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Here is a printable copy of the timetable: FIS York Week Schedule – Print Copy
York Week – 19th – 22nd June 2023
The programme will be hosted by the University of York on its Heslington Campus.
Monday 19th June – University of York, Heslington East Campus
09:30 – 10:30 – Arrival, coffee and registration
10:30 – 11:00 – Welcome
Professor Matthias Ruth, pVC for Research, University of York
Professor Dame Angela McLean, Government Chief Scientific Adviser (remote)
11:00-12:30 – Fusion Energy: the conditions & approaches Howard Wilson, University of York
12:30-13:30 – Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 – Plasma Physics for Fusion Industry Nick Walkden, Frazer Nash
15:00-15:30 – Coffee
15:30 – 17:00 – Materials Science for Fusion Industry Amy Gandy, University of Sheffield
17:30 – 19:30 – Welcome Drinks Reception and networking with delegates
Tuesday 20th June – University of York, Heslington East Campus
09:00 – 10:30 – The Tokamak Garry Voss,UKAEA
10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee
11:00-12:30 – Microwave Heating and Current Drive system for tokamak power plants Mark Henderson, UKAEA
12:30-13:30 – Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 – Tokamak Operational Scenarios Fernanda Rimini, UKAEA
15:00-15:30 – Coffee
15:30 – 17:00 – Delegate Networking with each other and students
Wednesday 21st June – University of York, Heslington East Campus
09:00 – 10:30 – Diagnostics and Control Hartmut Zohm, IPP Garching
10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee
11:00-12:30 – Inertial Confinement Fusion Nigel Woolsey, University of York & Hugo Doyle, First Light Fusion
12:30-13:30 – Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 –Panel Session. Short talks from the Panel.
- Panel Chair Aneeqa Khan, University of Manchester
- EU Fusion Landscape Hartmut Zohm, IPP Garching
- Chinese Fusion Landscape Jiangang Li, IPP Hefei
- US Fusion Landscape Anne White, MIT, US
- NIF Matthew Hill, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- South Korean Fusion Landscape Siwoo Yoon, Korea Institute of Fusion Energy(KFE)
- ITER Sabina Griffith, ITER
15:00-15:30 – Coffee
15:30 – 17:00 – Panel Session(cont.) Questions to the panel. Delegates are encouraged to pose questions directly.
Evening – School Dinner
Thursday 22nd June – University of York, Heslington East Campus
09:00 – 10:30 – Fuelling a tokamak Rachel Lawless, UKAEA
10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee
11:00-12:30 – Nuclear/Neutronics Analysis of Fusion Systems Lee Packer, UKAEA & Gurdeep Kamal, Tokamak Energy
12:30-13:30 – Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 – Digital Approaches to Design in Fusion Andrew Davis, UKAEA
15:00-15:30 – Coffee
15:30 – 17:00 – Plasma Exhaust and divertor design in Tokamaks Rudi Neu, IPP Garching