Technical Program

We have received a total of 210 abstracts (30% non-US) from 11 countries. Members of the TOFE organizing committee have reviewed the abstracts and notifications of acceptance/rejection have been E-mailed to the authors before the beginning of June. If you have not received an E-mail titled "Notification to Author of Abstract submitted to 16th TOFE", please contact the Technical Program Chair ASAP at elguebaly@engr.wisc.edu.

Approximately 11 plenary, 84 oral, and 115 poster presentations will be given at the meeting. The Program Summary (pdf) and Final Technical Program are now available and have been posted on this website. Please check the Program for the ID # assigned to your paper and for the exact date/time/duration of your presentation. You're now requested to prepare the full paper for review and possible publication in the Fusion Science and Technology Journal.

Plenary Sessions: All presentations are invited, overview talks limited to 20 or 25 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions. Speakers will address the national energy picture, the international fusion technology effort, and fusion prospects in terms of the challenges facing our future. Please upload your PowerPoint presentation (or PDF file) no later than the Close of Business Thursday, September 9, 2004. As a backup, bring your presentation on a Flash-drive and make it available to the session Chair 1/2 hour before the start of the session.

Oral Sessions: The majority of the oral presentations (~80%) are invited, high-level talks. The invited and contributed oral presentations are limited to 15 or 17 minutes, depending on the session, with an additional 3 minutes for questions. At the end of your presentation, refer the audience to companion oral talks and/or detailed in-depth poster presentations on specific subjects. Please cooperate with the session Chair in limiting your presentation to the time indicated in the program as many attendees schedule their attendance at various sessions in accordance with the time schedule. An overhead projector, laptop computer, LCD projector, and laser pointer will be available throughout the meeting. Please upload your PowerPoint presentation (or PDF file) no later than the Close of Business Thursday, September 9, 2004. As a backup, bring your presentation on a Flash-drive and make it available to the session Chair 1/2 hour before the start of the session.

Poster Sessions will be held for two hours on Tuesday (Sept. 14) and Wednesday (Sept. 15) in the Grand Terrace. Poster setup can begin at 10 AM on Tuesday (9/14) and 7 AM on Wednesday (9/15). Posters should be removed by 5:30 PM. You must be present at your poster from 1:30 to 3:30 PM. The usable area for the poster boards is 93-1/2" x 47-1/2" (slightly less than 8'x4'). The boards are in "landscape" format. Push pins will be provided for poster mounting. Please check the Poster Board Layout (pdf) for the location of the board assigned to your paper.

Meeting Activities: Activities include a Welcome Mixer on the registration evening (Monday, Sept. 13; 6-9 PM), a Continental Breakfast on all three days (Sept. 14-16, 7-8 AM), a Reception on Tuesday evening (Sept. 14; 5:30-7:30 PM), and a Banquet on Wednesday evening (Sept. 15; 7-10 PM). The Banquet features the presentation of the professional and student awards given by the ANS-FED for the year 2004. Post-meeting technical tours of the major University of Wisconsin experiments are scheduled on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 16). Three tours will be offered during the meeting for spouses and guests. Companies involved in fusion projects will exhibit all day on Tuesday (Sept. 14) and Wednesday (Sept. 15). Upon request, workshops and project meetings will take place at the Monona Terrace and UW campus in the days after the meeting.