Fusion Technology Committee Report
June 2007
22nd Symposium on Fusion Engineering,
Collocated with PPPS
Albuquerque Convention Center,
Albuquerque, NM, June 17-22, 2007
Dennis Youchison, General Chair – Mike Ulrickson, Program Chair

• Number of participants ~130. Losses due to visas of Chinese and Indian participants.
• Fusion Technology Awards were presented to Steve Zinkle (2006) and Farrokh Najmabadi (2007) at the banquet. A new precendent was set to invite the previous award winners (Brad Nelson) as plenary speakers at the following SOFE.
• A student award was presented at the banquet (also a new precedent). Students were prescreened, four chosen to provide 10-min presentations at the FTC luncheon.
• A policy is needed on no-show 1st authors; does NPSS have a policy?
• The SOFE07 chair will provide additional details on the meeting, including budget.