
Bornali Sarma (VIT Chennai), Characteristic behavior of plasma
fluctuations inside plasma bubble in presence of magnetic field
due to the formation of potential well
M. Fukunari (The University of Tokyo), Experimental
investigation on millimeter-wave discharge induced in gas
Anbang Sun (Xi'an JiaoTong University), Understanding the startof pulsed discharges in atmospheric air with 3D particle
simulations
Akio Sanpei (KIT), Reconstruction of three-dimensionalemissivity structure with integral photography techniqueAmar Prasad Misra (Visva-Bharati University), Surface plasmons
in a massless Dirac plasma
K. Terasaka (Kyushu University), Density and flow fieldstructures of partially ionized plasma in laboratories
Hong-Yu
Chu(National
Chungcheng
University),
Diffusion-limited aggregation-like patterns produced byatmospheric plasma jet
Sanghoo Park (KAIST), Plasma-functionalized solution and its
applications
Wonho Choe (KAIST), Creation of electric wind due to theelectrohydrodynamic force
Tsun Hsu Chang (National Tsing Hua University), nonlinear
dynamics of the electron cyclotron maser, high power
sub-Terahertz physics, and the characterization of the
microwave/nano- particles interaction (tentative)
Sanat Kumar Tiwari (Indian Institute for Technology), Heating
and collective effects in ultra cold plasmas
Cormac Corr (Australian National University), High-Power
Hydrogen Plasmas in the Magnetised Plasma Interaction
Experiment (MAGPIE)
D. Kuwahara (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology),
Study of Helicon Plasma Thruster using Internal Gas Feeding
MethodKeh-Chyang Leou (National Tsing Hua University),
Development of Microwave Based Plasma Density Sensors for
Process Monitoring and Feedback Control of Plasma Processing
Tools
M. Aramaki (Nihon University), Development of Optical Vortex
Doppler Spectroscopy: Azimuthal Doppler Shift and Phase
Gradient
Yongtao Zhao (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Stopping of low
energy ion beam in a foam-plasma
S. Matsuoka (NIFS), Global full-f kinetic simulation ofneoclassical transport in stellarator/heliotron plasmas

Applied:1.
Erik Johnson (Ecole Polytechnique), Tailored Voltage Waveform
plasmas for Control of Surface Processing
2.
Changlun Chen (ASIPP), The preparation and functionalizationof nano- materials with plasma technique and their application inenvironmental pollutant treatment
3.
Xiao Xia Zhong (Shanghai Jiaotong University), Micoplasma inclose proximity to liquid and its applications in synthesis ofnanomaterials
4.
Lanbo Di (Dalian University), Atmospheric-pressure cold plasma
for synthesizing supported metal catalysts with the assistance ofethanol5.
Hitoshi Tamura (Hitachi High- Technologies Corporation), Studyon uniform plasma generation mechanism of Electron Cyclotron
Resonance etching reactor
6.
D. Subedi (Kathmandu University), Generation of dielectricbarrier discharge (DBD) at near atmospheric pressure and its
application for surface treatment of polymers
7.
Giichiro Uchida (Osaka University), Production control ofreactive oxygen and nitrogen species in liquid water by using anonthermal plasma jet
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N. Itagaki (Kyushu University), Sputter epitaxy of high quality(ZnO)x(InN)1-x: a new semiconducting material for excitonic
devices
9.
Kateryna Bazaka (Queensland University of Technology),
Plasma-activated small molecules

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Dehui Xu (Xi’an Jiaotong University), Regulation of reactive
species in gas plasma and the application in tumor therapy
Maik Froehlich (INP Greifswald), A combined PIII and HiPIMS
plasma source for thin film deposition
Weizong Wang (Beihang University/ University of Antwerp),
Plasma based CO2 conversion into value added products: better
insights from computer modelling
M. Shinohara (National Institute of Technology, Sasebo College),
Plasmainducedsurfacereaction,
consideredwithmultiple-internal-reflection infrared absorption spectroscopy
Qiuyue Nie (Harbin Institute of Technology), Experimental
studies on electromagnetic radiation intensification in GHz bandby sub-wavelength plasma structures
Hirotaka Toyoda (Nagoya University), Influence of magnetic
field on high-energy negative ion behavior in magnetron plasma
with oxide targets
Suresh C. Sharma (Delhi Technological University), Effect of
doping on the Growth and Electronic Properties of Graphene-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid
He-Ping
Li(Tsinghua
University),
Non-equilibrium
Characteristics of Atmospheric-Pressure Thermal Plasmas
Shuyan Xu (Nanyang Technological University), Design and testof miniaturized plasma thrusters at the Plasma Sources andApplications Centre, Singapore
S. Sharma (IPR), A magnetic field augmented single frequency
capacitively coupled plasma device
EH Choi (Kwangwoon University), Plasma Medicine and its
Mechanism for Cancer Therapy
Masaharu Shiratani (Kyushu University), Micron-scale plasma
fluctuation detected using paired fine particles
Shinya Iwashita (Tokyo Electron Technology Solutions Ltd.), Ion
energy control in capacitively coupled discharges for PEALD
processes
Kuniko Urashima (National Institute of Science and Technology
Policy), Critical review of plasma technologies for industrial
applications
Yu-Ru Zhang (Dalian University of Technology), Plasma
characteristics in an electrically asymmetric capacitive discharge
sustained by multiple harmonics: operating in the very highfrequency regime

Laser:
1.
Takayoshi
Sano(OsakaUniversity),
Interfacial
magneto-hydrodynamic instabilities in astrophysical and laser
plasmas [semi-plenary]2.
P. Tzeferacos (The University of Chicago), Dynamo
amplification of magnetic fields in a turbulent laser produced
plasmas [semi-plenary]3.
Wing-Huen Ip (National Central University), An Overview of the
Surface Irradiation and Charging of Icy Moons and Ring Particles[semi-plenary]
4.
Katsuji Koyama (Kyoto University), Astrophysical Plasma in
Supernova Remnants, Galactic Center and Protostars[semi-plenary]5.
Hantao Ji (PPPL), Frontiers of laboratory experiments to study
magnetic reconnection relevant to space plasmas [semi-plenary]
6.
Joerg Buchner (Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung),
Reconnection and eruptions in Solar Plasmas [semi-plenary]
7.
Peter A Norreys (Rutherford Appleton Lab.), Overview of somekey achievements on the route to IFE [semi-plenary]
8.
Yutong Li (IOP), Novel large-energy terahertz radiation sourcesfrom intense laser-foil interactions [semi-plenary]9.
M. Koenig (Ecole Polytechnique), Collaboration experiments at
LULI [semi-plenary]
10. T. Yabuuchi (RIKEN SPring-8 Center), Current status ofexperimental platform for laser-based plasma physics at the
XFEL facility SACLA [semi-plenary]
11. Mitsuo Nakai (Osaka University), Users program using GXII and
LFEX at ILE [semi-plenary]
12. Bruce Remington (LLNL), Discovery Science program on the
NIF [semi-plenary]
13. Il Woo Choi (GIST), Laser-driven ion acceleration from theinteraction of ultrashort ultrahigh-contrast multi-petawatt laser
and thin solid target [semi-plenary]
14. Dieter Hoffmann (Xi’an Jiaotong U.), Overview of the heavy ion

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Shinsuke Fujioka (Osaka University), FIREX (Fast Ignition
Realization EXperiment) project in Japan [semi-plenary]
F. Albert (LLNL), Betatron x-ray radiation in the self-modulated
laser wakefield acceleration regime: prospects for a novel probeat large scale laser facilities [semi-plenary]
Farhat Beg (UCSD), High Energy Density Physics[semi-plenary]
O.L. Landen (LLNL), Indirect-Drive ICF Progress at NIF
Frederico Fiuza (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory),
Advances in experiments and simulations on astrophysicalrelevant particle accelerations using laser plasmas
L. Romagnani (Ecole Polytechnique), Dynamics of theElectromagnetic Fields induced by Fast Electrons propagation in
Near Solid-Density MediaMarija Vranic (Universidade de Lisboa), Laser-particle
interactions at extreme intensities
R. Alessandra (LULI), Warm Dense Matter Studies relevant forplanetary science
Alexey Arefiev (UCSD), Leveraging extreme laser-driven
magnetic field for intense gamma-ray generation
Gianluca Sarri (Queen’s University Belfast), Experimental
investigation of strong radiation reaction in the field of an
ultra-intense laser
Atul Kumar (IPR),In-Situ Ion Heating With Pulsed CO2 Lasers
Alexis Casner (CELIA), Turbulent Hydrodynamics Experiments
in High Energy Density settings
T. Blackburn (Chalmers University), Radiation reaction inlaser-electron beam interactions
Natsumi Iwata (Osaka University), Physics of relativistic
picosecond laser interaction with dense plasma
Derek Schaeffer (PPPL), Experimental studies of high Mach
number collisionless shocks in magnetized plasmas
Alec Thomas (University of Michigan), Tuning laser wakefield
driven betatron x-rays for imaging application
Y. Mori (The Graduated School for the Creation of New Photonics
Industries), Compact Fast Ignition experiments using Joule-classdrive pulses under counterbeam configuration
Limin Chen (IOP), Gamma ray emission from wakefield
accelerated electrons wiggling in laser filed
B. Qiao (IAPCM), Stable laser ion radiation pressure acceleration
M. Nishiuchi (QST), Ion acceleration experiments with highcontrast high intensity laser system “J-KAREN-P” --How thefinite contrast condition affects the laser matter interaction—
G. Fiksel (U. Michigan), Turbulent magnetic reconnection
initiated by kinetic instabilities in colliding laser-produced
plasmasShohei Sakata (Osaka University), Efficient creation ofultra-high-energy-density states by magnetized fast isochoriclaser heating
Ram Gopal (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), Intense
Laser Plasma interactions with kHz, mJ class lasers
Woosuk Bang (GIST), Rapid and uniform heating of matter witha laser-driven ion beam
Luca Volpe (CLPU &University of Salamanca), Recent
advancement at CLPU Salamnca
Su-Ming Weng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Magnetic
controlling of high-power laser pulses and their interactions withplasmasJoerg Schreiber (Universität München), Relativistic laserinteraction with isolated micro-plasma

Space:
1.
Hamid Saleem (IST, Pakistan), Ions shear flow and electron
field-aligned current produce ion acoustic waves in theoxygen-hydrogen ionospheric plasma2.
Vipin K Yadav (SPL / VSSC / ISRO / DOS), Plasma Waves in
Universe
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Meng Zhou (Nanchang University), MMS Observations ofMagnetic Reconnection
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Akira Kageyama (Kobe University), MHD relaxation anddynamo in a sphere
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Igor Levchenko (Nanyang Technological University), Space
Plasma Propulsion for Cubesats and small satellites

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Bruce Tsurutani (Caltech), The Evolution of Cometary andInterplanetary Plasma Turbulence From
Experimental
Observations: A New Scenario
Tohru Hada (Kyushu University), Anomalous transport of cosmic
rays in MHD turbulence
Yasuhiro Nariyuki (University of Toyama), Damping processesof large amplitude Alfven waves in the solar wind
S. Matsukiyo (Kyushu University), Microstructure of high betaquasi-perpendicular shock and associated electron dynamics
EW Kim (PPPL), Full-wave modeling of ULF wave propagationin the Earth’s magnetosphere
Hyomin Kim (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Van Allen
Probes observations of wave and particle dynamics in the ring
current of the Earth’s magnetosphere
Kunihiro Keika (The University of Tokyo), Mass and charge
dependent characteristics of Earth’s magnetospheric plasma
Xuzhi Zhou (Peking University), Resonant interactions between
charged particles and ULF waves: theory and observations
Jongho Seon (Kyung Hee University), Space weather monitor
KSEM on board the Korean geostationary satellite
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A
Patrick Astfalk (Max Planck IPP), Kinetic Instabilities in Space
Plasmas: Towards Maximum Realism
Chris Crabtree (NRL), Nonlinear Whistler Wave Physics in the
Laboratory and in the Radiation Belts
Y. Miyoshi(Nagoya University), Relativistic electron accelerationin Earth's Van Allen Belt: Observations from the Arase satellite
Takanobu Amano (The University of Tokyo), Particle-in-cellsimulations for high Mach number shocks
Yuming Wang (USTC), On the twist of magnetic flux ropes in
the corona and solar wind
Zhigang Yuan (Wuhan University), Recent progress inmagnetospheric EMIC waves
Feng xueshang (National Space Science and Technology Center),
Data driven simulation of solar wind
Y. Omura (Kyoto University), Plasma waves with focus on theradiation belts dynamics
Yusuke Ebihara (Kyoto University), Magnetospheric dynamics
by MHD simulations
Du Aimin (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS),
Controlling of geomagnetic field on the coupling of solar
wind-magnetosphere.
Liuyuan Li (Beihang University), Compression-amplified EMIC
waves and their effects on relativistic electrons

Solar/Astro:
1.
Alard Jan van Marle (UNIST), Using combined PIC and MHD tomodel particle acceleration in galaxy cluster shocks
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Alina Donea (Monash University), Waves and solar flareseismology from photosphere to corona
3.
Rony Keppens (KU Leuven), Magnetic reconnection during
eruptive magnetic flux ropes
4.
Chun Xia (Yunnan University), MHD simulations on the origin
and dynamics of solar prominence plasma5.
Yao Chen (Shandong University), Moving Type-IV Solar Radio
Bursts: Observational Characteristics and Possible Emission
Mechanism
6.
Xin Cheng (Nanjing University), Fractal Magnetic Reconnection
in a Current Sheet
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Yusuke Tsukamoto (Kagoshima University), The formation of
protostars and protoplanetary disks with all the three non-ideal
MHD effects
8.
Kazunari Iwasaki (Osaka University), The phase transition
dynamics and the formation of magnetized molecular clouds inthe interstellar medium
9.
Hui Tian (Peking University), Observations of magnetic
reconnection in the partially ionized lower solar atmosphere
10. Jun Lin (Yunnan Astronomical Observatories), Multiple-scale
Physics of Coronal Mass Ejection
11. Paul Cally (Monash University), Stairway to Heaven: Multistage
propagation of Waves from the Solar Interior to the Corona
12. Cong Yu (Sun Yat-Sen University), Twisted induced Eruptions inmagnetars
13. Dongsu Ryu (UNIST), PIC simulations of collisionless shockwaves in clusters of galaxies

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H. Hotta (Chiba University), High Resolution Simulations ofSolar Convection Zone and Dynamo
J. Cho (Chungnam National University), Measuring properties ofmagnetic fields in astrophysical fluids
Jiansen He (Peking University), Energy dissipation anddistribution among particle species for Alfvenic turbulence at
kinetic scales in wavenumber space
Daniel Price (Monash University), Modeling star formation fromfirst principles
T. Suzuki (University of Tokyo), Global Simulations of Magnetic
Activities in the Galactic Central Region
JC Chae (Seoul National University), Observations and Theory ofThree-minute Oscillations in the Sunspot Chromosphere
Tetsuya Magara (Kyung Hee University), Evolution of Solar
Magnetic Fields - From Emergence to Eruption
S.Takasao (Nagoya University), MHD waves and shocks
associated with solar reconnection as a model of solar flares
Yutaka Ohira (The University of Tokyo), Particle accelerations,plasma instabilities, and collisionless shocks in partially ionizedplasmasFeng Yuan (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory), Numericalsimulation of black hole accretion disks
Shin Toriumi (NAOJ), How Can We Create Flare-producing
Sunspots?

Magnetic Fusion:
1.
Hiroshi Yamada (NIFS), Exploration of isotope effects onthermal and particle transport in Large Helical Device
2.
Yeong-Kook Oh (NFRI), Highlight of the KSTAR experimental
research to resolve issues in the steady-state high beta operationin ITER and K-DEMO
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Min Xu (SWIP), Recent advances in the HL-2A experiments
4.
Francois Orain (Ecole Polytechnique Paris), Non-linear modelingof the threshold between ELM mitigation and ELM suppression
by resonant magnetic perturbations in ASDEX Upgrade
5.
H. Park (UNIST), Role of the magnetic shear on the core MHD
instabilities (1/1 kink and high order tearing modes) in tokamak
plasmas6.
Jaehyun Lee (NFRI), Bifurcation of perpendicular flow andincrease of turbulent fluctuations in the transition of ELM-crashsuppression
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Ryosuke Seki (NIFS), Comprehensive magnetohydrodynamic
hybrid simulations of fast ion losses due to the Alfvén
eigenmodes in the Large Helical Device
8.
H. Idei (Kyushu University), Fully Non-inductive Electron
Cyclotron Current Ramp-up with Focused 28GHz Beams in the
QUEST Spherical Tokamak
9.
Fang Ding (ASIPP), Active Control of Plasma Wall Interaction
and Core Impurity towards High Performance Long Pulse
operation in EAST
10. Sven Wiesen (Forschungszentrum Jülich), odelling radiative
power exhaust in view of DEMO relevant scenarios
11. Rafi Nazikian (PPPL), Enhanced grassy-ELM regime enabled byedge-resonant magnetic perturbations in the DIII-D tokamak
12. Eric Fredrickson (PPPL), Global Alfvén eigenmode stability
dependence on fast-ion distribution function
13. Kazuaki Hanada (Kyushu University), Fuel particle balance forsteady state operation on all-metal fusion experimental device,
QUEST
14. Y. Ren (PPPL), Experimental Observation of High-k Turbulence
Evolution across L-H Transition in NSTX
15. Andrew Kirk (CCFE), Operating conditions required for ELM
suppression based on recent results from ASDEX Upgrade(tbd)
16. Linjin Zheng (University of Texas), MHD stability in negative
triangularity tokamaks
17. Felix Warmer (Max Planck, Greifswald), Transport andconfinement in Wendelstein 7-X divertor plasmas
18. Yi Liu (SWIP), Recent Progress in Studies of MHD activities andtheir Control on HL-2A tokamak
19. F. Maviglia (EURUfusion), Overview of DEMO Technology and
Scenario Design activities in Europe
20. Tom Wauters (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH), Overview ofwall conditioning in toroidal devices and efficiency of different
techniques at low (RT) and medium wall temperature (200°C)

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Juhyeok Jang (KAIST), Krypton-induced ELM suppression andinternal transport barrier formation in KSTAR plasmas
Michael Reinhart (EURUfusion), Progress in European research
towards efficient Plasma-Facing Components for ITER and
DEMO
A. Loarte (ITER-Organization), The ITER Research Plan andsupporting R&D in present experiments
Hyungho Lee (NFRI), Divertor target heat and particle flux
dynamics during long term RMP-ELM suppressed regimes in
KSTAR
Jeronimo Garcia (CEA), Optimization of high beta steady-state
scenarios at TCV in support of JT-60SA
Young-Seok Park (Columbia University), Investigation of MHD
instabilities and active mode control supporting disruption
Seung-Gyou Baek (MIT), Observation of efficient lower hybrid
current drive at reactor-level densities on Alcator C-ModDB Weisbergd (GA), Development and extension of the noninductive high beta poloidal regime to ITER relevant
dimensionless parameters on DIII-D
Rudolf Neu (Max Planck, Garching), Plasma Wall Interaction
Research at IPP for ITER and beyond
Rui Ding (ASIPP), Recent progress in understanding of high-Zmaterial erosion and re-deposition in tokamaks with a mixedmaterials environment
Qingwei Yang (SWIP), Progress of the HL-2M tokamak
Ahmed Diallo (PPPL), Energy Exchange Dynamics across L-H
transitions in NSTX
A. Ito (NIFS), The growth of tungsten fuzzy nanostructure by
BCA-MD-KMC multi-hybrid simulation
M. Baruzzo (EUROfusion), JET disruption mitigation andavoidance in support of DT operation and ITER

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Saskia Mordijck (The College of William and Mary), Role offueling versus transport in determining the core density profile
Jun Cheng (SWIP), Pedestal dynamics in high-intermediate-highconfinement transitions on HL-2A
W.C. Lee (NFRI), Study of quasi-coherent modes in KSTAR
ECH and ohmic plasmas
Jae-Min Kwon (NFRI), Gyrokinetic Simulation Study ofMagnetic Island Effects on Neoclassical Physics andMicro-Instabilities in a Realistic KSTAR Plasma
S. Kobayashi (Kyoto University), Study of operation scenarios
for high density plasma formation in Heliotron J
H. Cai (USTC), Influence of toroidal rotation on magnetic islands
in tokamaks
Mengdi Kong (SPC, EPFL), Integrated control on TCV including
real-time monitoring, supervision and actuator management
Xingquan Wu (ASIPP), Modeling research of isotopic effect on
H-mode threshold power for tokamak plasma
Jianbin Liu (ASIPP), H-mode detachment with ITER-liketungsten divertor operation in EAST
Wei Chen (SWIP), Suppression of m=1/1 fishbone anddestabilization of m=2/1 fishbone activities during NBI on
HL-2A
Fulvio Auriemma (RFX), Study of transport modulation bymagnetic islands in different magnetic configurations
Jonathan Citrin (EUROfusion), First-principles-based andtractable flux-driven turbulent transport modelling in tokamaks
Harshita Raj (IPR), Control of Magnetohydodynamic modes by
periodic gas-puffing in ADITYA and ADITYA-Upgrade
TokamakP. Martin (RFX), Overview of the divertor tokamak test facility
project[15] Evening Talks
There will be evening talks at 19:00-20:00 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Delong Luo[Nov.12]
Chinese National Fusion Program

Toru Yamada[Nov.12]
Future Vision and Plan for
the Astronomical Space
Missions in Japan

Tony C. Kim [Nov.13]

E. Michael Campbell [Nov.14]

Overview of Air Force Officeof Science & Research (AFOSR)

The status and prospects of ICF andHEDS program at US

Mitsuru Kikuchi [Nov.13]
Status of AAPPS-DPP

Sylvie Jacquemot [Nov.14]
European Laser Program

[16] Committees
16.1 International Organizing Committee (IOC)IOC Chair: Kunioki Mima (GPI)
IOC Co-chairs: Mitsuru Kikuchi (QST), Baonian Wan (ASIPP),
Hyeon Park (UNIST), Abhijit Sen (IPR)
IOC members:
Liu Chen (Zhejiang University)
Endorsed Societies: John Cary (Colorado University, APS-DPP
chair), Richard Dendy (University of Warwick, EPS-DPP chair),Sadao Masamune (Kyoto Institute of Technology, JPS (Plasma)),
Xiaogang Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology, CPS-DPP Chair),Hyyong Suk (GIST, KPS-DPP Chair), Prabal K Chattopadhyay(IPR, PSSI President), Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University, ASJ
President), Yasuharu Omura (Kyoto University, SGEPSS Vice
President), Yoshiaki Kato (GPI, LSJ President), Mineo Hiramatsu(Meijo University, JSAP-DPE Chair), Zensho Yoshida (Universityof Tokyo, JSPF President), Rajdeep S. Rawat (Nanyang
Technological University, AAAPT President), Matthew Hole
(ANU, Australian ITER Forum Chair)
Fundamental: Akira Hasegawa (Osaka University), Robert Dewar(Australian National University), Patrick Diamond (University ofCalifornia San Diego), Sanae-Inoue Itoh (Kyushu University),
Chio-Zhong Cheng (National Cheng Kung University), Chuan
Sheng Liu (University of Maryland), Yasushi Ono (University ofTokyo), Guoyang Fu (Zhejiang University), Taiku Soo Hahm
(Seoul National University), Yoshi-Yuki Hayashi (Kobe
University)
Basic: Shin-Hung Chen (National Central University), Yasuaki
Kishimoto (Kyoto University), Tomohiko Watanabe (Nagoya
University), Rajaraman Ganesh (Institute for Plasma Research),
Lin I (National Central University), A.A. Mamun (Jahangirnagar
University), Yaming Zou (Fudan University), Kwo Ray Chu(National Taiwan University), Wonhoe Choe (KAIST), Chiow-San
Wong (University of Malaya), Oi Hoong Chin (University of
Malaya), Osamu Ishihara (Chubu University), Choong-Seock
Chang (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Hiroshi Akatsuka(Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Applied: Jung-Sik Yoon (NFRI), Masaharu Shiratani (Kyushu
University), Rikizo Hatakeyama (Tohoku University), Francis F.
Chen (University of California Los Angels), Yi-Kang Pu(Tsinghua University), Masaru Hori (Nagoya University), PaulKim Ho Chu (City University of Hong Kong), Suk Jae Yoo(NFRI), Roderick Boswell (Australian National University),
Ashish Gangul (Indian Institute of Technology), Deepak Prasad
Subedi (Kathmandu University), Sor Heoh Saw (Nilai University),
Mudtorlep Nisoa (Walailak University), S. Ling Yap(University of
Malaya)Laser: Amita Das (IPR), Ryosuke Kodama (Osaka University),
Hitoki Yoneda (University of Electric Communication), Testuya
Kawachi (QST), Chang Hee Nam (GIST), Xian-Tu He (Peking
University), Zheng Ming Sheng (SJTU), Heinrich Hora
(University of New South Wales), G. Ravindra Kumar (TataInstitute of Fundamental Research), Toshiki Tajima (University ofCalifornia Irvine), Sylvie Jacquemot (Ecole Polytechnique), E.
Michael Campbell (University of Rochester), Youichi Sakawa(Osaka University)
Space & Geomagnetism: Xiaohua Deng (Nanchang University),
Ryoichi Fujii (ROIS), Zuyin Pu (Peking University), Lou-Chuang
Lee (Academia Sinica), Donald B. Melrose (University of Sydney),
Lin Ni Hau (National Central University), Bimla Buti (ButiFoundation), Iver Cairns (University of Sydney), Dong-Hun Lee(Kyung Hee University), Yu Lin (Auburn University)
Solar and Astro: Ryoji Matsumoto (Chiba University), Kanya
Kusano (Nagoya University), Peng-Fei Chen (Nanjin University),
Dongsu Ryu (UNIST), Arnab Rai Chaudhuri (Indian Institute of
Science), Jingxiu Wang (University of Chinese Academy of
Science), Hantao Ji (Princeton University)
Magnetic Fusion: Xuru Duan (SWIP), Yeong Kook Oh (NFRI),
Takaaki Fujita (Nagoya University), Akio Komori (National
Institutes of Natural Science), Tomohiro Morisaki (National
Institute of Fusion Science), Mori Masahiro (QST), Shashank
Chaturvedi (Institute for Plasma Research), Sibylle Guenter (Max
Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), Richard J. Hawryluk(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Anthony Donne(EuroFusion), Alain Becoulet (CEA Cadarache), Tony Taylor(General Atomics), Francois Waelbloeck (University of Texas),
Ian Chapman (CCFE)
APCTP: Won Namkung (APCTP), LOC: Yoshihiko Uesugi(Kanazawa University)

16.2 Scientific Program Committee
General PC chair: M. Kikuchi (QST)
General PC Co-chair: B. Wan (ASIPP)
Scientific program will be categorized into following 8 fields
following 7 Program Committees.
1. Cross Disciplinary (CD) PC:
P. Diamond (Chair), XG Wang (Co-chair), YY Hayashi(Co-chair),Peng Fei Chen (Nanjing University), Susanna Cappello (Consorzio
RFX), Katsumi Ida (NIFS), Steven Tobias (Leeds U), Won-Ha Ko(NFRI), R. Matsumoto (Chiba University), Hailhong Che (NASA
Goddard Center)
2. Fundamental (F) PC:
GY Fu (Chair), Z. Yoshida (Co-chair), TS Hahm (Co-chair),
Zhe Gao (Tsinghua U.), Hogun Jhang (NFRI), Hideo Sugama(NIFS), Xavier Garbet (CEA), Stewart Prager (PPPL)
3. Basic (B) PC:
Y. Kishimoto (Chair), SH Chen (Co-chair), AA Mamun (Co-chair),
H. Akatsuka (Co-chair), A. Sen (Co-chair),M. Yagi (QST), Choong-Seock Chang (PPPL/US), R. Ganesh(IPR), F. Jenko (UC Irvine), H. Totsuji (Okayama University),
Yaming Zou (Fudan University), K. Nagaoka (NIFS), NamYong
Un (NFRI),Yi Liu (SWIP), T. Ando (Tohoku University), H.
Himura (Kyoto Institute of Technology),Milan Šimek (Czech
Academy of Science),
K. R. Chu (National Taiwan University)
4. Applied (A) PC:
JS Yoon (Chair), M. Shiratani (Co-chair), YH Song (Co-chair),
Osamu Sakai (The University of Shiga Prefecture), Eun Ha Choi
(Kwangwoon University), Mohan Sankaran, (Case Western
University), Holger Kersten, (Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu
Kiel), Sudeep Bhattacharjee, (Indian Institute of Technology –Kanpur), Dheerawan Boonyawan (Chiang Mai University), Yap
Seong Ling (University of Malaya), Rajdeep Singh Rawat(Nanyang Technological University), AB Murphy (CSIRO, NSW),
Hernando S. SALAPARE III (University of the Philippines),
XinPei Lu (Huazhong University of Science & Technology)
5. Laser (L) PC:
A. Das (Chair), Y. Sakawa (Co-chair), ZM Sheng (Co-chair), CH
Nam (Co-chair),
Ravindra Kumar (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), M.
Krshnamurthy (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), Yuji
Fukuda (QST), Yasuhiko Sentoku (Osaka University), Jian Zheng(USTC),Yongkun Ding (Institute of Applied Physics andComputational Mathematics), Kitae Lee(KAERI), Hyung Taek
Kim(APRI/ GIST), Heinrich Hora (University of New South
Wales), Brian Reville (Queen's University, Belfast) , Chen Hui(LLNL)
6. Space and Geomagnetism (S) PC:
Xiaohua Deng (Chair), Yoshiharu Omura(Co-chair),Masahiro Hoshino (U. Tokyo), Tohru Hada (Kyushu U.), Akira
Kageyama (Kobe University), Zong qiugang (Peking University),
Lin-Ni Hau (National Central University), James F. Drake(University of Maryland), Jörg Büchner (Max-Planck-Institut fürSonnensystemforschung)
7. Solar and Astro (SA) PC:
R. Matsumoto (Chair), PF Chen (Co-chair), D. Ryu (Co-chair), K.
Shibata (Co-chair),Shu-ichiro Inutsuka (Nagoya University), Feng Yuan (Shanghai
Astronomical Observatory), Iver Cairns (University of Sydney),
Arnab Choudhuri (Indian Institute of Science), Ronald E. Taam
(ASIAA), Hantao Ji (Princeton University), Rony Keppens (KU
Leuven), Siming Liu (Purple Mountain Observatory), Hui Li (Los
Alamos National Laboratory), Kyung-Suk Cho (KASI).
8. Magnetic fusion (MF) PC:
X. Duan (Chair), T. Fujita (Co-chair), YK Oh (Co-chair),
Ge Zhuang (USTC),Min Xu (SWIP), Liang Wang (ASIPP),
Kazunobu Nagasaki (Kyoto U.), Kenji Tanaka (NIFS),Kouji Shinohara (QST), Gunsu Yun (POSTECH), Siwoo Yoon
(NFRI), Suk-ho Hong (NFRI),Joydeep Ghosh (IPR), Matthew
Hole(ANU),Tuong
Huang(CEA),
George McKee(UW-Madison)

16.3 Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
LOC Chair: Yoshihiko Uesugi (Kanazawa University)
LOC members:
Yasunori Tanaka (Kanazawa University), Tatsuo Ishijima(Kanazawa University), Yukihiro Soga (Kanazawa University),
Ritoku Ando (Kanazawa University), Daisuke Yonetoku(Kanazawa University), Tatsuya Sawano (Kanazawa University),

Naoki Oosawa (Kanazawa University), Yasuhiro Nariyuki(Toyama University), Yuji Hatano (Toyama University), Hiroaki
Ito (Toyama University), Hayato Ohashi (Toyama University),
Yoshinori Tatematsu (Fukui University), Kazuaki Hanada (Kyushu
University), Masayoshi Nagata (Hyogo P. University), Satoshi
Hamaguchi (Osaka University), Haruhiko Himura (KIT), Noriyasu
Ohno (Nagoya University), Shunjiro Shinohara (TUAT), Yuichi
Takase (University of Tokyo), Yousuke Nakashima (Tsukuba
University), Hajime Sakakita (AIST), Akira Ando (Tohoku
University), Koichi Sasaki (Hokkaido University), Keiko
Kawanishi (LOC secretary)[17] Publication to RMPP and PFR (Plasma and Fusion Research)
Review papers related to the conference topics are encouraged to be submitted to
AAPPS-DPP official journal RMPP (Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics) at
https://www.springer.com/physics/atomic,+molecular,+optical+&+plasma+physics/journal/41
614
Original articles related to the conference topics are encouraged to be submitted to Plasma
and Fusion Research (PFR), which is an electronic open journal published by the Japan
Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research. This journal is covered in J-STAGE,
Scopus (Elsevier product), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI, Clarivate Analytics).
Each submitted paper will be put through a peer-review process by the special guest editors,
and those submissions that are accepted will be published as regular articles in the journal.
Note:1) The first author of the proceedings paper is expected to be the same as the first author on
the presentation at the conference.
2) The submission fee and the reprint fee are NOT included in the registration fee.
3) Please submit the article through the web.
http://www.jspf.or.jp/PFR/information.html
https://www.editorialmanager.com/pfr/Default.aspx
4) Maximum number of pages are as follows: Plenary/Invited/Oral: 8 pages, Poster: 4 pages
5) The submission deadline is Dec. 1.
6) Publication charge is shown in the following page.
The author is requested to pay publication charge of ¥3,000 Japanese Yen per article plus
¥5,000 Japanese Yen per page. For an article that exceeds 11 journal pages, a mandatory page
charge of ¥10,000 Japanese Yen will be added for each page in excess of 11 pages.

[18] AAPPS-DPP Prizes
18.1 2018 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics
Selection of 2018 Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics is under way and the winner will
give first plenary talk in this conference.

18.2 AAPPS-DPP Young Research Award 2018
Nomination is under way and the winner will give a talk at this conference. Nomination
deadline extended to June 15.

18.3 AAPPS-DPP U30Doctral Scientist / Student Award 2018
Nomination is under way and the winner will give a talk at this conference. Nomination
deadline extended to June 15.