March 9-10, 2010

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting

Gaithersburg Hilton

March 9-10, 2010

Agenda

March 9

Time

Topic

Speaker

Presentation

9:00 a.m.

Welcome, Agenda, and Logistics

Dr. Martin Greenwald, FESAC Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:05 a.m.

DOE/SC Perspectives, including the FY 2011 Congressional Budget Request

Dr. W.F. Brinkman, Director of the Office of Science, DOE

PDF
10:00 a.m.

 Break

10:15 a.m.

OFES Perspectives including the FY 2011 Budget Request

Dr. Ed Synakowski, Associate Director for Fusion Energy Sciences, DOE

PDF

Discussion of Future Program Direction

12:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

 Report on the High Energy Density Laboratory Plasma Research Needs Workshop  

Dr. Robert Rosner, University of Chicago

2:15 p.m.

Report from the Committee of Visitors

Dr. Rulon Linford, COV Chair 

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FESAC Discussion of the COV Report

Dr. Martin Greenwald, FESAC Chair

3:15 p.m.

 Break

3:30 p.m.

Materials Research Needs

Dr. Richard Kurtz, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PDF

5:00 p.m.

Alternate Experimental Platforms for Fusion Code Validation

 Professor Paul Terry, University of Wisconsin

PDF

5:45 p.m.

Adjourn


Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting

Agenda

March 10

Time

Topic

Speaker

Presentation

8:00 a.m.

Annual Ethics Briefing for FESAC Members Only

Mr. David Krentel, Office of the General Counsel, DOE

8:30 a.m.

Views of the Future directions of the fusion energy program.

Dr. Steven E. Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, DOE

9:10 a.m.

Report on the Fusion-Fission Workshop Results 

Prof. Jeffery Freidberg, MIT

PDF 

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

New FES-Funded Activities At  the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory

Prof. Roger Falcone, University of California, and Lawrence Berkley Laboratory

PDF

11:15 a.m.

Public Comments

TBD

11:45 a.m.

Prepare Transmittal Letter for COV Report

Dr. Martin Greenwald, MIT

12:30 p.m.

Planning for Future Meetings

Dr. Martin Greenwald, MIT

1:00 p.m.

Adjourn





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