Plasma Conferences in 2008
ITPA SO|L and Divertor Physics Meeting, 7 - 10 January 2008, Toledo, Spain.
Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 7 - 12 January 2008, Temecula, California.
The U.S. Particle Accelerator School, 14 - 25 January 2008, Santa Rosa, California USA. Contact USPAS, phone 630-840-3896, fax 630-840-8500.
NSTX PAC-23, 22 - 24 January 2008, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey USA.
International Workshop on Plasma Shocks and Particle Acceleration, 24 - 26 January 2008, Osaka, Japan. Contact Aska Kageyama, Osaka University, Japan.
American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, 14 - 18 February 2008, Boston, Massachusetts USA. Plasma sessions on 16 February 2008.
USDOE Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) Public Meeting, 19 - 20 February 2008, Gaithersburg, Maryland USA.
IAEA International Workshop on Challenges in Plasma Spectroscopy for Future Fusion Research Machines, 20 - 22 February 2008, Jaipur, India. Contact Ram Prakash, Department of Applied Physics, Birla Institute of Technology, Jaipur Centre, 27-Malviya Industrial Area, Jaipur-302017, Rajasthan, India; phone 91-0141-4019826; fax 91-0141-2751601.
Twentieth NNV-Symposium on Plasma Physics and Radiation Technology, 4 - 5 March 2008, Lunteren, Netherlands. Contact CPS office, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands; phone +31.40. 247 25 50; fax +31.40. 245 60 50.
Solvay Workshop - A tribute to Professor Radu Balescu, 6 - 8 March 2008, Brussels, Belgium.
Fifteenth Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating, 9 - 13 March 2008, Yosemite National Park, California USA. Contact John Lohr, General Atomics, Box 85608, San Diego California 92186 USA; phone: 1-858-455-4519; fax 1-858-455-4190.
International Conference on Plasma Nano Technology & Science (IC-PLANTS 2008), 13 - 14 March 2008, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. Contact secretariat.
First NILES Workshop on Lasers and Plasmas, 16 - 18 March 2008, Cairo, Egypt. Contact secretariat, Cairo University Campus, Giza, Egypt; phone +202 35675243; fax +202 35708480.
Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2008), 24 - 28 March 2008, Hangzhou, China.
Twenty-First US Transport Taskforce Workshop, 25 - 28 March 2008, Boulder, Colorado USA. Contact Lupe Cerda, General Atomics, Mail Stop 13-456, P. O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608 USA; phone 858.455.4155; fax 858.455.4156.
International Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, 30 March - 2 April 2008, Boulder, Colorado USA. Contact secretariat.
Thirty-Fifth Annual Conference of the IOP Plasma Physics Group, 1 - 4 April 2008, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London, United Kingdom. Contact Zulfikar Najmudin, Plasma Physics, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom; phone + 44 20 7594 7655; fax +44 20 7594 7658.
Seventh International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics (HEDLA-08) and First International Conference on High Energy Density Physics (HEDP), 11 - 15 April 2008, St. Louis, Missouri USA. Contact Conference Administrator.
Fourteenth Meeting of the ITPA TG on Diagnostics, 14 - 18 April 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland.
SPIE International High Power Laser Ablation Symposium, 20 - 24 April 2008, Taos, New Mexico USA.
Sixth EU-Japan Joint Symposium on Plasma Processing, 21 - 23 April 2008, Okinawa, Japan. Contact Satoshi Hamaguchi, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; phone +81-6-6879-7913, fax +81-6-6879-7916.
Fourteenth Meeting of the ITPA TG on Diagnostics, 14 - 18 April 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sixth EU-Japan Joint Symposium on Plasma Processing, 21 - 23 April 2008, Okinawa, Japan.
Fourth US-PRC Magnetic Fusion Collaboration Workshop, 5 - 6 May 2008, University of Texas, Austin, Texas USA. Contact Teresa Garza; phone +1-512-471-4698; fax +1-512-471-8865.
Seventeenth High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics Conference, 11 - 15 May 2008, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. Contact Ramon Leeper, Sandia National Laboratories; phone (505) 845-7185; fax (505) 845-7820.
Sixth International Symposium on Non-Thermal Plasma Technology (ISNTPT-6), 12 - 16 May 2008, Taipei, Taiwan. Contact Moo Been Chang, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li 32001, Taoyuan County, Taiwan; phone +886-3-4226774.
Magnetics 2008 Conference, 15 - 16 May 2008, Denver, Colorado USA. Contract Marsha Hanrahan.
Fifth International Conference on Physics of Dusty Plasma, 18 - 23 May 2008, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal. Contact ICPDP5 Organizing Committee, Centro de Física de Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
Eighteenth International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices (PSI-18), 26 - 30 May 2008, Toledo, Spain.
Bridging Laboratory and Astrophysics, 1 - 3 June 2008, St. Louis, Missouri USA.
Ninth International Workshop on Hydrogen Isotopes in Fusion Reactor Materials, 2 - 3 June 2008, Salamanca, Spain. Contact David Tafalla, Lab. Nacional de Fusion, Asociacion Ciemat/Euratom, Av. Complutense, 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain; phone 913460843; fax 913466124.
Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference (Chaos2008), 3 - 6 June 2008, Chania, Crete, Greece. Contact Anthi Katsirikou.
Thirty-Fifth EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 9 - 13 June 2008, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece. Contact secretariat; phone +30 2810391300; fax +30 2810391305.
Tenth International Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets, 12 - 18 June 2008, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece.
Thirty-Fifth IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS2008), 15 - 19 June 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany. Contact Manfred Thumm, Karlsruhe Research Center, Karlsruhe, Germany; phone 49-7247-82-2440. Mini Course on Microwave Processing of Materials, 19 - 20 June 2008.
Workshop on Electric Fields, Turbulence and Self-Organization in Magnetized Plasmas (EFTSOMP2008), 16 - 17 June 2008, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece. Contact Eva Belonohy,, KFKI, P.O.Box 49, Budapest, H-1525, Hungary; phone +36-1-3922222/1476; fax +36-1-3922598.
Twenty-Third Symposium on Plasma Physics and Technology, 16 - 19 June 2008, Prague, Czech Republic. Contact secretariat, Czech Technical University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technicka 2, Prague 6, Czech Republic.
US Particle Accelerator School, 16 - 27 June 2008, Annapolis, Maryland USA. Contact Susan Winchester; phone 630-840-3896; fax 630-840-8500.
Nordic Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 15 - 18 June 2008, Loen, Norway. Contact Yngvar Thomassen, National Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 8149 DEP, N-0033 Oslo, Norway; phone +47 23 19 53 20; fax +47 23 19 52 06.
Innovative Confinement Concepts, 24 - 27 June 2008, Reno, Nevada USA. Contact Tom Jarboe.
Third International Workshop and Summer School on Plasma Physics, 30 June - 5 July, 2008, Kiten, Bulgaria. Contact Evgenia Benova, DLTIS, University of Sofia, 27 Kosta Loulchev Street, BG-1111 Sofia, Bulgaria; phone + 359 2 8720 733; fax + 359 2 8723 877.
Seventeenth International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS'08), 6 - 11 July 2008, Xi'an, China. Contact Jianjun Deng, Institute of Fluid Physics, CAEP, China; phone 86-816-2484153; fax 86-816-2485139.
Atmosphere, Ionosphere, Safety (AIS-2008), 7 - 12 July 2008, Kaliningrad, Russia. Contact M. G. Golubkov, Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics RAS, Kosygin str. 4, Moscow, 119991, Russia; phone +7-401-2215606; fax +7(495)137-6130.
Forty-Fifth Culham Plasma Physics Summer School, 7 - 18 July 2008, Culham Science Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom. Contact Kathy Patton, EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom; phone (+44) 1235 466635; fax (+44) 1235 466379.
Thirty-Seventh Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research and Associated Events (COSPAR 2008), 13 - 20 July 2008, Montreal, Canada. Contact COSPAR Secretariat, c/o CNES, 2 place Maurice Quentin, 75039 Paris Cedex 01, France; phone +33 1 44 76 75 10; fax +33 1 44 76 74 37.
Nineteenth Europhysics Conference on the Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases (ESCAMPIG-2008), 15 - 19 July 2008, Granada, Spain. Contact F. J. Gordillo-Vazquez.
Second ITER International Summer School (IISS2008), 22 - 25 July 2008, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan. Contact S. Inagaki, RIAM Kyushu University, Kasuga-Koen 6-1, Kasuga 816-8580, Japan; phone 81+92-583-7722; fax 81+92-583-7723.
Workshop on Infrared Plasma Spectroscopy 2008 (IPS2008), 23 - 25 July 2008, Greifswald, Germany. Contact Frank Hempel, INP Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 2, D - 17489 Greifswald, Germany; phone +49 3834 - 554 425; fax +49 3834 - 554 301.
Seventh International Workshop on Strong Microwaves: Sources and Applications, 27 July - 2 August 2008, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Contact Kirill Rybakov,, Institute of Applied Physics, 46 Ulyanov St., Nizhny Novgorod 603950 Russia; phone +7 831 416 4831; fax +7 831 416 0616.
Third International School of Advanced Plasma Technology, 28 - 31 July 2008, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy. Contact K. Uchino, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan; phone +81-92-583-7077; fax +81-92-571-8013.
International Conference on Strongly Coupled Coulomb Systems, 29 July - 2 August 2008, Camerino, Italy. Contact Fiorella Paino, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC) 62032 Italy.
Graduate Summer Institute on Complex Plasmas, 30 July - 8 August 2008, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey USA. Contact Norman Horing, Dept. of Physics and Engineering Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 USA; phone (201) 216-5651; fax (201) 216-5638.
USDOE FESAC Public Meeting, 4 - 5 August 2008, Gaithersburg, Maryland USA.
Seventh International Conference on Dense Z-pinches (DZP2008), 18 - 21 August 2008, Alexandria, Virginia USA. Contact David Hammer, Cornell University; phone (607) 255-3916; fax (607) 255-9072.
Modeling of Plasma Effects of Applied Resonant Magnetic Perturbations, 25 - 26 August 2008, San Diego, California USA. Contact Todd Evans; phone (858)455-4269; fax (858) 455-4156.
USDOE FESAC Public Meeting on High Energy Density Laboratory Plasma, 25 - 27 August 2008, Washington, DC USA.
Theory of Fusion Plasmas, 25 - 29 August 2008, Varenna, Italy. Contact Donatella Pifferetti, Via Nazionale, 85 - 23821 Abbadia Lariana (LC), Italy; fax +39-0341-732490.
Twenty-Fourth Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases (SPIG 2008), 25 - 29 August, 2008, Novi Sad, Serbia. Contact Luka Popovic; phone +381113089079; fax +381112419553.
Thirteenth EU-US TTF Workshop, 1 - 4 September 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Contact Volker Naulin,, Risoe National Laboratory Technical University of Denmark, Optics and Plasma Research, OPL-129, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark; phone +45 46 77 45 38; fax +45 46 77 45 65.
Second Karlsruhe International Summer School on Fusion Technologies, 1 - 12 September 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany. Contact Sibylle Mann, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe/FTU, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany; phone +49 (0) 7247 82 3272; fax +49 (0) 7247 82 4857.
Fifth International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry (ISTARC-2008), 3 - 8 September 2008, Ivanovo, Russia.
International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Gaseous and Liquid Plasmas (ISGLP 2008), 5 - 6 September 2008, Sendai, Japan. Contact Rikizo Hatakeyama, Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8579, Japan; phone +81-22-795-7045; Fax +81-22-263-9375.
Eleventh International Symposium on High Pressure, Low Temperature Plasma Chemistry (HAKONE 11), 7 - 12 September 2008, Oleron Island, France. Contact HAKONE XI Office, Bat 3R2, Laplace Laboratory, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 09, France; phone 33 (0) 561 556 201; fax 33 (0) 561 558 680.
International Congress on Plasma Physics (ICPP 2008), 8 - 12 September 2008, Fukuoka, Japan. Contact secretariat.
International Workshop on Microwave Laser Diagnostics and Particle Mirror Interaction for Burning Plasma Experiment, 12 - 13 September 2008, Shikanoshima, Japan.
ITPA SOL/Divertor Meeting, 15 - 18 September 2008, Nagasaki, Japan.
Twenty-Fifth Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2008), 15 - 19 September 2008, Rostock, Germany. Contact Beate Kemnitz, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Teilinstitut Greifswald, Wendelsteinstrasse 1, D - 17491 Greifswald, Germany; phone / fax +49 / (0)3834 - 881308 / 1309.
Eleventh International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE 2008), 15 - 19 September 2008, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Contact Ludwig van Loyen, Europäische Forschungsgesellschaft Dünne Schichten e.V., Gostritzer Str. 61 - 63, D-01314 Dresden, Germany; phone +49 (0) 351 8 71-83 72; fax +49 (0) 351 8 71-84 31.
Thirty-Third Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 15 - 19 September 2008, Pasadena, California USA. Contact Nuria Llombart Juan, Jet Propulsion laboratory, MS 168-314, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA; phone 1-818-354-4488; fax 1-818-393-4683.
Fourth International Workshop and Exhibition on Plasma Assisted Combustion (IWEPAC), 16 - 19 September 2008, Falls Church, Virginia USA. Contact Igor Matveev; phone: 1-703-560-9569; fax: 1-703-849-8417.
Workshop on the Theory of Magnetic Confinement for Fusion in commemoration of Les Woods, 22 September 2008, Oxford, United Kingdom. Contact John Allen.
IPP Summer University on Plasma Physics and Fusion Research, 22 - 26 September 2008, Garching, Germany. Contact Hans Werner Mueller, IPP Garching, Bereich E2, Boltzmannstr. 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany; phone Germany / 089 / 3299-2232; fax Germany / 089 / 3299-1001.
International Conference and School on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion and Third Alushta International Workshop on the Role of Electric Fields in Plasma Confinement in Stellarators and Tokamaks, 22 - 27 September 2008, Alushta (Crimea), Ukraine. Contact Vadim Makhlay, Institute of Plasma Physics NSC KIPT; phone 38-057-335-6726; fax 38-057-335-2664.
Eighteenth IAEA Technical Meeting on Research using Small Fusion Devices, 25 - 27 September 2008, Alushta (Crimea), Ukraine. Contact Artur Malaquias, International Atomic Energy Agency, Office A2305, Wagramer Str. 5, P.O. Box 100, A1400 Vienna, Austria; phone: +43 1 2600-21707; fax +43 1 26007-21707.
Eighteenth Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-18), 28 September - 2 October 2008, San Francisco, California USA. Contact Wayne Meier.
Kinetic Modeling of Astrophysical Plasmas, 5 - 9 October 2008, Krakow, Poland. Contact Jacek Niemiec, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskiego 152, Krakow, 31-342; phone +48 12 6628292; fax +48 12 6628458.
Fourth IAEA Technical Meeting on Spherical Tori and Fourteenth International Workshop on Spherical Torus, 7 - 10 October 2008, ENEA, Frascati, Roma, Italy. Contact Artur Malaquias, NAPC Physics Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, Office A2309, Wagramer Str. 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 2600-21707; fax +43 1 26007-21707.
Sixty-First Gaseous Electronics Conference, 13 - 17 October 2008, Dallas, Texas USA. Contact Larry Overzet, University of Texas, Dallas, Texas USA.
Twenty-Second IAEA Fusion Energy Conference - 50th Anniversary of Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, 13 - 18 October 2008, Geneva, Switzerland. Contact IAEA Physics Section, Wagramer Str. 5, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; phone +43-1-2600-21755; fax +43-1-26007.
ITPA Confinement, Transport, and Pedestal Physics Meeting, 20 - 22 October 2008, Milan, Italy.
ITPA MHD Stability, Energetic Particles, and Integrated Operation Meeting, 20 - 22 October 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Eleventh International Conference on Electrostatic Precipitation (ICESP-XI), 20 - 25 October 2008, Hangzhou, China. Contact Keping Yan.
Fifth All-Russian Conference on Physical Electronics (FE-2008), 26 - 30 October 2008, Makhachkala, Russia.
Physical Processes for Energy and Plasma Transport across Magnetic Boundaries, 26 - 31 October 2008, Huntsville, Alabama USA. Contact Dennis Gallagher, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, National Space Science & Technology Center, VP62, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, Alabama 35805 USA.
Sixth International Conference on Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications (ICAMDATA), 28 - 31 October 2008, Beijing, China. Contact Secretarial Staff; phone +86-10-62014411(ext. 3101)(O).
Thirteenth International Workshop on Radiative Properties of Hot Dense Matter (RPHDM'08), 10 - 14 November 2008, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Contact Roberto Mancini, Department of Physics / 220; University of Nevada; Reno, Nevada 89557 USA; phone +1 775 784 6959.
Fiftieth APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, 17 - 21 November 2008, Dallas, Texas USA.
Fifteenth Meeting of the ITPA Topical Group on Diagnostics, 17 - 21 November 2008, Ghandinagar, India.
Thirteenth Workshop on MHD Stability Control, 23 - 25 November 2008, Austin, Texas USA. Contact Saralyn Stewart; fax 512-471-6715.
Sixteenth European Fusion Physics Workshop, 1 - 3 December 2008, Cork, Ireland.
Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting and Symposium, "Fusion Energy: Countdown to Ignition and Gain", 3 - 4 December 2008, Livermore, California USA. Contact Fusion Power Associates, 2 Professional Drive, Suite 249, Gaithersburg, MD 20879 USA; phone (301) 258-0545; fax 301-975-9869.
Eighteenth International Toki Conference (ITC18), 9 - 12 December 2008, Toki-City, Japan. Contact Sakiko Oi, ITC18 Secretary, RF Plasma Heating Division, National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan; phone +81-572-58-2191; fax +81-572-58-2622.
International HHFC Workshop on Readiness to Proceed from Near Term Fusion Systems to Power Plants, 10 - 12 December 2008, La Jolla, California USA. Contact Cynthia Escobedo.
ITPA/IEA Joint Experiment Coordination Meeting, 11 - 13 December 2008, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA.
DIII-D Research Opportunities Forum, 16 - 18 December 2008, San Diego, California USA. Contact Max Fenstermacher; phone 858-455-4159; fax 858-455-4156.