POSTPONED

The 1st BEGFUST workshop is postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and the unforeseeable possibilities of most of our speakers to participate the conference.

1^st Belgrade Fusion Science and Technology Workshop (BegFuST)

Under the auspices of the Rector of the University of Belgrade

Fusion is considered as one of the most important sources for future stable and environment friendly long-term energy supply. A successful commercialized fusion reactor could provide a powerful source for electricity production without the impediments of traditional power plants such as the production of hazardous waste and without dependence on daily weather conditions in modern renewable power units. Aiming to develop a prototype of fusion reactor relevant to a power plant, extensive scientific and technological activities performed in the framework of several multidisciplinary international and national projects, such as ITER, DEMO, IFMIF-EVEDA, IFMIF-DONES, LHD, FFHR. These projects are supported by large government-backed research organizations as well as by private startups.

Within the Serbian scientific community, there is a large interest as well as potential for participation in fusion research. This was confirmed by the recently signed Collaboration agreement between the National Institute of Fusion Sciences - NIFS (Japan) and the University of Belgrade. With the goal of promoting the collaboration with NIFS and to motivate the collaboration with EUROFUSION and other fusion research institutions, the University of Belgrade is organizing the 1st Belgrade Fusion Science and Technology Workshop (BegFuST).

The Workshop will take place on Monday the 24^th August 2020 in Belgrade as a satellite of the SPIG conference (Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases). The BegFuST Workshop will gather invited speakers from the leading fusion institutions. In the scope of the Workshop the latest research results and practical achievements in generating fusion energy as well as scientific and technological challenges in development of commercial devices will be presented. The level of presentations will be suitable to both specialists and non- specialists.

The BegFuST Workshop will cover the following topics:

Fusion plasma devices
Fusion plasma diagnostics
Fusion plasma modeling
Plasma surface interaction
Design of plasma facing components
Investigations of materials for fusion relevant conditions

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Chair: Prof. Milorad Kuraica
(University of Belgrade - Faculty of Physics, Member of Advisory committee of SPIG conference)
Dr Milivoje Ivković
(University of Belgrade - Institute of Physics, Member of Scientific committee of SPIG conference)
Prof. Bratislav Obradović
(University of Belgrade - Faculty of Physics, Member of Scientific committee of SPIG conference)
Dr Milan Rajković
(University of Belgrade – Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca)
Dr Milica Ilić
(University of Belgrade – Innovation Center of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Chair: Prof. Ivanka Popović, Rector of the University of Belgrade
Prof. Nikola Cvetanović, University of Belgrade
Milos Bojičić, University of Belgrade
Milan Petrović, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS

Prof. Dimitri Batani (Member of EURASC and CELIA, University of Bordeaux, France)
Dr Sebastijan Brezinsek (EUROfusion Project Leader Work Package PFC, Research Centre Jülich, Germany)
Prof. Arnaud Bultel (CNRS and Normandy University, France)
Dr Tony Donne (Program manager of EUROfusion, DIFFER, Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Prof. Sibylle Günter (Coordinator of EUROfusion consortium, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Garching/Greifswald, Germany)
Dr Klaus Hesch (Head of nuclear fusion program, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Prof. Daiji Kato (National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki City, Japan)
Prof. Milorad Kuraica (University of Belgrade - Faculty of Physics, Serbia)
Prof. Junichi Miyazawa (National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki City, Japan)
Prof. Masanori Nunami (National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki City, Japan)
Dr Milan Rajković (University of Belgrade – Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca, Serbia)

TIMELINE, 24.8.

09:00	Opening – Prof. I. Popović - Rector of the University of Belgrade
09:15	S. Günter "Fusion: from science fiction to science fact"
09:45	T. Donne "EUROfusion, the consortium coordinating European fusion research"
10:15	M. Kuraica "Fusion related research at the University of Belgrade"
10:45	Coffee break
11:00	D. Batani "Current status of the laser fusion research and the shock ignition approach"
11:30	J. Miyazawa "Conceptual design of the compact helical fusion reactor FFHR-b2"
12:00	S. Brezinsek "Plasma-wall interaction studies within the EUROfusion Consortium"
12:30	A. Bultel "LIBS for fusion reactors surface diagnostics"
13:00	Lunch break
14:00	K. Hesch "Neutron irradiation damage and lifetime of reactor components"
14:30	M. Nunami "Turbulent transport in fusion plasma by gyrokinetic simulation"
15:00	D. Kato "Spectral modeling for fusion plasma research"
15:30	M. Rajković "Quantification and prediction of self-organization in fusion plasmas" within the cooperation NIFS – BU
16:00	Closing
17:00	Transfer to SPIG 2020 in Šabac – minibus