ISHW & APPTC 2012 - The Joint 18th International Stellarator/Heliotron Workshop

The Joint 18th International Stellarator/Heliotron Workshop and 10th Asia Pacific Plasma Theory Conference will be held in Australia (29 Jan. 2012 - 3 Feb. 2012) at the Australian National University in Canberra and Murramurang Beachfront Nature Reserve, a beautiful location on the south coast of NSW. The combined meeting is being held in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The purpose of the combined meetings is to provide a forum for the discussion and dissemination of research in the field of helical fusion magnetic confinement, thereby bridging stellarator and tokamak communities, and foster Asia-Pacific regional collaboration in theory and modelling.
The conference scope is broad, embracing plasma physics, extreme materials science, and fusion technology development.
The week following PLASMA 2012 will feature the 17th Gasesous Electronics Meeting, also at Murramarang resort. GEM covers all aspects of gaseous electronics and related multidisciplinary topics and applications. Further details can be found at http://gem2012.anu.edu.au/.

Location

Australian National University, Canberra (29th Jan - 31st Jan)
Murramarang Beachfront Nature Resort, NSW (31st Jan. - 3rd Feb.)
Topics

Scope: Stellarator/Heliotron and related experiments, and general plasma theory and modelling.
Topics will include:
Current and future experiments (stellarators/heliotron and related)
Plasma Theory, Modeling and Numerical Simulation (including Laser Plasmas and Astronomical Plasmas)
Plasma Diagnostics
MHD equilibrium and stability / stochastic fields / high beta
Transport, turbulence and confinement improvement
Configuration optimization /3D effects in tokamaks
Plasma heating and current drive
Fast particle and high energy physics
Divertor and edge physics
Fusion reactor materials/plasma wall interaction/plasma facing components/Industrial applications of plasma technology