Friday, November 14​
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Greetings
07:30-08:30 Pick up badges in the G34
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Session 1
Welcome and Introduction to DIII-D National Fusion Facility (Remote participation available)
08:30-08:50 DIII-D's Role in the Fusion Plan and Capabilities
Richard Buttery (Director of DIII-D)
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Session 2
US Fusion Program and Landscape (Remote participation available)
08:50-09:10 US Fusion Strategy and Path to Fusion
Troy Carter (ORNL)
09:10-09:30 Challenges in Fusion Energy Development and Technology Opportunities
Brian Grierson (General Atomics)
09:30-09:50 Private Fusion Industry Landscape and Supply Chain Business Opportunities
Megan Goodland (Fusion Fuel Cycles, Inc.)
09:50-10:10 Public Fusion Landscape: Expertise, Capabilities, and Research Programs
Andrew Dvorak (ORNL)
10:10-10:30 Introduction to DIII-D PIT Group activities
Greg Sinclair (General Atomics)
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10:30-11:00 Coffee Break and posters
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Session 3
Private Industry Fusion Program and Landscape (Remote participation available)
11:00-11:20 DIII-D Digital Twin Development
Tom Gibbs (NVIDIA)
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11:20-11:30 The Development of Renewable Plasma-Facing Surfaces
in Magnetic Fusion Devices at DIII-D (with Thea Energy)
Eric Hollmann (UCSD)​​​
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11:30-11:40 Radiation-Hardened Millimeter-Wave Detector for Neutron and ECH Environments
Yilun Zhu (UC-Davis)
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11:40-11:50 MPEA studies at DIII-D for PFC applications: Preliminary results
Daniel Velazquez (Avalanche Energy)
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11:50-12:00 Divertor Material Evaluation System (DiMES) at DIII-D: 30 years of PMI research
Dmitry Rudakov (UCSD)
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12:00-12:10 Report on DIII-D Industry Experiment Day (Fusion Material Test & Database using DiMES)
Jonathan Coburn (SNL)
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12:10-12:20 Opportunities in Lithium PFCs and Lithiated Edge Control at DIII-D
Florian Effenberg (PPPL)
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12:20-12:30 Opportunities for Large Scale Sample Exposure during Tungsten Tile Testing Campaign Jonathan Coburn (SNL)
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Session 4
Lunch / DIII-D Tour / Exposition (Advertisement posters and lightning talks) / Cross Link / Lunch
12:30-2:00 Lunch Break/Tour
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Lightning Talks​​
2:00-2:05 Low Power Density HTS Tokamaks for Off Grid Applications
Justin Cohen (Maritime Fusion)
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2:05-2:10 Ultrasonic Multipoint Waveguide Temperature Sensor for Divertor Diagnostics in FPPs
Dheeraj Velicheti (X-wave Innovations, Inc.)
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2:10-2:15 Implementation reconstruction free shape control module
Alexei Zhurba (Next Step Fusion)
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2:15-2:20 Compact Heterodyne Dispersion Interferometer System for Fusion Pilot Plant
Paul Schroeder (General Atomics)
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2:20-2:25 Plansee capabilities in manufacturing tungsten and molybdenum based materials,
Machining capabilities.
Arno Plankensteiner (Plansee)
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2:25-2:30 Expanding the Fusion Technology Ecosystem: DIII-D as Small Business Incubator
Dan Finkenthal (Palomar Scientific Instruments)
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2:30-2:35 Advancing self-renewing high temperature sensor for fusion applications
Jun Ren (UTK)
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2:35-2:40 Predictive Modeling of Fusion Power Plants
Brendan Lyons (General Atomics)
2:40-3:00 Discussion
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​​Coffee Break
3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
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Session 5
Panel Discussion and Audience Q & A (Remote participation available)
Panel Members: Myles Hildebrand (General Fusion), Dan Finkenthal (Parlomar Scientific Instruments), Alexei Zhurba (Next Step Fusion), Arno Plankensteiner (Plansee)
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3:30-4:30 Discussion, Q & A
What do you need from DIII-D?
What should DIII-D work on to enable your path?
How to help/support each other? ​
How to maintain the connectivity?​
Opportunities and needs in Fusion Business​
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Session 6
Participants Feedback
4:30-5:00 Participants Feedback
Wrap up and Summary Presentation
Adjourn
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Social Event
17:00-19:00 Social Event at New English Brewery
19:00 Adjourn
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