34th European Fusion Programme Workshop

2 Feb 2027, 08:30 → 4 Feb 2027, 14:00 Europe/Berlin

2027 EFPW Workshop on Milestones for a Fusion Power Plant

The 34th European Fusion Programme Workshop (EFPW34) will take place in Athens, Greece on 2-4 February 2027 with the possibility of Video Conference.

Zoom connection details to be sent as outlook invitation to registered online participants and session chairs. 

Tuesday 2 February

08:30 → 10:00 Session: 1.1 Strategy, Needs and the Path to FPP

Convener: Thomas Klinger (IPP)

08:30 Welcome and Workshop Objectives

Speaker: Elisabeth Wolfrum (IPP)

08:40 European Strategy

Speaker: Elena Righi-Steele (CEC)

09:20 What does a fusion power plant need? Technological challenges and TRL assessment

Speaker: Hartmut Zohm (IPP)

10:30 → 12:30 Session: 1.2 FOAK concepts

Conveners: Elisabeth Wolfrum (IPP), Nicholas Sykes (UKAEA)

10:30 STEP

Speaker: Howard Wilson (UKFE)

11:00 Stellaris

Speaker: Jorrit Lion (Proxima Fusion)

11:30 Alternative magnetic confinement power plant concepts

Speaker: Justin Ball (EPFL)

12:00 Discussion

Speakers: Elisabeth Wolfrum (IPP), Nicholas Sykes (UKAEA)

14:00 → 16:15 Session: 1.3 Tokamak and stellarator physics basis

Conveners: Carlos Silva (IST), Costanza Maggi (UKAEA)

14:00 Experiments

Speaker: Nicola Vianello (ENEA)

14:45 Theory and modelling: open challenges

Speaker: Xavier Litaudon (CEA)

15:30 Theory and modelling: tools and facilities

Speaker: Frank Jenko (EUROfusion / IPP)

16:45 → 18:30 Session: 1.4 Tokamak and stellarator physics basis

Conveners: Fulvio Zonca (ENEA), Yanick Sarazin (CEA)

16:45 Stellarator specific milestones

Speakers: Ivan Calvo (CIEMAT), Marcin Jakubowski (IPP)

17:30 Discussion

Wednesday 3 February

08:30 → 10:00 Session: 2.1 ITER preparation

Conveners: Marc Missirlian (CEA), Renaud Dejarnac (IPP-CR)

08:30 What ITER needs: open questions and preparation priorities

Speaker: Peter de Vries (ITER Organisation)

09:15 European contribution to ITER Preparation

Speaker: Marco Wischmeier (EUROfusion PMU)

10:30 → 12:30 Session: 2.2 Industry engagement

Conveners: Aldo Di Zenobio (ENEA), Konstantina Mergia (NCSRD)

10:30 European commission PPP calls

Speaker: Francesca Ferrazza (ENI)

11:10 Industry Capabilities

Speaker: tbc

11:50 Discussion

14:00 → 15:20 Session: 2.3 Enabling facilities

Conveners: Dirk Strauss (KIT), Nicholas Sykes (UKAEA)

14:00 Accelerate DONES

Speaker: Philippe Cara (Fusion for Energy)

14:40 Remote handling

Speaker: Christoffer Sloth (SDU)

15:50 → 17:15 Session: 2.4 Enabling facilities

Conveners: Dirk Strauss (KIT), Nicholas Sykes (UKAEA)

15:50 Fuel cycle

Speaker: Thomas Giegerich (KIT Campus Nord, Institute for Technical Physics (ITEP))

16:30 Discussion

Thursday 4 February

08:30 → 10:30 Session: 3.1 Contributions to pilot, engineering and safety frameworks

Convener: Gediminas Stankunas (LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE/Laboratory of nuclear installation s)

08:30 Contributions to the European Pilot Plant

Speaker: Christian Bachmann (EUROfusion)

09:10 Engineering standards for fusion

Speaker: Luka Snoj (Reactor physics division Jozef Stefan Institute)

09:50 Safety and Environmental frameworks

Speaker: Camilla Matteoli (European Commission)

11:00 → 12:35 Session: 3.2 Milestone synthesis

Convener: Elisabeth Wolfrum (IPP)

11:00 Milestone synthesis

Speaker: Emmanuel Joffrin (CEA)

11:30 Discussion

12:30 Conclusion

Speaker: Elisabeth Wolfrum (IPP)