22nd IEEE/NPSS SYMPOSIUM
ON FUSION ENGINEERING 2007 (SOFE07)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 17-21, 2007
http://sofe22.sandia.gov/

The 22nd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE07) will take place June 17-21, 2007 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Symposium is dedicated to the scientific, technological and engineering issues of fusion energy research and presents a mixture of oral presentations and poster sessions allowing for extensive interactions among the participants. The conference is open to the public, and all individuals with an interest in fusion energy are invited to register and attend. This year the SOFE meeting is collocated with the combined 2007 ICOPS and the 2007 International Pulsed Power Conference (International Pulsed Power and Plasma Science 2007) that run through June 22. Attendees registered with SOFE can attend sessions of the other conferences and will receive a pocket program for all three as well as the program book for SOFE. A grand plenary including all three conferences is planned for the first day. The 2007 Particle Accelerator Conference is being held the following week at the Convention Center.
The meeting is being organized by Sandia National Laboratories. The SOFE07 conference General Chair is Dennis Youchison. The Technical Program Chair is Michael Ulrickson and Rena Yellowrobe is the conference coordinator. The organization of the technical program is similar to previous conferences in this series, with plenary sessions in the first part of each morning followed by late morning parallel sessions with oral invited and contributed presentations in selected technical areas. The oral presentations continue in the early afternoon, followed by poster sessions.
Submissions in all areas of magnetic fusion energy (MFE) and inertial fusion energy (IFE) are sought, including:
• Experimental devices and new device design
• Reactor studies
• Plasma facing components
• Plasma materials interactions for IFE, MFE and alternates
• Targets for IFE and alternates
• Chambers, vacuum vessels and pumping for IFE, MFE and alternates
• Blankets, and shields for IFE, MFE and alternates
• Diagnostics, data acquisition, and plasma control systems
• Safety and environmental engineering
• Heating and current drive
• Plasma fueling
• Tritium handling systems
• IFE drivers and related technologies
• Magnet engineering for IFE, MFE and alternates
• Materials assembly, fabrication, and maintenance
• Power systems
• Electromagnetics and electromechanics.
The SOFE web site at http://sofe22.sandia.gov/ is available for more information.
Dennis Youchison, chair of the 2007 Symposium on Fusion Engineering, can be reached at the Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS-1129, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1129 USA; Phone: +1 505 845 3138; Fax: +1 505 845-3130; E-mail: dlyouch@sandia.gov.
Michael Ulrickson can be reached at the Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS-1129, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1129 USA; Phone: +1 505 845 3020; Fax: +1 505 845-3130; E-mail: maulric@sandia.gov.