A White House Fusion Summit earlier this year signaled U.S. ambition to develop a bold decadal plan to dramatically accelerate fusion RD&D in partnership with the private sector. This panel will bring together a broad set of stakeholders and leaders who will share their vision about how to accelerate fusion RD&D and the technical and commercialization barriers needing to be overcome.

moderator

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Scott Hsu
DOE Lead Fusion Coordinator and ARPA-E Program Director

Speakers

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Kathryn A. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Associate Laboratory Director for Fusion and Fission Energy and Science


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Artem Smirnov
TAE, CTO


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Satoshi Konishi
Kyoto Fusioneering, Co-founder and Chief Fusioneer and Professor at Kyoto University


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Troy Carter
UCLA, Professor

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Jane Hotchkiss
Co-Founder and President, Energy for the Common Good