The 17th edition of the Kudowa Summer School of Plasma Physics "Towards Fusion Energy" has been completed. The event, organized by the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM) from June 3-7, 2024, in Kudowa-Zdrój, was attended by 61 people from 11 countries.
The opening ceremony was led by the School's director Dr. Jozef Ongena of the Royal Military Academy in Brussels. The scientific and organizational committees were headed by the IPPLM Professor Monika Kubkowska and Dr. Agnieszka Jardin from the IPPLM.
The program included lectures by 25 distinguished specialists from leading scientific centers such as the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Germany), Kyoto University (Japan), University of York (UK), UKAEA (UK), CEA IRFM (France), ENEA (Italy), CELIA (France), ELI ERIC (Czech Republic) and ITER Organization.
During the student sessions, 19 participants presented their research results. The best presentations were awarded. Sebastian Thiede of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics won first place. Letizia Melaragni from the University of Tuscia (Italy) and Mateusz Majszyk from the Military University of Technology took ex aequo second place. Third place was awarded to Agnieszka Wojtusiak of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (UK) and Jan Novotny of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering CTU in Prague (Czech Republic). A special prize was awarded to Yurii Martseniuk from the National Science Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (Ukraine).
Also honored were participants with doctoral degrees: Agnieszka Jardin, Grzegorz Pełka and Łukasz Syrocki from the IPPLM.
Topics covered various aspects of plasma physics, including fusion energy, plasma experiments, plasma technologies and diagnostics.
The event was co-organized by the Euratom-IPPLM National Contact Point. Among Sponsors of the event were EKSPLA, IRtech Sp. z o.o., LTB Lasertechnik Berlin GmbH, Precoptic, Quantum Design.
The next edition of the Summer School of Plasma Physics will be held in 2026. We invite you to participate in this unique event today!
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| Participants of the 17th edition of the Kudowa Summer School |
Photo: IPPLM
