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Annual Report of the Fusion Technology Committee

ChairD.L. Youchison, SNL-NM

Knoxville, TN06 November 2010

http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/tc-ftc.html

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Outline

• August2010 teleconference• Planning for SOFE 2011• Planning for SOFE 2013• SOFE/TOFE relationship• Year-end summary

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FT Standing Committee MeetingAugust 12, 2010

TeleconferenceParticipants AbsentSatoshi Konishi JP AllainWayne Meier Hans-Stephan BoschHutch Neilson Bill CaryChas Neumeyer Phil HeitzenroederJohn Santarius Joe MinerviniMark Tillack Brad NelsonScott WillmsDennis Youchison 

AgendaNPSS website http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/nps/tc-ftc.html July AdCom Meeting (Youchison)TPS publication – volunteer editors (Youchison)Awards nominations (Heitzenroeder)Fusion Elected Member (Nielsen)IEEE-USA Energy Policy Liaison (Neumeyer)Status of SOFE 2011 (Neumeyer)

PublicityTechnical sessions

Status of SOFE 2013 (Meier)Planning, schedule

News articles/highlights NPSS FTC newsnote (Youchison, Tillack) TOFE meeting – technical co-sponsorship? (Youchison)Other itemsNext call

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2009 23rd SOFE attendance

Statistics for ICOPS/SOFE 2009

Total Number of Registrants 685North America (Regions 1-7) 483Europe (Region 8) 140Latin America (Region 9) 0Asia (Region 10) 62   Abstracts Submitted 916 accepted withdrawn rejected(ICOPS) 580 542 30 8(SOFE) 336 318 18 0Abstracts Accepted 908(ICOPS) 572(SOFE) 336Short Courses 2Exhibits 14

captured for the record

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FT Standing Committee Meeting

•2009 SOFE statistics captured for Bill Moses

•TPS guest editors for SOFE papers only. ICOPS handling their own.

•Tiana Dodson succeeds Phil Heitzenroeder as FTC Awards chair.

•Charles Neumeyer provided update on SOFE2011.•Technical topics finalized•Pursuing contributions from AESJ and others•December newsletter article

•Wayne Meier provided update on SOFE2013.•Investigating other hotels•JP Allain agreed to setup mini-courses for SOFE2013

•Committee endorsed technical co-sponsorship of TOFE 2012 conference and the motion before NPSS

•Next teleconference week of November 15.

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24th SOFE (C. Neumeyer-courtesy of PSAC & Purdue)

June 26-30, 2011

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NPSS December Newsletter Article

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Conference Flyer AnticipatedAttendance:

SOFE 250ICOPS 450 ~700

•Final site visit 11/18-19•Registration web site ready (Bo Yu)•Second call for papers ~12/01•Registration begins 1/01

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SOFE2011 Technical Program Topics (B. Nelson)

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25th SOFE (W. Meier)

General Chair: Wayne Meier, LLNLProgram Chair: Hutch Neilson, PPPLDate: June 23-27, 2013

•IEEE Meeting & Conference Management is handling negotiations for hotel site.

•Looking at other venues like the Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf. Many hotels do not book small groups more than two years out. Stanford Court or the Omni are good alternatives for SOFE2013. •J.P. Allain offered to arrange for a fusion-related mini-course at SOFE2013 or held in conjunction with the PPPS2013 mini-courses just before SOFE. •Given a venue change, the conference dates might also change. SOFE is usually held in the fall when not combined with ICOPS or PPPS.

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SOFE/ TOFE relationship

• SOFE/TOFE alternate years (“do not compete” understanding)– Conferences usually in the fall unless combined or embedded with

others• SOFE strong in RF heating/magnets/IFE/RH/DAC• TOFE strong in neutronics/thermalhydraulics/PMI

– IEEE/ANS share many members– SOFE attendance ~250 & TOFE attendance ~300

• Propose technical co-sponsorship of TOFE 2012 (motion)– Reduced registration for IEEE members– Member recruitment booth?– Publicity for SOFE 2013– Reciprocity in 2013?– Meet with the FED ExCom tomorrow (11/07/2010)

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year-end summary• New US members appointed to the committee

– Mark Tillack, UCSD (retained on standing committee)– Jean Paul Allain, Purdue (replaces David Ruzic)

• International members retained– Asia: Satoshi Konishi, Kyoto University– EU: Hans-Stephan Bosch, Max-Planck-Institut, Griefswald

• New chair– Dennis Youchison, SNL-NM

• FTC website updated with the help of Dick Kouzes• IEEE policy statement on fusion energy from IEEE USA “sunsetted” ?• SOFE2011 requested a special issue of TPSTPS guest editors for SOFE papers only. ICOPS handling their own.• New international award considered for SOFE2013. Tiana Dodson succeeds Phil Heitzenroeder as FTC

Awards chair• Charles Neumeyer provided updates on SOFE2011.

– Technical topics finalized– Pursuing contributions from AESJ and others

• Wayne Meier of LLNL accepted the chair of SOFE2013.– Committee decided not to start SOFE early– Investigating other hotels in San Francisco– JP Allain agreed to setup mini-courses for SOFE2013

• Committee endorsed technical co-sponsorship of the ANS TOFE2012 conference and the motion before NPSS