Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting

Gaithersburg Hilton

620 Perry Parkway

301-977-8900

November 6-7, 2008

Time	Topic	Speaker
November 6
8:30	During this time we will swear in new members. ALL MEMBERS WILL THEN ATTEND THE ANNUAL ETHICS BRIEFING	THIS SESSION IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY. THE MEETING DOES NOT BEGIN UNTIL 9:00 A.M.
9:00	Meeting Agenda and Logistics	FESAC Chair
9:05	OFES Perspectives	Gene Nardella, Acting Associate Director for Fusion Energy Sciences, DOE
10:00	Break
10:15	Outline of Strategic Overview Plan	Steve Eckstrand, OFES
11:30	Summary of Research Needs Workshop Executive Committee Meeting	Professor Richard Hazeltine, Institute of Fusion Studies, University of Texas
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Discussion of the new charge for a Committee of Visitors Review	Curt Bolton, Acting Director, Research Division, OFES
1:30	Final Report: Panel on Toroidal Alternate Confinement Concepts	Dr. David Hill, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Chair, TACC Panel
2:15	Break
2:30	Report on Review of the DOE Plan for U.S. Participation in ITER	David Lang, NRC; Dr. Michael Zarnstorff, PPPL, Review Committee Vice-Chair
3:00	Status of the ITER Project	Dr. Ned Sauthoff, Director U.S. ITER Project Office, and Dr. Chuck Greenfield, Deputy Director, US Burning Plasma Organization
4:30	Status Report: Panel on High Energy Density Laboratory Physics	Prof. Ricardo Betti, University of Rochester, Chair, HEDLP Panel
5:30	Public Comments	TBD
6:00	Adjourn

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting

Gaithersburg Hilton

November 6-7, 2008

Time	Topic	Speaker
November 7
8:30	White Paper of Fusion Diagnostics Development Needs	Dr. Rejan Boivin, General Atomics
9:20	Status of the Research on Plasma-Materials Interactions in Fusion	Dennis Whyte, MIT
10:00	Presentation of results from the Low Temperature Plasma Workshop	Dr. Mark Kushner, University of Michigan
11:00	Preparation of Letter to DOE/SC	FESAC Chair
12:00	Adjourn