Registration opens for 2nd ITER Private Sector Fusion Workshop
ITER has opened formal registration for the second Private Sector Fusion Workshop, to be hosted at the ITER site in Provence on 22-23 April 2025. As with the first workshop in May 2024, this forum is designed to serve the priorities of private sector fusion initiatives globally, and to facilitate public-private knowledge transfer and collaboration. But the target this year will be different, focused mainly on “who is doing what” to address the primary remaining challenges of fusion R&D. And in particular, this year’s Workshop will be tightly sequenced with the ITER Business Forum (IBF/25), a fusion supply chain event in Marseille starting on the evening of 23 April. This will lead to a four-day period (Tuesday-Friday) packed with activity, but also rich with value.
Last year’s workshop created a sort of private sector status report, focused on understanding—from a technology perspective—who has achieved what, and how ITER can help. The workshop outcomes shaped ITER’s Private Sector Fusion Engagement Project, launched in November 2024.
This second workshop will serve three specific objectives: (1) to help private sector fusion companies to take advantage of ITER’s new mechanisms for knowledge-sharing and collaboration; (2) to understand the latest and most promising approaches to solving fusion technology’s remaining challenges (e.g., steady-state operation, new structural and functional materials, solutions for heat removal and heat exhaust, and fuel cycle issues) as well as other relevant innovations; and (3) to highlight the existing capacities of the global fusion supply chain. It is in relation to the third objective that the ITER Business Forum, hosted by Agence Iter France, will be especially useful, as historically more than 1,000 people converge for presentations, B2B meetings, and an exhibition featuring supplier companies.
Visit the Workshop website for more information on the program, as well for clarity on how to attend both events and how to get the most out of each. All interested parties are welcome, but as with last year, priority will be given to participation by private sector fusion initiatives. Questions can be addressed to the PSFE Help Desk (@email). We look forward to welcoming you at ITER!