Review and invited speakers
Review Speakers, 50’+10’:
● Helou, W., ITER Organization, France, “The ITER ICRF system under the new ITER baseline: latest updates and technological developments” (special session “Role of RF Power in Next Step Devices”)
● Shiraiwa, S., Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA, “Finite element modeling of RF waves in fusion plasmas: progress in past decades and future role” (special session “Trends in Numerical Methods and Theory”)
● Myra, J.R, Lodestar Research Corporation, USA, “ICRF boundary-plasma interactions: reflections on progress and challenges” (After-dinner event)
Invited Speakers in special session “Role of RF Power in Next Step Devices”, 23’+7’ (in alphabetical order):
● Frank, S. J., Realta Fusion, Madison, USA, “Radiofrequency Heating Systems, Experiments, and Modeling on WHAM and Implications for Next Generation Mirror Fusion Devices”
● Harris, W., TAE Technologies, Foothill Ranch, USA, “RF Heating Experiments and Plans for C-2W and Copernicus”
● Takase, Y., Tokamak Energy Ltd., UK, “Ramp-up and Sustainment Scenarios for Tokamak Energy’s Fusion Pilot Plant”
● Usoltseva, M., Commonwealth Fusion Systems, USA, “Overview of the ICRF heating system in SPARC”
Invited Speakers in special session “Trends in Numerical Methods and Theory”, 23’+7’(in alphabetical order):
● Fukuyama, A., Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, “Kinetic Full Wave Analyses in Inhomogeneous Plasmas Using Integral Form of Dielectric Tensor”
● Lamalle, P. U., LPP-ERM/KMS, Belgium, “Integral dielectric kernel approach to modelling RF heating in toroidal plasmas”
● Maj, O., Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany, “Beam Tracing in Phase Space: Paraxial Description of High-Frequency Wave Beams in Turbulent Plasmas”
● Moral Sánchez, E., Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany, “A structure-preserving spline Finite Element solver for the cold-plasma model”
Invited Speakers, 23’+7’(in alphabetical order):
● Diab, R., MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA, “Mitigation of ICRF - Edge Plasma Interaction in Alcator C-Mod”
● Ding, B. J., Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, “Exploration in LH coupling and current drive towards long-pulse operation on EAST”
● Di Siena, A., Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany, “Resonant Interactions Between Fast Ions and ITG Turbulence: Implications for Confinement Improvements in Fusion Reactors”
● Dumont, R., CEA, IRFM, France, “RF power experiments in WEST to prepare for next-step fusion device operation”
● Dumortier, P., LPP-ERM/KMS, Belgium, “40 Years of ICRF Operation on JET: Achievements and Challenges”
● Gao, Z., Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, China, “Spectrum Evolution and Density Limit in Self-consistent Modeling of Lower Hybrid Wave Propagation with Parametric Instabilities”
● Hillairet, J., CEA, IRFM, France, “Design of the Actively Cooled Ion Cyclotron Traveling Wave Array System for WEST”
● Kovtun, Yu., Institute of Plasma Physics, NSC KIPT, Ukraine, “Overview of ICRF plasma production and heating in gas mixtures in stellarators”
● Kumar, A., Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, “Tungsten Erosion and Transport Induced by RF Sheaths at Antenna Structures in the WEST Tokamak”
● Larson, J., University of California, USA, “Wave-filament Interaction Experiments on the LArge Plasma Device (LAPD)”
● Leppink, E., MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA, “First Results from the High Field Side Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiment in DIII-D”
● Lestz J.B., General Atomics, USA, “Experimental Evidence of Helicon Wave Heating and Current Drive in DIII-D”
● Mantsinen, M.J., Barcelona Supercomputing Center amd ICREA, Spain, “40 Years of ICRF Physics on the JET Tokamak: Highlights and Lessons Learned for Future Facilities”
● Moseev, D., Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald, Germany, “Exploring ICE Dynamics in Wendelstein 7-X: From Startup to Fast Ion-Driven Instabilities”
● Porporato, S., Politecnico di Torino, Italy, “Radar arc and impairment detection and localization for the ITER ICRF antenna”
● Qin, C.M., Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, “Conceptual design for the ICRF system of CFEDR”
● Sánchez-Villar, Á., Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA, “Automated ICRF heating surrogate models via machine learning”
● Slaby, C., Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald, Germany, “ICRH simulations for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator”
● Smithe, D., Tech-X Corporation, USA, “Modeling of Turbulence, Transport, and RF-induced Convective Cells in Tokamak Boundary Plasma ”
● Zhang, W., Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, “Recent progress in ICRF experiments on EAST”