1st Fusion
Winter School
In Grenoble

Stellarators Plasma Physics

Liquid Metals Systems

High-Temperature Superconductors

Look at the Program Below!

We owed you some updates and here we go! It is the high time to announce that it is All Set! The list of Keynote Speakers, all the ancillary Activities and Events and (last but not the least) the list of Participants have been finalised.
Down here, you can find the Program!

11.00am: Welcome at Renaissance Fusion’s office
11.30am: Opening remarks, Francesco VOLPE (Renaissance Fusion’s Founder, CEO & CTO)
11:45am – 12:30pm: “Introduction in magnetized fusion and stellarators (I)” — Alf Köhn-Seemann (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
12.20pm: Group Picture Day 1
12.30pm – 1.15pm: Lunch
1:30pm – 2:15pm: “Introduction in magnetized fusion and stellarators (II)” — Alf Köhn-Seemann (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
2:15pm – 3:15pm: ”Stellarator optimization” — Edilberto Sanchez (CIEMAT, Madrid)
3:15pm – 5:00pm: Coffee break + Poster Session
5:00pm - 5:45pm: “Renaissance Fusion’s approach towards a compact, high-field stellarator” — Achilleas Evangelias (Renaissance Fusion Stellarator equilibrium physicist)
6:00pm - 6.30pm: RF Lab Tour
6:30pm ~ 7.30pm: Social drinks at the Beer Square in Grenoble City Center (We commute together from the RF office to here)
Independent dinner

9:30am - 10:15am: “The application of liquid metals in magnetic fusion devices” — Thomas W. Morgan (DIFFER, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
10:15am - 11:00am: ““Basics of Low-Rm liquid metal magnetohydrodynamics” — Laurent Davoust (Grenoble INP, France)
11:00am - 11:15am: Coffee break
11:15am - 12:00pm: “Engineering Challenges of Liquid Metal Systems and Components in Magnetic Fusion Reactors“ — Alessandro Tassone (University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
12:00pm - 12:45pm: “Liquid metal walls in Renaissance Fusion’s Stellarator” — Eric Favre (Renaissance Fusion’s Head of Liquid Metal Division)
12:45pm – 1:45pm: Lunch
1:50pm: Group Picture Day 2
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Commute to external Laboratory
3:00pm – 5:00pm: External Laboratory Tour: LNCMI (Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses)
5:00pm – 7.30pm: Free time - commute to restaurant
7:30pm – 10:00pm: Social dinner, La Ferme a Dedè Gare (Meeting Point: at the restaurant, here)

9.00am - 9:45am: HTS Lecture 1 — Lucio Rossi (University of Milan, Italy)
9:45am - 10.30am: HTS Lecture 2 — Bernhard Holzapfel (KIT Karlsruhe, Germany)
10:30am - 10:45am: Coffee break
10:45 am – 11:30 am: “Wide area REBCO coated surfaces: status and prospectives” — Alexander Usoskin (Renaissance Fusion’s Head of HTS film deposition Division)
11:30pm – 12:15pm: “Performance and availability of HTS coated conductors: worldwide status” — Patricia Johnson (Renaissance Fusion’s MOCVD Group Leader)
12.20pm: Group Picture Day 3
12:20pm - 2:00pm: Lunch
2:00pm - 2:15pm: Closing

Each selected participant will be offered:

the accommodation for the two nights over the duration of the workshop
a Social dinner in a suitable attracting location in Grenoble City Center
three lunches over the duration of the workshop
a Lab visit in a selected facility in the Grenoble area

N.B. Participants will have to independently plan and pay travels to & from Grenoble.

All Phd and Msc Students are all welcome to apply*!

For the application process, the candidates will be asked to send:

A short text answering the questions:
- Why are you interested in the topics of the workshop?
- How familiar are you with the topics of the workshop?
Curriculum Vitae with University affiliation.
Abstract (150 words max) of the work they wish to be present in the Poster Session**.
*There are 25 (roughly 15 PhD and 10 MSc) spots available for Renaissance Fusion’s first Winter School.
** The abstract for the Poster Session is mandatory only for PhD applicants and optional for MSc.
The poster session is intended to provide the students with the chance to actively share their work or research in a professional yet casual environment.