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The 21st International Spherical Torus Workshop

ISTW 2022 · 31 October – 4 November 2022 · hosted virtually by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

This is an archive. The workshop has concluded. This page preserves the original announcement, and the programme and presentation files are kept for reference. The original site was rebuilt as a static site in 2026; links to video recordings and meeting rooms from 2022 are no longer active.
ISTW 2022 — The 21st International Spherical Torus Workshop
Introduction

Twenty-first workshop in the series

ISTW 2022 was virtually held by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, on 31 October – 4 November 2022. The local host representative was Professor GAO Zhe.

Previous ISTWs were held in Oak Ridge (1994), Princeton (1995), Culham (1996), St. Petersburg (1997), Tokyo (1998), Seattle (1999), São José dos Campos (2001), Princeton (2002), Culham (2003), Kyoto (2004), St. Petersburg (2005), Chengdu (2006), Fukuoka (2007), Frascati (2008), Madison (2009), Toki (2011), York (2013), Princeton (2015), Seoul (2017) and Frascati (2019).

The objectives of the workshop are to contribute to advancing the understanding of spherical tori (ST) and, when appropriate, compact toroid (CT) configurations and to enhance their potential for fusion power applications, and to provide a forum for discussion and collaboration enhancement. The scope covers the full range of research activities on ST, extended to their interface with other CT fusion concepts: spheromaks and field-reversed configurations.

At a glance

Dates
31 October – 4 November 2022

Format
Fully virtual (Microsoft Teams)

Host
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Language
English

Registration
Closed

Programme & materials

Workshop archive

The programme with the full list of talks, the book of abstracts and the presentation files are preserved here.

Topics

Scientific scope

Plasma science

Experiment and/or theory-computation on spherical tori and related configurations.

Engineering & diagnostics

Engineering, technology and diagnostic development for ST and CT devices.

Future concepts

Device upgrades, component test facilities, DEMO and power-plant concepts.

Committees

International Programme Committee & Local Organising Committee

International Programme Committee

  • Dr. Rajesh Maingi (PPPL, US) — Chair
  • Dr. Franco Alladio (INAF and ENEA, Italy)
  • Dr. Jack Berkery (PPPL and Columbia U, US)
  • Prof. Stephanie Diem (UW Madison, US)
  • Prof. Akira Ejiri (U Tokyo, Japan)
  • Prof. Zhe Gao (Tsinghua U., China)
  • Prof. Manuel Garcia-Munoz (U. Sevilla, Spain)
  • Dr. Mikhail Grayznevich (Tokamak Energy, UK)
  • Prof. Kazuoki Hanada (Kyushu U., Japan)
  • Prof. Yong-Seok Hwang (SNU, Korea)
  • Dr. Hendrik Meyer (CCFE, UK)
  • Prof. Yasushi Ono (U. Tokyo, Japan)
  • Prof. Howard Wilson (U York, UK)

Local Organising Committee

  • Assoc. Prof. TAN Yi — Chair
  • Assoc. Prof. ZENG Long
  • Dr. LIU Wenbin (Shenzhen University)
  • Dr. WANG Shouzhi
  • Ms. SUN Fang
  • Mr. WANG Binbin
  • Miss SU Pengjuan
  • Mr. XIN Tao

Registration and fees (historical)

Registration for ISTW 2022 is closed. The registration fee was 680 CNY / 100 USD / 100 Euro / 80 GBP / 12,000 JPY / 6,500 RUB / 120,000 KRW, covering the publication of conference materials and online conference services. Payment was possible by bank transfer, credit card or PayPal; an official receipt was sent after payment.

This information is preserved from the original 2022 announcement site for the record.