20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE)
October 14 - 17, 2003
San Diego, CA USA

Program Summary Last updated: 9/24/2003

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:00   Morning Coffee and Pastries 8:00 to 8:30
8:30   Opening & Welcome Plenary Session 2 Plenary Session 3 Plenary Session 4
8:40   Plenary Session 1 Our hydrogen-electric NIF: The world largest ITER: Design basis and
    Progress towards a future - D. Scott laser - E.Moses challenge - P. Barabaschi
    burning plasma - D. Baldwin Technical challenges   RF Heating and CD for
    FESAC Fusion development of compact stellarators ICF devices burning physics experiments
    plan - R. Goldston W. Reiersen S. Obenschain C. Gormezano 
10:00   Coffee Break 10:00 - 10:20
10:20   O1A O1B O3A O3B O5A O5B O7
    Divertors  Plasma Heating Plasma Magnet Vessel,    
    and Tritium Control and and Current Material Inter- Engineering Blanket, and Experimental Devices
    Systems Magnet Drive actions and   Shields    
      Engineering   Materials        
12:00          
12:30   Lunch Break 12:10 to 13:30 Lunch Break
                12:30 to 14:00
13:30   O2 O4 O6    
14:00          
    New Devices and Reactor Safety and Environmental Fuelling, Fabrication  
    Studies Engineering and Maintenance  
            Tour of DIII-D
15:10   Coffee Break  15:10 - 15:30 Tokamak Facility
15:30   POSTER SESSION P1 POSTER SESSION P2 POSTER SESSION P3 at General Atomics
    (Display from 13:30) (Display from 13:30) (Display from 13:30) 14:00 - 17:00
    Divertors and PFC Experimental Devices Heating and Current Drive  
    Vessel and Blanket Diagnostics Magnet Engineering  
    Materials Power Systems Electromagnetics  
    Safety and Environment Plasma Control      
17:00   Assembly and Maint.        
17:30      
18:00 Reception &     Cocktail Hour 18:00-19:00    
  Registration     (no host bar)    
19:00 16:00 - 20:00          
             
        BANQUET    
        19:00 - 22:00    
21:00