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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization plans several outreach events every year. Click on the links below for more information on upcoming events.

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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General Barabaschi will hold a hybrid press conference (in-person and remote) at 10:30 a.m. CET on 3 July 2024 to provide additional details on the proposed °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ baseline. 

If you would like to attend in person or on line, please contact Sabina Griffith at sabina.griffith@iter.org.

The surge in private sector fusion initiatives has driven a reconsideration of how to optimize public-private engagement. How can years of accumulated knowledge and lessons learned during the design, manufacturing, and assembly phases of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project be better disseminated? 

With this question in mind, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is organizing an Inaugural Private-Public Fusion Workshop at the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ site in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, on 27-29 May 2024. The outcomes of this workshop will help to establish priorities and formulate plans for how °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ will engage with private sector fusion companies going forward. The insights gained will also be provided freely to other efforts geared toward public-private collaboration, including for example the IAEA's program for its recently formed World Fusion Energy Group.

More information at the link below.

The eleventh edition of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Games—the annual sporting event for people working directly or indirectly for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project and for residents of neighbouring villages Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon—will be held on Saturday 9 September 2023 in Vinon. This year's choice of events includes cross-country running, football, mountain biking, tennis, kayaking and pétanque.

The 12th °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ International School will be held from 26 to 30 June 2023, hosted by Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence, France.

The subject of the 2023 school is "The Impact and Consequences of Energetic Particles on Fusion Plasmas" with a scientific program coordinated by Simon Pinches (°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization). As the start of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ operations approaches, it is timely to address this multidisciplinary topic that includes plasma self-heating by fusion-born alpha-particles, the influence of energetic particles on stability, diagnosing energetic particle transport and loss, and understanding runaway electrons. (Find out more about past schools here.)

Registration is open now.

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The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the European agency for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ construction site for the general public on Saturday 1 April 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event is full; registration is no longer available. Join us for our next Open Doors Day ion 25 November 2023. 

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the European agency for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ construction site for the general public on Saturday 26 November 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The event is full. We hope to welcome you during one of our 2023 Open Doors Day events. To receive a notification about the next planned event, sign up under the SUBSCRIBE tab at the top of each °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ webpage by clicking "°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Open Doors Days - notification."

The tenth edition of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Games—the annual sporting event for people working directly or indirectly for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project and for residents of neighbouring villages Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon—will be held on Saturday 10 September 2022 in Vinon. This year's choice of events includes cross-country running, football, mountain biking, tennis, kayaking and pétanque.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ International School aims to prepare young scientists/engineers for work in the field of nuclear fusion and in research applications associated with the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project. The 11th edition will be held from 25 to 29 July 2022 in San Diego, California (US) on the topic of "°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Plasma Scenarios and Control."

Most attendees will be graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and early career faculty and research staff working in fields relevant to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ program. Although the agenda will focus on topics of scenarios and control, attendees are not required to be working in these subfields. 

All nationalities, whether representing an °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ member or not, are welcome. Registration is open now at:

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the European agency for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ construction site for the general public on Saturday 18 June 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Registration is now closed. As expected, the event filled up very quickly due to a Covid-related backlog of demand. Please be informed that °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Communications is already planning other open door days events for autumn 2022.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization begins recruiting on 17 January 2022 for the Monaco/°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Postdoctoral Fellowship program. If you are a national of one of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Members (China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US) or of the Principality of Monaco—and your PhD was awarded after 1 January 2019 (or you will have received your PhD by the deadline for taking up an award)—you may be eligible for a two-year postdoctoral position in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization.

All application information can be found on the dedicated website. Applications close on 1 March 2022.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization (the IO) has launched a procurement for the Hot Cell Facility Project Integrator. The Call for Nomination procedure deadline was 28 January 2022 (link). 

In this context, the IO has organized a virtual Information Day to present this procurement to Industry and to potential candidates. The online event took place on 24 January 2022.


For further information about this past event, and/or the Hot Ccell Facility project, please contact us as HCC@iter.org.

The European Consortium for the Development of Fusion Energy, EUROfusion, has created a travelling exhibition on fusion energy that debutes on 8 October 2021 in Marseille, France.

Free and open to all the interactive exhibition, titled Fusion: Power to the People, combines science, art and technology to make a complex topic accessible to everyone.

See all information in English on the EUROfusion website.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization (the IO) is organizing a Virtual Information Meeting with the interested potential industrial players in the related countries to present the general procurement strategy for the Engineering Design of Port Integration Facility (PIF) and tooling.

The online event will take place on 5 October (Tuesday) from 14:00 to 15:00 CET.

Every year, the Fusion Energy Conference brings together world actors in fusion around the latest scientific and technical results in nuclear fusion research and development. Through its regularity and the breadth of participation, it promotes continuous and effective international collaboration toward the realization of fusion electricity.
 
Originally scheduled for 12 to 17 October 2020, the conference will now take place from 10 to 15 May 2021 as an entirely virtual event. The 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference is organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and hosted by the Government of France through the French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization.

The 11th °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ International School, originally planned by host Aix-Marseille University in 2020, has to be postponed to 2021 given the present evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
The new dates will be announced in spring 2021.
 
The theme of the conference will remain "The Impact and Consequences of Energetic Particles on Fusion Plasmas." As the start of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ operations approaches, it will be timely to address this multidisciplinary topic that includes plasma self-heating by fusion-born alpha-particles, the influence of energetic particles on stability, diagnosing energetic particle transport and loss, and understanding runaway electrons.
 
The five-day program (in English) is open to students of science and engineering.
 
Originally planned from 20 to 24 July 2020 and then rescheduled to 16 to 20 November 2020, the 11th °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ International School is now postponed to 2021 (dates TBC).

At the municipal library in Aix-en-Provence, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ will take part in a cultural event called SPACE CAMP, celebrating 50 years of spatial conquest and the digital environment. With a variety of virtual reality tools, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ will present fusion science, the Tokamak machine, and current construction status on site.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the European agency for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ construction site for the general public on Saturday 21 September 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We apologize; the event is now full.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the European agency for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ construction site for the general public on Saturday 18 May 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We're sorry; the event is now full.

The IBF/2019 will be held in Antibes, France from 26 to 28 March 2019 with the participation and support of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization, Fusion for Energy (F4E) and the other Domestic Agencies

The aims of IBF/19 are the following:

to learn about °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ status and next business opportunities
to facilitate partnerships between industries, within Europe and outside Europe
to foster collaborations between industries and Fusion laboratories
See more information on : 


The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ International School aims to prepare young scientists/engineers for work in the field of nuclear fusion and in research applications associated with the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project. The 10th edition will be held from 21 to 25 January in Daejeon, Korea, on the topic of "The Physics and Technology of Power Flux Handling in Tokamaks."
 
More information at the link below.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the European agency for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ construction site on Saturday 26 May 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration is now closed.
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is recruiting now for the Monaco/°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Postdoctoral Fellowship program. If you are a national of one of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Members (China, the European Union plus Switzerland, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US) or of the Principality of Monaco—and your PhD was awarded after 1 January 2015—you may be eligible for a two-year postdoctoral position in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization.
 
All application information can be found on the dedicated website. Applications close 1 March 2018.
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ CLI—composed of representatives from local governments, environmental groups, trade unions, businesses and the health sector—is and independent body that acts as an interface between the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the public on questions of nuclear safety, radioprotection, occupational health and the environment. Public meetings of the CLI provide the opportunity to question project actors on these subjects and more.
 
A public meeting will be held (in French) in Manosque on 23 November 2017. For more information, please consult the attached poster.
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and the European agency for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ construction site on Saturday 21 October 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Registration has closed.)
The seventh edition of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Games—the friendly sporting event for people working directly or indirectly for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project and for residents of neighbouring villages Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon—will be held on Saturday 9 September 2017 in Vinon. This year's choice of events includes cross-country running, football, mountain biking, tennis, kayaking and pétanque. Sign up through the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ intranet.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is organizing a workshop from 28 to 30 June 2017 on beryllium applications and health and safety aspects for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ. The objective is to promote awareness and a beryllium safety culture within the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project by sharing the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization beryllium issue management plan and also by learning from the experience of other beryllium actors.

This event is by invitation only. If you would like more information please contact rene.raffray@iter.org or russell.eaton@iter.org.

Following the February 2016 MIIFED-IBF event in Monaco, the next event planned on business opportunities at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ is the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Business Forum (IBF/2017), which will be held in Avignon, France from 28 to 30 March 2017. Registration is open now.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ International School (IIS) is an annual event jointly organized by the French Aix-Marseille University and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization. The 2017 edition will take place from 20 to 24 March in Aix-en-Provence, France. The theme chosen for 2017 is: the physics of disruptions and their active control methods.

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On receipt of your request for participation you will be sent a link for registration. (As the number of participants to this event will be limited, the registration will be available on a first come first served basis.)
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is pleased to invite interested industrial companies to participate in this special event aiming at presenting the scope and the procurement strategy of the cable supply, electrical, instrumentation & control installation works for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ.
 
For further information please contact ecic-infoday@iter.org.
 
On receipt of your request for participation you will be sent a link for registration. (As the number of participants to this event will be limited, the registration will be available on a first come first served basis.)
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is recruiting now for the Monaco/°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Postdoctoral Fellowship program. If you are a national of one of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Members (China, the European Union plus Switzerland, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US) or of the Principality of Monaco—and your PhD was awarded after 1 January 2013—you may be eligible for a two-year postdoctoral position in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization.
 
All application information can be found on the dedicated website. Applications close 1 March 2016.

In 2016, the Monaco-°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ International Fusion Energy Days joins with the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Business Forum to propose a three-day world-class event on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ and fusion that particularly targets industry. The conference theme, "°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ and industry — building the world's biggest fusion machine together" will be brought to life thanks to the participation of companies already involved in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, as well as companies seeking upcoming business opportunities.

On Saturday 24 October 2015 the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization, in collaboration with Agence Iter France and the European agency for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, Fusion for Energy, will open its doors to the public from 9:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization cordially invites interested Electrical Energy Suppliers and Balance Responsibility Entities ("Gestion d'Equilibre") to participate at the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Headquarters in this Infoday aimed at presenting the scope for the Electricity Supply Contract to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ site.For those unable to attend personally, the event will be broadcasted via live-stream.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is hosting an Industrial Information Day on 21 May 2015 to present the scope and the procurement program of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ assembly and installation phase.
 
The full-day event will include overview presentations on the management of the planned work scope, tender rules and regulations, and presentations on specific work contracts.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is pleased to invite interested industrial companies to participate in this special Information Day which aims to present the scope and the procurement program of the Tokamak Cooling Water System and centralized procurement for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ piping. The event will be held in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Headquarters amphitheatre on 7 October from 9:30 a.m. to 16:30 p.m.

The fourth edition of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Games, the friendly sporting event for people working on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Project and residents of Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon, will be held on 13 September 2014 in Vinon (staff and contractors: sign-up through the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ intranet).
Saturday, 17 May 2014, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is holding its annual Open Doors Day. Do you live in the area? You can sign up online.

The Monaco °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ International Fusion Energy Days (MIIFED 2013), organized under the high patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, will showcase °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ progress, the status of construction, and the global socio-economic context of fusion energy.

The third edition of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Games, the friendly sporting event for people working on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ project and residents of Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon, will be held on 7 September 2013 in Vinon (staff and contractors: sign-up through the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ intranet).
Saturday, 1 June 2013, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization is holding its annual Open Doors Day. Do you live in the area? You can sign up by clicking on the link at right.

The 2013 edition of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Business Forum, held on 21-22 March in Toulon, France attracted over 700 industry representatives from 24 countries. Participants were able to meet one another, hear about °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ progress, and get informed about upcoming tender opportunities for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ project.
The travelling European exhibition the Fusion Expo moves into Aix-en-Provence (only 30 minutes from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ) in November 2012. With accessible explanations on fusion science, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ and the next category of fusion device—the fusion power plant—the Expo is designed for the general public, students, and school groups.
On Saturday 6 October 2012, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ will once again open its doors to the public. This second edition will offer the unique opportunity to descend into the foundations of the future Tokamak Complex and get a close-up view of the 493 pillars and seismic pads.
The first °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Robot contest will be organized on 19 June 2012 for junior high schools interested in raising the following challenge: building and programing small Lego robots to perform an °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ-like remote handling task.
The second edition of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Games, the friendly sports competition for people working on the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ project and residents of Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon, will be organized on 15 September 2012 in Vinon.