FUSION POWER ASSOCIATES 41ST ANNUAL MEETING
Fusion Energy: Achievements and Opportunities 2020
December 16-17, 2020
Virtual Remote Access Meeting
All Posted Times U.S. Eastern Standard Time

Agenda (12-16-20)
Wednesday Morning December 16
10:00 Log In and/or Troubleshoot
10:30 Welcome – Tony Taylor, Chairman of the Board, FPA
10:40 Presentation of Awards, - Stephen O. Dean, President, FPA
Distinguished Career – Irvin Lindmuth, Ned Sauthoff and Keith Burrell
Leadership – Michael Mauel
Excellence in Fusion Engineering – Egemen Koleman and David Turnbull
11:00 Keynote Address – Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science, USDOE
11:30
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30

International Session: Europe Session Chair, S. Dean, FPA
Bernard Bigot, Director General, ITER Organization
Ian Chapman, CEO, UKAEA; Director, Culham Science Center, UK
Jose Manuel Perlado, Director, Instituto de Fusion Nuclear
Kathy McCarthy, Associate Director, ORNL C
Break

12:45
12:45
1:00
1:15
1:30
1:45
2:00
2:30
2:30
2:45
3:00
3:15
3:30
3:45

Magnetic Fusion Energy – Session Chair, G. Navratil, Columbia U.
Steven Cowley, Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Richard Buttery, Director, DIII-D National Fusion Program, General Atomics
Dennis Whyte, Director, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MITMickey Wade, Director, Fusion Energy Division, ORNL
Harry McLean, Fusion Energy Sciences Program Leader, LLNL
BreakSession: Inertial and Magneto Inertial Fusion – Chair, Mark Herrmann, LLNLMark Herrmann, Director, National Ignition Facility, LLNL
Daniel Sinars, Director, Pulsed Power, Sandia National Laboratories
Michael Campbell, Director, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, U. Rochester
Steve Obenschain, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Michael Farrell, Director for ICF, General Atomics
Break4:00

Congressional Speakers – House Science Session Chair, S. Dean, FPA
Adam Rosenberg & Hillary O’Brien
Session: Private Sector and Partnerships – Session Chair, S. Hsu, ARPA-E
Michl Binderbauer, CEO, TAE Technologies
Jonathan Carling, CEO, Tokamak Energy, UK
Michel Laberge, CSO, General Fusion, Canada
Bob Mumgaard, CEO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Brian Nelson, CTO, Zap Energy
Derek Sutherland, CEO, CTFusion, Inc.
Scott Hsu, Program Director, ARPA-E, USDOE
Break

4:30
4:30
4:45
5:00
5:15
5:30
5:45
6:00
6:15

6:45
6:45
7:00
7:15
7:30
7:45
8:00
8:15

International Session: Asia – Session Chair, S. Dean, FPA
Hideki Iwabuchi, Director Int. Nuclear and Fusion Affairs, MEXT, JapanKenichi Kurihara, Director General, Naka Fusion Institute, JapanSuk Jae Yoo, President, Korean Institute of Fusion Energy
Yican WU. Director, INEST, China
Ryusuke Kodama, Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka U
Martin Peng, ENN Science and Technology Development Co. Ltd., China
AdjournThursday Morning December 17
10:00 Log In and/or TroubleshootMorning Session – Session Chair, S. Dean, FPA
10:30 James Van Dam, Assoc. Director for OFES, Office of Science, USDOE
11:00 Communications – Zabrina Johal, General Atomics
11:45 Richard Pearson – C0-Founder, Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd.
12:00 Keith Burrell Distinguished Career Award – Stephen O. Dean
12:05
12:05
12:20
12:35
12:50

Session: Planning – Session Chair, Don Rej, LANL (retired)
Overview – Don Rej, Chair FESAC
US Fusion Community Planning Report – Wayne Solomon, General Atomics
FESAC Planning Report – Troy Carter, UCLA
Break

1:15
1:15
1:30
1:45
2:00

Session: Science and Technology – Session Chair, Farhat Beg, UCSD
Thomas Schenkel, Director, Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics Division, LBNL
Siegfried Glenzer, Director, High Energy Density Science, SLAC
Mohamed Abdou, Director, Fusion Science and Technology Center, UCLAJohn Kline, Program Manager, FES and NNSA Fusion Research, LANL

2:15

Break2:45
2;45
3:00
3;15
3:30
3:45
4:00

Session: Science and Technology – Session Chair, Peter Seidl, LBNL
Francois Waelbroeck, Director, Institute of Fusion Studies, U. Texas, Austin
David Babineau, Director Defense Programs and Fusion Technology, SRNLCharles Greenfield, Director, US Burning Plasma Organization
Jonathan Zuegel, U. Rochester
Daniel Clark, OFES, USDOE
Adjourn