PROGRAMME
4:15 PM | Door Opening
4:30 PM | Welcome Address
Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, President of EPFL
4:40 PM | Speeches
- Frédéric Borloz, State Councillor in charge of the Department of Education and Vocational Training, Canton of Vaud
- Martina Hirayama, Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation
- Jan Panek, Director for Nuclear Energy, Safety and ITER, European Commission
- Joanna Drake, Deputy Director General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
5:00 PM | Presentations
- Europe, Switzerland and the Swiss Plasma Center
Paolo Ricci, Director of the Swiss Plasma Center, EPFL
- Recent advances in the ITER project
Alain Bécoulet, Deputy Director General, ITER
- Controlling matter at 100 million degrees
Cassandre Contré, Doctoral Researcher, Swiss Plasma Center
- The EUROfusion Consortium and Switzerland's role
Gianfranco Federici, Programme Manager, EUROfusion
- Fusion for Energy and the European fusion supply chain
Marc Lachaise, Director, Fusion for Energy
5:50 PM | Panel Discussion
The growing role of industry in fusion
Moderated by: Ambrogio Fasoli, Professor, EPFL
- Elena Righi Steele, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
- Roberto Salemme, Global Marketing Manager, INFICON AG
- Mackenzie Van Rossem, Co-founder, Larmor mmWave Systems, spin-off of the Swiss Plasma Center
6:30 PM | End of Ceremony
The ceremony will be followed by a cocktail reception at the Swiss Plasma Center.
