Fotos: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Christoph Kawan 

The performance of fusion devices and of future fusion power plants strongly depends on the capability and durability of plasma-facing materials and components under the expected operational conditions. This comprises the resistance to heat and particle loads, material and in particular thermo-mechanical properties, as well as the variation of those as a result of fusion neutron irradiation. These are all critical parameters, which need to be understood and tailored from atomistic to component levels. The 19th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications addresses these issues.

Satellite Workshop

The 6^th International Workshop on Models and Data for Plasma-Material Interaction in Fusion Devices (MoD-PMI 2023) is organized in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and will take place 29 - 31 May 2023 in Aachen.

The event will bring together researchers from the areas of fusion energy and materials science to review advances, both experimental and in modelling, in the study and understanding of processes relevant to plasma-material interaction (PMI) relevant for fusion devices and reactors.

Follow the link for more details and registration.

COMMITTEES

 Scientific Programme

Jan Coenen, Germany (Chair)

Sebastijan Brezinsek , Germany

Takeshi Hirai, ITER

Wolfgang Jacob, Germany

Robert Kolasinski, USA

Marianne Richou, France

Guang-Hong Lu, China

Thomas Morgan, The Netherlands

Noriyasu Ohno, Japan

Daniel Primetzhofer, Sweden

Anna Widdowson, UK

Marius Wirtz , Germany (Guest)

Local Organisation

Marius Wirtz (Chair)

Daniel Dorow-Gerspach

Sylvie Lemke

Yiran Mao

Gerald Pintsuk

Beate Schmitz

Publications

Jan Coenen (Chair)

Marius Wirtz

Daniel Dorow-Gerspach

Yiran Mao

VENUE

LVR LandesMuseum Bonn
Colmantstr. 14-16, 53115 Bonn

The atrium and the foyer also provide a representative environment for scientific conferences. The museum is very easy to reach with public transportation. It is only a few minutes' walk away from Bonn Central Train Station.

The city of Bonn

Founded in the 1st century BC as a Roman settlement, Bonn is one of Germany's oldest cities and tends to leave a considerable impression on most people who visit it. The city gained true global recognition when it became the home to the West German parliament and government after 1949.Today Bonn is Germany's United Nations City with a total of 20 UN institutions. Famously known as the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn offers a wide range of cultural activities and museums and an atmospheric street culture with many cafés and beer gardens. The University of Bonn, founded in 1818 and now one of the largest German universities, attracts students from all over the world.

REGISTRATION FOR PARTICIPATION

Short instruction for registration

To register as conference participant, you need an account in the PFMC-19 ConfTool system.

1) As author, member of the programme committee, or reviewer for this conference you will most likely already hold a ConfTool account. Please use your existing account for registration as participant.and log in with your user name and password. - > To start the registration process, please click on "Register as Participant" on the overview page of your ConfTool account and follow the steps of registration.

2) If you have no ConfTool account yet, your first step will be to create a new account. To create a new account, select the link "Register New" on the login page (upper left corner) and follow the instructions given there. Please enter your full name and address, and provide a valid e-mail address, as these details are required to contact you and used for invoices,

  Rates:  

Conference fee includes:

• Admission to all scientific sessions (tutorial, oral and poster)
• Admission to the conference reception
• Admission to the conference dinner
• Conference material
• Coffee breaks

• Tax

Accompanying persons

You may register one accompanying person, who is allowed to participate in the social events, not in the scientific programme.

The fees are as follows: Welcome Reception: 30 € /Conference Dinner 80 €

Please note that we are not allowed to accept registrations from participants affiliated with a Russian or Belarusian institution. Such registrations must be rejected.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

A detailed programme is accessible via the Conftool.

Among the topics of the joint conference recent developments and research results in the following fields are addressed:

• Tungsten, tungsten alloys, and advanced steels
• Low-Z and liquid materials
• Erosion, re-deposition, mixing, and dust formation
• Fuel retention and removal
• Materials under extreme thermal and particle loads
• Technology and qualification of plasma-facing components
• Neutron effects in plasma-facing materials
• Fusion devices and edge plasma physics

Selected international speakers will present overview lectures and treat detailed aspects of the given topics. Contributed papers to the subjects of the meeting are solicited for oral and poster presentations

INTRODUCTORY LECTURES/TUTORIAL 

A tutorial course with contributions from experts in the fields covered by the event is organized on Monday, 22nd May 2023 from14:00 to 18:00 h. These introductory lectures are dedicated to PhD students, PostDocs, and newcomers in the field, but are open to all registered participants.

Tutorial Speakers

• Udo von Toussaint (IPP Garching): Uncertainty quantification for plasma-wall-interaction simulations
• Sebastijan Brezinsek (FZJ): Plasma-material interaction in fusion-relevant plasmas
• Takeshi Hirai (ITER Organization): Design and testing of plasma facing components for ITER
• Jan Coenen (FZJ): Plasma facing materials and component design for DEMO and beyond

Instructions for Oral Presenters

The speakers are kindly requested to upload their presentations in PowerPoint or PDF formats to the presentation upload station located in the lecture hall. Presentations may be delivered on USB flash drives, external hard or solid-state drives. Please note that CD/DVD and Blue-Ray Disc drives are not available. Presentations sent by email will not be accepted.

For the morning sessions, presentation files must be uploaded one day in advance, and for the afternoon sessions at least 3 hours before the beginning of the session. IT support will be available to assist the speakers for the presentation upload as well as in the conference hall during sessions.

INVITED: The total duration of your presentation is 25 minutes plus 3 minutes for discussion.

ORAL: The total duration of your presentation is 20 minutes plus 3 minutes for discussion.

Instructions for Poster Presenters

Posters must be in a portrait oriented A0 format which will be displayed on the boards in the poster session areas. The content should be readable by viewers one and a half meters away.

All posters must display the contribution title, authors, and affiliations.

The poster presenters are expected to bring the printed poster and set it up on the poster board before the start of the poster session. The following equipment will be provided by the Organizer:

• a 250 cm (height) x 100 cm (width) board suitable for the portrait oriented A0 posters,
• a sign indicating your poster ID number,
• mounting material.

INFORMATION FOR PFMC-19 AUTHORS

Manuscripts of the invited presentations (6 pages), of oral presentations (5 pages), and of selected poster (4 pages) contributions will be published in a Gold Open Access Special Issue of the Elsevier Journal of NME 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/nuclear-materials-and-energy/about/call-for-papers#proceedings-of-the-19th-international-conference-on-plasma-facing-materials-and-components-for-fusion-applications

The Special Issue will be by invitation only. All abstracts of the conference will be evaluated and the top 100 will be invited to submit a manuscript.

Instructions for submission:

1. The submission website for this journal is located at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/JNME/Default.aspx
2. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, it is important that authors select “VSI: Proceedings of PFMC-19 ” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process.

Submission Deadline: June 16, 2023

Please take note that in addition to the conference fee a Gold Open Access fee for publication is due. A special discounted rate of 50% was negotiated and will take effect when submitting. The Open Access Fee for publication will be 750 $ (~777€).

The manuscripts will be refereed according to the standards of this journal. 

Please note that your paper must follow the Author Guidelines (https://www.elsevier.com/journals/nuclear-materials-and-energy/2352-1791/guide-for-authors) to be accepted for publication in the special issue.

It is assumed that every author submitting a manuscript will also facilitated publication by reviewing 1-2 other papers.

Blocks of rooms have been reserved for PFMC participants at several hotels in Bonn city. These blocks of hotel rooms will be held until end of April 2023.

You can make an online reservation from th contingent of rooms directly at

PFMC19 Hotel Rooms

Important notes:

Every guest, who books a hotel room via this page, will automatically also receive a free ticket for local public transport. This ticket is valid for the full duration of your stay (day of arrival up to and including day of departure) and is valid on the entire VRS network. You can find more information about the validity of the ticket here.

The preset reservation period is from Monday to Friday. If you require one or more additional days to accommodate please choose your preferred hotel with the „preset“ dates (just check the available hotels, please do not book) and then write a short email to bonnhotels@bonn-region.de. Please mention that you are an PFMC-19 conference participant and need a longer accomodation period in  the choosen hotel.

The PFMC-19 offers different occasions to get to know other participants and for dialogue with colleagues. We cordially invite you to participate at the following social events.

WELCOME RECEPTION

The welcome reception will be on Monday evening, 22 May, 2023 in the LVRLandesmuseum Bonn.


EXCURSIONS

On Wednesday, 24 May, 2023 we will offer different guided tours to explore the beautiful and historic city of Bonn.

CONFERENCE DINNER

Copyright: Rheinprinzessin

The conference dinner will be on Thursday, evening 25 May, 2023 on the river boat “Rheinprinzessin” – a pleasant and relaxing way to have dinner and enjoy the river Rhine.