Program PhD Event EPFL Lausanne
Wednesday 23 August
Location: CO2
08.15 – 09.00 Registration
09.00 – 09.15 Welcome (Ambrogio Fasoli)
09.15 – 09.30 Opening Session (Elena Righi)
09.30 – 09.45 Opening by Roddy Vann – Chair of FuseNet
09.45 – 10.20 Key note speaker: Gabriella Saibene, Head of Unit of Plasma Engineering & Operations at Fusion for Energy
ITER, our present step to fusion energy
10.20 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 11.20 Key Note speaker: Gianfranco Federici, EUROfusion Fusion Technology Department Head
DEMO design Activities in Europe: status and perspectives
11.20 – 12.30 Poster session I
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch @ Ginko by Foodlab (EPFL campus)
14.00 – 14.30 Key Note speaker: Christian Theiler, Assistant Professor at the Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
Alternative divertors for improved tokamak operation
14.30 – 16.00 TCV visit
16.00 – 16.40 Travel to Olympic Museum
16.45 – 18.00 Visit of the Olympic Museum
18.00 – 19.00 Free time – 30min walk to restaurant
19.00 Group photo & Welcome reception @ Chalet des Bains
Av. E.-H.-J. Dalcroze 1, 1007 Lausanne
Thursday 24 August
Location: CO2
08.00 Departure from Lausanne YHJ by bus – PLEASE BE ON TIME
09.15 – 09.30 Arrival at CERN and access
09.30 – 10.30 Presentation of CERN and AWAKE activities by Edda Gschwendtner & Patric Muggli
10.30 – 11.30 Guided tour of CERN
11.30 – 12.45 Lunch @ Restaurant n. 1 (CERN)
12.45 – 14.00 Return to EPFL by bus
14.00 – 15.30 Oral Session 1 – Pecha Kucha
15.30 – 16.05 Key Note speaker: Karl Lackner, Emeritus Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
Fusion start-ups - a broad range of alternatives
16.05 – 16.30 Break
16.30 – 17.00 Key Note speaker: Justin Ball, Researcher at the Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
Breeding deuterium and the ultimate fusion fuel cycle
17.00 – 18.15 Oral Session 2 – Pecha Kucha
18.15 – 19.30 Poster session II
19.30 Social Dinner @ Gina Restaurant (EPFL campus)
Friday 25 August
Location: CO2
09.00 – 09.30 Key Note speaker: Dr Mario Michan, CEO, Daphne Technology SA
Daphne Technology, a Hard-Tech Startup Journey
09.30 – 10.45 Poster session III
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.45 Oral Session 3 – Pecha Kucha
12.45 – 14.00 Standing Lunch – Hall CO2
14.00 – 14.30 Key Note speaker: Prof. Ivo Furno, Adjoint Professor at the Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL - Low-temperature plasmas for fusion and beyond
14.30 – 15.00 Closing
