The 2nd announcement of the 8th Asia-Pacific Transport
Working Group (APTWG) International Conference
June 12 to June 15, 2018, Leshan, China
Conference website: http://aptwg2018.swip.ac.cn/
The 8th Asia-Pacific Transport Working Group (APTWG) InternationalConference will be held from June 12 to June 15, 2018 at the Leshan campus ofSouthwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP), Leshan city, Sichuan Province, China.

1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose of the Meeting
The goal of the Asia-Pacific Transport Working Group (APTWG) meeting is towork together on understanding of the basic mechanisms responsible for particle,momentum and heat transports in magnetically confined plasmas, and ultimately,predicting and even controlling of the transport processes. It is important tocharacterize the specific features of the turbulence and transport phenomena, such as
non-linearity, non-locality and non-diffusivity, and their correlations with the spatialand temporal features of fluctuations in core and edge regions and coupling between
them. The studies on the characteristics of the turbulence and MHD activity are
essential for understanding the formation and termination of both internal and edgetransport barriers in the magnetically confined plasma. It is also crucial to understandthe competition between variety of turbulences and coupling between turbulence andMHD activity induced by energetic particles in space and time domains. The 3D
effects of magnetic topology, such as resonant magnetic perturbation, on turbulenceand MHD activity, which are important and common in toroidal plasmas, will also beemphasized in this meeting. Great efforts have to be paid to continuous collaboration
among theory, simulation and experiment on the way to gain prediction ability.
* The conference will be held under the auspices of Leshan campus of SWIP
1.2 Working groups of the Conference
In order to realize the purpose described above and keep continuity, five topicalfoci were identified for the working groups. These are:
A, Edge/SOL turbulence and L-H/H-L transition,
B, Core-edge turbulence coupling, and transport in high beta plasmas,
C, Transport and turbulence in 3D magnetic topology,
D, Interaction between energetic particles, MHD instabilities and turbulence,
E, Model reduction and experiments for validation.

Each working group topic includes theory, simulation and experiment, with theultimate goal of validation of theory, simulations and models against experiment. In
addition, diagnostic needs and novel diagnostic ideas for corresponding area are also
covered in each working group.
1.3 Conference structure
The 8th APTWG international conference will consist of:i. Plenary Sessions: Special talks
ii. Working Group Sessions (A,B,C,D, E)
iii. Young Research Forumiv. Poster Sessions
v. Summary Session
2. Registration
We encourage colleagues interested in participating in this conference to registeras soon as possible, following the instructions given in the conference website:
http://aptwg2018.swip.ac.cn/
On-Site Registration Hours
Academic conference center
Monday, June 11, 14:30 - 20:00 PM，Lecture hall in Library
Tuesday, June 12, 8:30 - 9:00 AM
Registration Fees
1800 CNY for participants1000 CNY for students
1000 CNY for companions
Only cash (CNY, on-site only) is accepted

3. Important Dates
January 20, 2018,
April 25, 2018,
April 30, 2018,
April 30, 2018,

Website open
Abstract submission deadline
Visa application deadline
Website registration & hotel reservation deadline

4. Program
The program is under construction.

5. Committees
Advisory Committee
Mitsuru Kikuchi (QST)Baonian Wan (ASIPP)
Xuru Duan (SWIP)
Liu Chen (IFTS/UCI)
Keeman Kim (NFRI)
Yasuhiko Takeiri (NIFS)
Program Committee
Jiaqi Dong (SWIP), Chair
jiaqi@swip.ac.cn
Zhongbing Shi (SWIP), Co-chair
shizb@swip.ac.cn
Xiang Gao (ASIPP)
xgao@ipp.ac.cn
Taik S. Hahm (SNU)tshahm@snu.ac.kr
Si Woo Yoon (NFRI)
swyoon@nfri.re.kr
Woo Chang Lee (NFRI)
wclee@nfri.re.kr
Shigeru Inagaki (RIAM, Kyushu Univ.) inagaki@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Tomo-Hiko Watanabe (Nagoya Univ.)
watanabe.tomohiko@nagoya-u.jp
Katsumi Ida (NIFS)
ida@nifs.ac.jp
Patrick H. Diamond (UCSD)
diamondph@gmail.com
Local Organization Committee
Zhongbing Shi (SWIP), Chair
Wulyu Zhong (SWIP), Co-chair
Wei Chen (SWIP)
Lan Chang (SWIP Leshan campus)
Xianli Huang (SWIP)
Shaodong Song (SWIP)
Guoyao Zheng(SWIP)

shizb@swip.ac.cn
zhongwl@swip.ac.cn
chenw@swip.ac.cn
chlemail@126.com
huangxl@swip.ac.cn
songshd@swip.ac.cn
zgy@swip.ac.cn

Contact information: Please contact aptwg2018@swip.ac.cn for further information.