The Unit for International Relations of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), together with the Science Attachés at the Italian Embassy in Berlin, organizes an annual series of joint webinars with the participation of German and Italian researchers, called Italy-Germany WEBinar Series (WEBS), presenting research “hot topics”. 

The webinars style is intended to be divulgative, non-specialistic: speakers are asked to be understandable to a broad audience of, inter alia, researchers from CNR, German research centers and the community of Italian researchers in Germany. Click here for a short description of the series.

The 4. edition of the series is dedicated to Fusion Science and Technology. 

By clicking on the registration links for the different webinars below you will find abstracts and speakers' bios (updated over time).

Program

I)    Setting the stage (lectures, 40’ each speaker plus questions)

Thursday May 8, 10-12

Magnetic fusion

Marco VALISA, Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council (CNR-ISTP) and RFX Consortium

Thomas KLINGER, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

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Thursday May 15, 14-16

Inertial fusion

Constantin HAEFNER, Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), Fraunhofer

Leonida GIZZI, National Institute of Optics, National Research Council (CNR-INO)

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II)   Technologies for fusion (short lectures, 20’ each speaker plus questions)

Wednesday May 21, 10-12

Test Blanket Modules

Italo RICAPITO, Fusion for Energy

Francisco HERNANDEZ, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Helmholtz

Materials

Jan Willem COENEN, Institute of Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management – Plasma Physics, Research Center Jülich - Helmholtz

Giorgio DILECCE, Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council (CNR-ISTP)

Wednesday May 28, 10-12

Plasma heating

Gustavo GRANUCCI, Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council (CNR-ISTP)

Divertor

Francesco ROMANELLI, Divertor Tokamak Test facility (DTT)

Lasers

Vincent BAGNAUD, Center for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) - Helmholtz

Target development

Rüdiger QUAY, Institute for Applied Solid State (IAF), Fraunhofer

III)   Towards the market (panels, 10’ statement each speaker plus 60’ discussion)

Wednesday June 4, 10-12

Startups panel

Piergiorgio SONATO (moderator), RFX Consortium and University of Padova

Luca ANTONELLI, First Light Fusion (UK)

Christian DAY, Kyoto Fusioneering (Japan, Germany)

Francesca FERRAZZA, ENI (IT) / Commonwealth Fusion (US)

Francesco SCIORTINO, Proxima Fusion (Germany)

Wednesday June 18, 10-12.30

Institutional panel: the broader framework

Matteo PARDO (moderator), National Research Council

Armin HAASE, German Ministry for Research, Technology and Space

Nicola IPPOLITO, Italian Ministry for Environment and Energy Security (MASE)

Matteo BARBARINO, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 

Christoph KIRCHLECHNER, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Helmholtz

Lucio MILANESE, Fusion Industry Association

Carlo SOZZI, Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council (CNR-ISTP)