Feb 8 – 10, 2027
National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS)
Asia/Tokyo timezone

First announcement released: 7 September 2026


Welcome to the 27th Coordinated Working Group Meeting (CWGM) of the Stellarator-Heliotron Technology Collaboration Programme.

The meeting will be hosted by the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) in Toki, Japan, from 8 to 10 February 2027.

Registration will open soon.

The CWGM is a working meeting aimed at fostering international collaboration within the Stellarator-Heliotron community and promoting synergies with tokamaks and other magnetic confinement configurations.
The meeting will include discussions on ongoing joint activities, future collaborative experiments, and strategic directions of the Stellarator-Heliotron Technology Collaboration Programme.

A technical tour of the CHD facilities being developed under the McPOP project at NIFS is also planned.

The LHD Workshop 2027 will be held in Nagoya from 15 to 19 February 2027.
Participants planning to attend the LHD Workshop 2027 are also encouraged to join the CWGM.

CWGM Organizing Committee
  Arturo Alonso (CIEMAT, Spain)
  Dorothea Gradic (IPP, Germany)
  Benedikt Geiger (UW Madison, USA)
  Gen Motojima (NIFS, Japan)
  Novimir Pablant (PPPL, USA)
  Yuki Takemura (NIFS, Japan)
 
Local Organizing Committee
  Gen Motojima (NIFS, Japan)
  Yuki Takemura (NIFS, Japan)
  Kenichi Nagaoka (NIFS, Japan)

 

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All times are in Asia/Tokyo

Location

National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS)
322-6 Oroshi-cho, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
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