Third Announcement of the 21st MHD Stability Control Workshop

This is the third announcement of the 21st MHD Stability Control Workshop (https://fusion.gat.com/conferences/mhd16/). The theme this year is “Prediction and Forecasting of Transient Events.” The workshop will take place on November 7-9, 2016 at General Atomics, following the APS-DPP Annual meeting in San Jose CA.

The available workshop details are copied below.

• Topics: In magnetic confinement devices, prediction of potentially damaging transient events and forecasting of controllability boundaries may be essential elements of a robust plasma control strategy. Predictions from both physical and statistical models based on real-time plasma monitoring and from active probing may provide sufficient warning of unfavorable impending conditions. Combining such predictions with knowledge of plasma response to actuators, such as 3D fields, could enable preemptive active stabilization or modification of the operating point to maintain passive stability. In this workshop, we will discuss recent advances in experiment and theory aimed at sustaining stable, high performance plasmas through the use of prediction and forecasting strategies. Note: The proposed theme does not exclude contributed talks from relevant areas of MHD stability and control. Note: The proposed theme does not exclude contributed talks from relevant areas of MHD stability and control.
• Date and Location:
      November 7-9, 2016
      General Atomics, San Diego, California U.S.A - Building 7 Rm 217 & 120
• Registration:
  Registration for contributed talks is now OPEN. Please see the menu link to register online. Registration will remain open until October 1st.
• Program Committee members:
  • Matthew Lanctot, General Atomics, USA (program chair)
  • Robert La Haye, General Atomics, USA (local organizer)
  • Gerald Navratil, Columbia University, USA
  • Francesco Volpe, Columbia University, USA
  • Andrew Cole, Columbia University, USA
  • Jong-Kyu Park PPPL, USA
  • Michio Okabayashi PPPL, USA
  • Egemen Kolemen Princeton University, USA
  • David Maurer, Auburn University, USA
  • John Sarff, University of Wisconsin, USA
  • Kiyomasa Watanabe, NIFS, Japan
  • Masaru Furukawa, Tottori Univerisity, Japan
  • Go Matsugana, QST (formerly JAEA), Japan
  • Sadao Masamune, Kyoto Ins. Tech., Japan
  • Paolo Piovesan, CNR, Italy
• Previous workshops in this series:
  • 20 PPPL, November 22-24, 2015, "Non-linear phenomena and MHD control for ITER and beyond"
  • 19 Auburn University, Dixon Conference Center. November 3-5, "Fundamental understanding of plasma response to 3D fields & MHD stability control"
  • 18 Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza, November 18-20, 2013, "MHD Control for Steady State Burning Plasmas"
  • 17 Columbia University, November 5-7, 2012, "Addressing the Disruption Challenge for ITER"
  • 16 General Atomics, Nov 20-22, 2011, "Optimizing and Understanding the Role of Coils for Mode Control"
  • 15 University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 15-17, 2010, "3D Magnetic Field Effects in MHD Control"
  • 14 PPPL, Nov.9-11, 2009, "Assuring successful MHD control in ITER"
  • 13 University of Texas, Austin, November 23-25, 2008, "US-Japan Workshop on MHD Control, Magnetic Islands and Rotation"
  • 12 Columbia University, November 11-13, 2007,"Improved MHD Control Configurations"
  • 11 PPPL, November 6-8, 2006, "Active Control of MHD Stability: Active MHD Control in ITER"
  • 10 University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 31-November 2, 2005, "Active Control of MHD Stability: Progress in Kink and Tearing Mode Control"
  • 9 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 21-23 November 2004, "Active Control of MHD Stabilities: Back to Basics"
  • 8 University of Texas - Austin, 3-5 November 2003, "Active Control of MHD Stability: Extension to the Burning Plasma Regime"
  • 7 Columbia University, 18-20 November 2002, "Active Control of MHD Stability: Extension of Performance"
  • 6 General Atomics, 5-7 November 2001, Workshop on Control of MHD Stability by Rotation
  • 5 PPPL, 30 Oct - 1 Nov 2000, Workshop on Innovative MHD Control in Magnetic Fusion Plasmas
  • 4 University of Washington, 21-23 November 1999, Workshop on Active MHD Mode Control in Innovative Confinement Concepts
  • 3 General Atomics, 22-24 November 1998, Workshop on Active Control of MHD Modes in Toroidal Devices
  • 2 Columbia University, 23-25 November 1997, Workshop on Control of MHD Modes in Tokamaks with Non-axisymmetric Coils
  • 1 PPPL, 11-13 December 1996, Workshop on Feedback Stabilization of MHD Instabilities