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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
- Bob Mumgaard, Commmonwealth Fusion Systems
- Yutaka Kamada, ITER
- Andrew Lo, MIT
- Colin Baus, Kyoto Fusioneering
- Thomas P. Davis, Oxford Sigma
- Jose Casas, Endesa
- Andrew Holland, Fusion Industry Association
- Sergio Orlandi, ITER
- Matt Reinke, Commonwealth Fusion Systems
- Rudi Neu, MPI for Plasma Physics
- Fernanda Rimini, UKAEA
- Lena Delpech, CEA/IRFM
- Salmaan Baxamusa, LLNL
- Irene Zammuto, MPI for Plasma Physics
- Arunodaya Bhattacharya, University of Birmingham
- Francesco Sciortino, Proxima Fusion
- Takuya Goto, Helical Fusion Co
- Ratu Mataira, OpenStar Technologies
- Maya Padivattathu, Institute for Plasma Research
- Joelle Elbez-Uznan, Euro-Fusion
- Kathy McCarthy, US ITER
- Rob Buckingham, UKAEA
- Patrick White, Nuclear Innovations
- Sandrine Rosavallon, CEA/IRFM
- Mike Ford, PPPL
- Jon Buck, Tokamak Energy
- Gergely Papp, MPI for Plasma Physics
- Steve Wukitch, MIT PSFC
- Jonathan Citrin, Google DeepMind
- Chris Waldon, UKAEA
- Carlos Paz-Soldan, Columbia University
CONFERENCE TOPICS
- Magnets, magnets auxiliary systems and Cryogenic Systems
- Design Integration, construction, assembly, commissioning and lessons learned
- Diagnostics, Instrumentation, data acquisition & management
- Code and Standards for Fusion
- Blankets and Tritium Breeding
- Divertors and Plasma Facing components
- Safety, Regulation and neutronics
- Materials and materials systems (Plasma Facing, structural, functional, qualification)
- Tritium, Fueling, Exhaust and Vacuum Systems
- Heating and current drive
- Next Step Devices, DEMOs, Power Plants & socio-economic studies (Design studies)
- Tokamak and Non-tokamak Fusion Experiments
- Plant efficiency, Power management and Control
- Operation/Maintenance and Remote handling
- Power supplies systems
- Project Management, Systems Engineering and Virtual Engineering
- Workforce development
- Public Private Partnership
- Commercialization: developers, supply chain and end users
- Inertial fusion and laser/driver technology
TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
- Sehila M. Gonzalez de Vicente - Clean Air Task Force (SOFE2025 Technical Chair)
- Kinga Gál - EUROfusion (SOFE2025 Technical Vice-Chair)
- Greg Wallace - MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (SOFE2025 General Chair)
- George Sips - General Atomics (FTC Chair)
- Daniel Andruczyk - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Short Courses)
- Trey Gebhart - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Francisco Hernandez-Gonzalez - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Mirela Cengher - MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
- Chase Taylor - Idaho National Laboratory
- Mark Tillack - University of California San Diego, retired
- Monica Gehrig - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Richard Pearson - Kyoto Fusioneering
- Mike Gorley - United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency
- Diana Grandas - Electric Power Research Institute
- Ingo Kuehn - ITER Organization
- Ryoji Hiwatari - Rokkasho Fusion Institute
- Miaohui Li - Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Trevor Clark - Commonwealth Fusion Systems
- Yuichi Takase - Tokamak Energy
- Indranil Bandyopadhyay - ITER India
- Martin Kubie - Proxima Fusion
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