#60. ITER Council Meeting Begins Tomorrow

Nov. 17, 2020

The 27th meeting of the ITER Council will convene tomorrow by video conference and will take place on Nov. 18 and 19, 2020. New Energy Times has obtained the provisional list of meeting participants of this open and publicly funded science project.

CHAIR OF THE ITER COUNCIL
Luo Delong

Luo Delong, Chair Of The Iter Council

ITER COUNCIL — CHINA
Representatives
Huang Wei, Head of Delegation, Vice-Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
Chen Linhao, Deputy Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology, MOST
Wang Min, Deputy Director-General, ITER CN DA
Experts
Zhou Wenneng, Deputy Director-General, MOST
LI Xinshuo, Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Li Chunjing, Director, MOST
Yang Xuemei, Director, MOST
He Kaihui, Director, ITER CN DA, MOST
Liu Lili, Deputy Director, ITER CN DA, MOST
You Jiayu, Project Officer, MOST
Chen Yingqiao, Project Officer, ITER CN DA, MOST

ITER COUNCIL — EURATOM
Representatives
Massimo Garribba, Head of Delegation, Deputy Director-General, DG Energy, European Commission
Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph, Chair of the Governing Board, F4E/Euratom Domestic Agency
François Jacq, High Representative for ITER in France and CEA Chairman
Experts
Johannes Schwemmer, Director, F4E/Euratom Domestic Agency
Jean-Marc Filhol, Head of the ITER Program Department, F4E/Euratom Domestic-Agency
Eric Kraus, Director, Agence ITER France
Carles Dedeu, Deputy Head of Unit, DG ENER, European Commission
Alice Whittaker, Policy Officer, DG ENER, European Commission
Benoît Fourestié, Project Officer, DG ENER, European Commission
Alessia Bizzarri, Policy Officer, DG ENER, European Commission
Michel Claessens, Policy Officer, DG ENER, European Commission
Johannes De Haas, Programme Officer, DG ENER, European Commission

ITER COUNCIL — INDIA
Representatives
Ravi Bhushan Grover, Head of Delegation, Member, Atomic Energy Commission
Shashank Chaturvedi, Director, Institute for Plasma Research
Ranajit Kumar, Head, Nuclear Controls & Planning Wing, Department of Atomic Energy
Sushma Taishete, Joint Secretary (R&D), Department of Atomic Energy
Experts
Ujjwal Baruah, Project Director, ITER-India
Shishir P. Deshpande, Sr. Professor, Institute of Plasma Research
Arun K. Chakraborty, Associate Project, ITER-India
Mahaboob Basha Syed, Member, Nuclear Control and Planning Wing, Department of Atomic Energy

ITER COUNCIL — JAPAN
Representatives
Matsuo Hiroki, Head of Delegation, Senior Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Uezono Hideki, Director, International Science Cooperation Division, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Iwabuchi Hideki, Director, International Nuclear and Fusion Energy Affairs Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
Kamada Yutaka, Advisor to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Deputy Director General, Naka Fusion Institute, Fusion Energy Directorate, National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Experts
Takeiri Yasuhiko, Director-General, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Furuya Kaori, Chief, ITER Unit, International Nuclear and Fusion Energy Affairs Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
Seki Yohji, Administrative Researcher, International Nuclear and Fusion Energy Affairs Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
Tsuji Shino, Deputy Director, International Science Cooperation Division, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kurihara Kenichi, Managing Director, Fusion Energy Directorate, National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST)
Sugimoto Makoto, Director, Department of ITER Project, Naka Fusion Institute, Fusion Energy Directorate, QST (Head of JADA)
Matsumoto Taro, Deputy Director, Department of Research Planning and Promotion, Fusion Energy Directorate, QST
Taniguchi Masaki, Group Leader, ITER and BA Promotion Group, Fusion Energy Directorate, QST
HAMAGUCHI Dai, Principal Researcher, ITER and BA Promotion Group, Fusion Energy Directorate, QST

ITER COUNCIL — KOREA
Representatives
Chang-Yune Lee, Head of Delegation, Director General, Space and Nuclear Energy Bureau, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)
Kiseok Kim, Director, Nuclear and Fusion Energy Cooperation Division, MSIT
Dongmin Hwang, Deputy Director, Nuclear and Big Science Cooperation Division, MSIT
Suk Jae Yoo, President, National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI)
Experts
Hyeon Gon Lee, Vice-President, NFRI
Ki Jung Jung, Director-General of ITER Korea, NFRI
Seung-Min Shin, Head of External Relations Team, ITER Korea, NFRI

ITER COUNCIL — RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Representatives
Igor Borovkov, Head of Delegation, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government Executive Office of the Russian Federation
Viacheslav Pershukov, Special representative of the Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM on International and Science and Technology Projects
Viktor Ilgisonis, Director of the R&D programs of the Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM
Sergey Mazurenko, Member of the RF Presidential Council for Science and Education
Experts
Anatoly Krasilnikov, Head, RF ITER Domestic Agency
Vitaly Korzhavin, Deputy Head, RF ITER Domestic Agency
Vladimir Vlasenkov, Deputy Head, RF ITER Domestic Agency

ITER COUNCIL — U.S.A
Representatives
Steve Binkley, Head of Delegation, Principal Deputy Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy (DOE)
James W. Van Dam, Associate Director, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Office of Science, DOE
Jonathan Margolis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space and Health, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State (DOS)
Joseph May, Director, Facilities, Operations and Projects Division, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Office of Science, DOE
Experts
Harriet Kung, Deputy Director for Science Programs in the Office of Science, DOE
Thomas J. Vanek, Senior Policy Advisor, Facilities, Operations, and Projects Division, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Office of Science, DOE
Jeff Thomas, Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, DOE
Cole Donovan Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, DOS
Esha Mathew, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, DOS
Gabriel Swiney, Legal Advisor, DOS
Kathy Mccarthy, Project Director, US ITER

ITER COUNCIL — CHAIR OF THE FINANCIAL AUDIT BOARD
Alexander Zagornov

ITER COUNCIL — CHAIR OF THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Shirai Hiroshi

ITER COUNCIL — CHAIR OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Yong-Seok Hwang

IAEA
Mikhail Chudakov, Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy
Melissa Denecke, Director of the Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications

ITER ORGANIZATION
Bernard Bigot, Director-General
Experts
Eisuke Tada, Deputy of the Director-General
Keun-Kyeong Kim, Head of the Construction Domain
Alain Becoulet, Head of the Engineering Domain
Tim Luce, Head of the Science & Operation Domain
Nalinish Nagaich, Head of the Corporate Domain
Ioan Cruceana, Head of the Office of the Director-General
Philippe Lamotte, Head of the Finance & Procurement Department
Christophe Dorschner, Head of the Procurement & Contracts Division
Hans Altfeld, Head of the Project Control Office
Eric Welch, Head of the Human Resources Department
Takayoshi Omae, Deputy Head of the Office of the Director-General, Chief Strategist
Friedrich Lincke, Head of the Internal Audit Service
Sachiko Ishizaka, ITER Council Secretary