Announcement on June 17, 2020

The 29th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research(ITC29)
October 27-30, 2020
Ceratopia Toki, Toki City, Gifu, Japan
Connected Online for Video Conferencing
https://itc.nifs.ac.jp
ScopeThe International Toki Conference is a topical meeting dedicated to a specific subject
related to plasma and fusion science. The series began in 1989 with the founding of theNational Institute for Fusion Science and has been held on an annual basis ever since.
In recent years, several new experiments have been started and construction of new devices
are going forward around the world. Cooperation among experiments, theory, andsimulations has become more important. Technological development, built on fundamental
research topics, will be further utilized for applied plasma research and large-scale plasma
science for fusion reactors. The conference topics cover a wide range of research in various
plasma and fusion science. In addition, a special session on issues in the steady state
operation of magnetically confined plasma is planned to be held.

Topics to Be Covered(1) Magnetically Confined Plasmas(2) Inertially Confined Plasmas(3) Fusion Engineering and Reactor Design(4) Basic Plasma Research and Plasma Application(5) Fundamental Theory and Simulation Techniques(6) Space and Astrophysical Plasmas(7) Data Driven Plasma Science(8) Special Session on “Steady State Operation of Magnetically Confined Plasmas”

Plenary Speakers
Go Matsunaga (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology)
Tomohiro Morisaki (National Institute for Fusion Science)

Meeting Format
The meeting will consist of plenary, invited, and contributed oral presentations, and poster
sessions. The oral sessions will be conducted on-site with online connection for videoconferencing. The poster sessions will be organized only online for video conferencing.
The abstracts will be selected by the International Program Committee as either oral orposter presentations. The official language of the meeting is English.
Please mind that the conference format might be forced to change due to the situation of thenovel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the regulations for that.

Date and Location

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ITC29 will be held at Ceratopia Toki (4 Takayama, Tokitsu-cho, Toki City, Gifu 509-5121,
Japan) from October 27, 2020 through October 30, 2020 under online connection for videoconferencing. The conference banquet will not be held.

Online via Video Conferencing
In view of reducing the risk of COVID-19 outbreak around the world, participants who
cannot come to the conference site can attend the conference online for video conferencing.
The details will be provided later. We recommend that participants outside of Japanconsider attending the conference online. Because we will conduct the poster sessions
online, the poster presenters are strongly recommended to attend the conference online inorder to avoid the crowded hall and to reduce the network load at the venue.

Abstract Submission
Authors are invited to submit one-page abstracts of their contributed papers online before
July 31, 2020. Detailed instructions regarding abstract submissions will appear on theconference website (https://itc.nifs.ac.jp/) soon.
*Note:- The submitter of the abstract must be the same person as the first author of the abstract
and the presenter at the conference.
- Each participant may make only one presentation.

Paper Submission (Conference Proceedings)
Original or review articles related to the conference topics are encouraged to be submitted
to Plasma and Fusion Research ( http://www.jspf.or.jp/PFR/ ), which is an Open-Accessjournal published by the Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research.
Each submitted paper will be put through a peer-review process, and those papers that areaccepted will be published as regular articles in the journal. The submission page will beopened after the conference.
*Note:- The first author of the publication paper is expected to be the same person as the firstauthor of the presentation at the conference.
- The submission fee and the reprint fee are NOT included in the registration fee.
- Please submit the article through the conference web site.

Registration
The registration fee is 10,000 JPY (7,500 JPY for a student). The registration fee covers:- Access to all sessions of the scientific program- Conference materials- Operation cost of the video conference system
Payment will be made through PayPal. For your registration and payment, please click the“Registration” link on the conference web site. The registration page will open soon. If you
must make a change in your registration or payment, please contact us (itc29@nifs.ac.jp).

Best Student Presentation Award
This award encourages students to conduct research in the plasma and nuclear fusion fields.
Applicants must submit an abstract of their presentation and must complete theirregistration through the website.

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Important Dates
Start of online abstract submission:
Deadline for abstract submission:
Deadline for request of official documents required for visa:
Start of online registration and payment:
Notification of abstract acceptance:
Deadline for online registration:
Conference:
Deadline for paper submission:

June, 2020
July 31, 2020
July 31, 2020
August, 2020
September, 2020
October 2, 2020
October 27-30, 2020
November 16, 2020

On-site Access
The conference site “Ceratopia Toki” is located about 0.4 km from Toki-shi station on theJapan Railway (JR) Chuo-line. From Tajimi Station, ride the JR Chuo-line to Toki-shi
Station.

VisasParticipants who will require a visa to enter Japan should download the visa form, fill in theform, and then send it to itc29visa@nifs.ac.jp by July 31, 2020. The Local Organizing
Committee will contact the participants later.
General information of VISA to enter Japan:
https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html
Attention: Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak around the world, we may not be able tomanage visa application procedures. In that case, please consider attending the conference
online.

International Advisory Committee
Y. Takeiri (Chair), A. Ando, A. J. H. Donné, K. Hanada, M. C. Zarnstorff, S. Ishiguro,
R. Kodama, S. Kubo, T. Mito, T. Morisaki, I. Murakami, T. Muroga, K. Nagasaki,
K. Nishimura, N. Ohno, M. Osakabe, M. Sakamoto, H. Sugama, M. Tendler, Y. Todo,
K. Ushigusa, M. Wada, B. Wang, T.-H. Watanabe, N. Yanagi, Z. Yoshida

International Program Committee
K. Hanada (Chair), S. Kubo, K. Nagaoka, V. Antoni, C. Z. Cheng, S. Fujioka,
S. Hamaguchi, S. Inagaki, K. Koga, X. Litaudon, J. Miyazawa, Y. Mori, S. Murakami,
M. Nishiura, H. Nuga, K. Saito, Y. Sakawa, K. Tsumori, M. Yagi, S. Yoshimura

Local Organizing Committee
S. Kubo (Chair), T. Tsujimura (Scientific Secretary), Y. Fujiwara, Y. Hamaji, N. Hirano,
H. Igami, K. Ikeda, S. Kamio, H. Kasahara, N. Kenmochi, M. Kisaki, T. Moritaka, S. Muto,
K. Nagaoka, H. Nakano, M. Nishiura, H. Nuga, M. Osakabe, K. Saito, R. Seki, T. Seki,
T. Shimozuma, H. Takahashi, K. Tsumori, H. Wang, R. Yanai, S. Yoshimura,Y. Yoshimura

General Contact Address
itc29@nifs.ac.jp