The Forum will be held at The Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland beginning on the morning of Thursday, 8 May and ending at noon Friday, 9 May 2003.

The Objectives of the U.S. ITER Forum are to:

• Inform the broader U.S. fusion community on current ITER plans and negotiation activities, and to engage them in ITER preparatory work.

• Involve the community in ongoing technology and physics R&D relevant to Burning Plasma Physics and ITER. Physics is carried out through International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA).

• Provide community input to the preparation of proposals for U.S. hardware contributions to ITER and for U.S. performance of ITER tasks.

• Begin discussion of ITER as a scientific and technological research opportunity.

http://www.apam.columbia.edu/fusion/US_ITER_Forum.html

See this web site for instructions on how to register your attendance at the Forum. Those wishing to make a presentation need to submit a title and an abstract online no later than Friday, 25 April 2003. A template will be available to assist groups preparing white papers that describe U.S. ITER Activity Proposals.

A registration fee of $150 will be required for all participants to cover miscellaneous meeting expenses.

The Forum is sponsored by the University Fusion Association, the U.S. ITER Planning Office, and the DOE Office of Fusion Energy Science.

For further information, visit the web site or contact members of the Organizing and Program Committee:

Rejean Boivin (boivin@fusion.gat.com)
Cary Forest (cbforest@wisc.edu)
Mike Mauel (Chair) (mauel@columbia.edu)
Stan Milora (miloras1@ornl.gov)
Raffi Nazikian (rnazikian@pppl.gov)
Joseph Snipes (snipes@psfc.mit.edu)