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Below are the details from the AAAS web site.

AAAS Annual Meeting (14 - 18 February 2008 Boston)
http://www.aaas.org/meetings/

High-Powered Lasers: Fusion Ignition and Concomitant Scientific Opportunities
Saturday, Feb 16, 2008, 8:30 AM -11:30 AM
Sheraton Boston, Second Floor, Room: Republic B

Synopsis:

In the half century since the invention of the laser, its output has grown from millijoules to megajoules and from milliwatts to petawatts. The next generation of such lasers, currently under construction or design in Europe, Japan, and the United States, is expected to achieve fusion ignition of the deuterium-tritium pellets on which the laser beams impinge, producing temperatures and densities well in excess of their values at the core of the sun and neutron densities for a short time that are far beyond those of any other terrestrial source. This effort may have an obvious effect on the global energy situation. However, in the space and time of our universe, these conditions have existed only in the Big Bang, the cores of massive stars, and nuclear weapons; they will soon be produced in the targets of the next generation of high-powered lasers. Thus, these facilities will enable a wide variety of heretofore impossible experiments in basic science. Speakers review the overall concepts behind laser fusion, then describe the fusion ignition efforts in Europe, the United States, and Japan, and highlight some of the high-energy-density science opportunities that will be enabled by the development of these high-powered lasers. The invited speakers represent many of the world's major players in the worldwide fusion effort.

Speakers:
Basics of Inertial Confinement Fusion--John Lindl, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

OMEGA Extended Performance Laser System Project--Robert McCrory, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

National Ignition Facility: Ushering in a New Era for Experimental Science--Edward Moses, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

Fast Ignition Realization Experiment Project--Hiroshi Azechi, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

High-Power Laser for Energy Research Project--Mike Dunne, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom

High Energy Density Science with High-Powered Lasers--Raymond Jeanloz, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Organized by:
Richard N Boyd, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; Karl van Bibber, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

Progress in Magnetic Fusion Energy Research: 50 Years of International Collaboration and Future Prospects
Saturday, Feb 16, 2008, 1:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Sheraton Boston, Second Floor, Room: Republic B

Synopsis:

Magnetic fusion research was declassified in 1958 at the Geneva Conference and has since become a strongly international activity. This symposium celebrates the 50th anniversary of this singular world scientific event. In addition to a historic perspective, talks will be given by eminent international and U.S. speakers on the progress in scientific research and advances in technology through international collaboration. The culmination of this collaboration is the signing of an international agreement by seven parties in the world, representing more than half the world's population, to construct the International Tokamak Experimental Reactor (ITER). It is one of the largest international scientific projects to date, and is expected to cost about US$5 billion. ITER should demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion energy. Also to be presented is a proposal to broaden fusion research internationally beyond ITER that would speed up the realization of fusion energy.

Speakers:
Fusion Research: 50 Years of International Scientific Collaboration--Evgeny P. Velikhov, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation

Fusion Power, and Who Needs It? An Updated Assessment--Predhiman Kaw, Institute of Plasma Research, Bhat, India

U.S. International Collaboration in Fusion Research and Participation in the ITER Project--Raymond Fonck, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC

Progress in Fusion Research Via the International Tokamak Physics Activity: A Collaboration Paradigm--Ron Stambaugh, General Atomics, San Diego, CA

Advances in Technology To Realize Fusion Energy in the International Context--Kathryn McCarthy, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID

Strengthening and Accelerating the Development of Fusion Energy: An International Challenge--Chris Llewellyn Smith, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham, United Kingdom

Organized by:
Miklos Porkolab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;
Barrie Ripin, Research Applied, Bethesda, MD