Keynote & plenary speakers

Keynote Speakers

Alexis Casner (CEA/DIF, France), “Overview of Inertial Confinement Fusion developments in Europe”

Keisuke Shigemori (ILE, Japan), “Current status and future perspectives on developments of inertial fusion energy in Asia”

    Joseph Kilkenny (LLNL, USA), “Moving on from Ignition: The Inertial Confinement Fusion Program in the United States”

    Plenary Speakers

    alphabetic order

    • Duncan Barlow (CEA/DIF, France), “Implosion and illumination design for laser driven fusion energy”
    • Guillaume Boutoux (CEA/DIF, France), “Experimental platforms and plasma diagnostics updates at LMJ/PETAL”
    • David Bradley (LLNL, USA), “The crucial role of diagnostics in achieving ignition and beyond on the National Ignition Facility”
    • Dustin Froula (LLE, USA), “A future of inertial confinement fusion without laser-plasma instabilities”
    • Adam Harvey-Thompson (SNL, USA), “Progress, challenges, and plans for the MagLIF platform on Z”
    • Matthias Hohenberger (LLNL, USA), “First demonstration of mix mitigation and increased performance using continuous dopant targets in ICF implosions on the NIF”
    • Chris Jennings (SNL, USA), “Pulsed power driven preheat using a cryogenic Ice fiber for MagLiF experiments on Z”
    • Jun Li (USTC, China), “Intensity spikes dominate hot electron production in moderate-bandwidth laser plasma interaction”
    • Jose Manuel Perlado Martin (Focused Energy, Germany), “Engineering Design Considerations for a Laser Direct-Drive Fusion Reactor”
    • Kyle Peterson (SNL, USA), “Pulsed power ICF driver science, technology and development efforts on the path towards high yield fusion”
    • Bin Qiao (Pekin U., China), “Research Progress of Laboratory Astrophysics Based on Large Laser Facilities in China”
    • Michael Rosenberg (LLE, USA), “Approaching hydro-equivalent inertial confinement fusion ignition in OMEGA direct-drive cryogenic implosions”
    • Yasuhiro Sentoku (ILE, Japan), “IREX-NEO Project in ILE – Strategy to Demonstrate Fast Ignition by Upgraded GEKKO-XII and LFEX Lasers”
    • Michael Stadermann (LLNL, USA), “Target Fabrication after Ignition”