30th anniversary of the Tokamak à Configuration Variable
Event details
| Date | 21.09.2023 |
| Hour | 16:30 › 19:30 |
| Location | |
| Category | Miscellaneous |
| Event Language | French, English |
On September 21st, EPFL will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its flagship experiment, the Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV). Operated by the Swiss Plasma Center as part of the EUROfusion Consortium, it is one of the key European facilities for the ITER project, which aims to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion as an energy source, and the development of DEMO, whose objective is to prove its commercial feasibility. The TCV Tokamak represents a major asset in the global effort to develop fusion and integrate Switzerland into the European research area.
2:30pm TCV guided tours
4:00pm Doors opening
4:30pm Introduction
Ambrogio Fasoli, Swiss Plasma Center Director &
Associate Vice President for Research
4:35pm Welcome words
Martin Vetterli, President of EPFL
4:45pm Political stakeholders speeches
To be confirmed
5:05pm History of the TCV Tokamak
Basil Duval, Senior Scientist & TCV Technology Leader
5:25pm Some salient TCV results
Stefano Coda, Senior Scientist & TCV Project Leader
5:55pm Future perspectives
Sophie Gorno, Doctoral Assistant and
Christian Theiler, Professor
6:15pm External scientific talks
To be confirmed
6:25pm Conclusion
Ambrogio Fasoli, Swiss Plasma Center Director &
Associate Vice President for Research
6:30pm Cocktail
Practical information
- General public
- Registration required
Organizer
- Swiss Plasma Center