FPN17-39

Fusion Community Workshop December 11-15 in Austin

November 7, 2017

The 2nd in a series of magnetic fusion community workshops on Strategic Directions for U.S. Magnetic Fusion Research will be held December 11-15 in Austin, Texas. The purpose of the workshops is to enable community presentation and discussion focused on the recent charge to the National Academies of Sciences (NAS), Engineering, and Medicine (http://sites.nationalacademies.org/BPA/BPA_177107).

For information on the 1st workshop: https://sites.google.com/site/usmfrstrategicdirections/workshop01_madison.

The primary goal of the Austin workshop will be to discuss, debate, and develop critical information required for the timely development of a strategic plan including program mission and goals, and the importance of various strategic program elements needed to achieve those goals. This is in preparation for providing the NAS panel input on the second charge for their final report due in the fall of 2018.

The workshop website is: https://sites.google.com/site/usmfrstrategicdirections