ITER Events
The ITER Organization plans several outreach events every year. Click on the links below for more information on upcoming events.
The next international ITER Business Forum (IBF/25) will be organized from 23 to 25 April 2025 in Marseille, France. The three-day event will provides a wealth of opportunities for industrial activities, employment and technological innovation with ITER Organization, the Domestic Agencies, their main suppliers and the Industrial Liaison Officers network; this IBF will also be open to participants who are designing, constructing and managing fusion projects funded by private sector investments.
The second ITER Private Sector Workshop will be hosted at ITER on 22-23 April 2025, two days before the ITER Business Forum (IBF/25) takes place in Marseille, France.
Following the first event in May 2024, which helped shape ITER’s Private Sector Fusion Engagement Project (launched in November 2024), this second workshop will serve three specific objectives: (1) to help private sector fusion companies to take advantage of ITER’s new mechanisms for knowledge-sharing and collaboration; (2) to understand the latest and most promising approaches to solving fusion technology’s remaining challenges (e.g., steady-state operation, new structural and functional materials, solutions for heat removal and heat exhaust, and fuel cycle issues) as well as other relevant innovations; and (3) to highlight the existing capacities of the global fusion supply chain.
All interested parties are welcome, but as with last year, priority will be given to participation by private sector fusion initiatives. Questions can be addressed to the PSFE Help Desk (psfe@iter.org).
The 13th ITER International School will be held from 9 to 13 December 2024 in Nagoya hosted by National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), Japan. The theme this year is "Magnetic Fusion Diagnostics and Data Science."
Diagnostics are key to the achievement of ITER fusion power demonstration goals and they require the application of a wide range of techniques. But diagnostics are not enough to ensure ITER's success; only through advanced analysis of the data they provide will it be possible to guide the experiments towards their fusion power goals. It is timely to address these multidisciplinary areas in the ITER school.
See all information at the link below.
We regret to announce that we have just received word that the Saturday 23 November 2024 Open Doors Day event will have to be cancelled due to a major component lift operation now scheduled for that day. We apologize to those who were planning to sign up to attend. We will communicate about the next Open Doors Day event through this web page.
Attention small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European Domestic Agency in charge of the European in-kind contribution to the ITER project, is organizing an SME Day on Wednesday 13 November 2024.
It will take place in person at F4E premises in Barcelona, Spain (limited to 70 people) or remotely (technical details for remote access given at the registration).
SME Day aims to foster collaboration between Fusion for Energy and SMEs who have an interest in the fusion energy sector as well as in developing a better understanding of respective needs via fruitful exchange.
ITER Director-General Barabaschi will hold a hybrid press conference (in-person and remote) at 10:30 a.m. CET on 3 July 2024 to provide additional details on the proposed ITER baseline.
If you would like to attend in person or on line, please contact Sabina Griffith at sabina.griffith@iter.org.
The surge in private sector fusion initiatives has driven a reconsideration of how to optimize public-private engagement. How can years of accumulated knowledge and lessons learned during the design, manufacturing, and assembly phases of the ITER Project be better disseminated?
With this question in mind, the ITER Organization is organizing an Inaugural Private-Public Fusion Workshop at the ITER site in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, on 27-29 May 2024. The outcomes of this workshop will help to establish priorities and formulate plans for how ITER will engage with private sector fusion companies going forward. The insights gained will also be provided freely to other efforts geared toward public-private collaboration, including for example the IAEA's program for its recently formed World Fusion Energy Group.
More information at the link below.
The ITER Organization and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the ITER construction site for the general public on Saturday 13 April 2024 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thank you for your interest; the event is full. Our next public Open Doors Day event will be on 23 November 2024.
The ITER Organization and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the ITER construction site for the general public on Saturday 25 November 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
All sessions on 25 November are now fully booked.
Keep your eye on the ITER Events page for other Open Doors Days in 2024.
Join the world's foremost experts in all aspects of magnet technology from 10 to 15 September 2023 in Aix-en-Provence, France, for the 28th edition of the International Conference on Magnet Technology (MT-28), co-sponsored by the ITER Organization.
See all information on the website below. Sign up is open now.
The eleventh edition of the ITER Games—the annual sporting event for people working directly or indirectly for the ITER Project and for residents of neighbouring villages Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon—will be held on Saturday 9 September 2023 in Vinon. This year's choice of events includes cross-country running, football, mountain biking, tennis, kayaking and pétanque.
The 12th ITER International School will be held from 26 to 30 June 2023, hosted by Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence, France.
The subject of the 2023 school is "The Impact and Consequences of Energetic Particles on Fusion Plasmas" with a scientific program coordinated by Simon Pinches (ITER Organization). As the start of ITER operations approaches, it is timely to address this multidisciplinary topic that includes plasma self-heating by fusion-born alpha-particles, the influence of energetic particles on stability, diagnosing energetic particle transport and loss, and understanding runaway electrons. (Find out more about past schools here.)
Registration is open now.
The ITER Port Plugs & Diagnostics Division is pleased to invite you to a workshop on the Calibration Techniques for Infrared Diagnostics to be held on 5-6 June 2023. It is a hybrid meeting, with both in-person and on-line participation.
The objective of the workshop is to present calibration techniques used in current tokamaks, with the aim to streamline the calibration approach for ITER infrared diagnostics.
The workshop is recommended for professionals and students working in the domain of infrared diagnostics for nuclear fusion plants.
For more information about how to participate, please contact please contact Jena Priyanka at Priyanka.Jena@iter.org.
The ITER Organization and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the ITER construction site for the general public on Saturday 1 April 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event is full; registration is no longer available. Join us for our next Open Doors Day ion 25 November 2023.
The ITER Organization and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the ITER construction site for the general public on Saturday 26 November 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The event is full. We hope to welcome you during one of our 2023 Open Doors Day events. To receive a notification about the next planned event, sign up under the SUBSCRIBE tab at the top of each ITER webpage by clicking "ITER Open Doors Days - notification."
The tenth edition of the ITER Games—the annual sporting event for people working directly or indirectly for the ITER Project and for residents of neighbouring villages Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon—will be held on Saturday 10 September 2022 in Vinon. This year's choice of events includes cross-country running, football, mountain biking, tennis, kayaking and pétanque.
The ITER International School aims to prepare young scientists/engineers for work in the field of nuclear fusion and in research applications associated with the ITER Project. The 11th edition will be held from 25 to 29 July 2022 in San Diego, California (US) on the topic of "ITER Plasma Scenarios and Control."
Most attendees will be graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and early career faculty and research staff working in fields relevant to the ITER program. Although the agenda will focus on topics of scenarios and control, attendees are not required to be working in these subfields.
All nationalities, whether representing an ITER member or not, are welcome. Registration is open now at:
The Second IAEA Technical Meeting on Plasma Disruptions and their Mitigation will take place at ITER Headquarters in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, from 19 to 22 July 2022, hosted by the Government of France through the ITER Organization.
The event aims to serve as a forum to help coordinate experimental, theoretical and modelling work in the field of plasma disruptions with special emphasis on developing a solid basis for possible mitigation strategies in ITER and next generation fusion devices.
The event aims to bring together junior and senior scientific fusion project leaders, plasma physicists, including theoreticians and experimentalists, and experts (researchers and engineers) in the field of plasma disruptions.
The ITER Organization and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the ITER construction site for the general public on Saturday 18 June 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Registration is now closed. As expected, the event filled up very quickly due to a Covid-related backlog of demand. Please be informed that ITER Communications is already planning other open door days events for autumn 2022.
The ITER Organization begins recruiting on 17 January 2022 for the Monaco/ITER Postdoctoral Fellowship program. If you are a national of one of the ITER Members (China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US) or of the Principality of Monaco—and your PhD was awarded after 1 January 2019 (or you will have received your PhD by the deadline for taking up an award)—you may be eligible for a two-year postdoctoral position in the ITER Organization.
All application information can be found on the dedicated website. Applications close on 1 March 2022.
The European Consortium for the Development of Fusion Energy, EUROfusion, has created a travelling exhibition on fusion energy that debutes on 8 October 2021 in Marseille, France.
Free and open to all the interactive exhibition, titled Fusion: Power to the People, combines science, art and technology to make a complex topic accessible to everyone.
The ITER Organization is organizing a virtual Open Doors Day on Wednesday, 27 October 2021, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. CEST.
The three-hour event will be offered in English (afternoon) and French (morning). "Visitors" who sign up through an on-line portal will have a chance to attend a general presentation on the ITER Project, take self-guided virtual visits through the main buildings on site, and browse through a virtual exhibition centre featuring some of ITER's manufacturing and construction partners.
A number of surprises are also planned. (Event recommended for age seven and up.)
Registration is required.
Every year, the Fusion Energy Conference brings together world actors in fusion around the latest scientific and technical results in nuclear fusion research and development. Through its regularity and the breadth of participation, it promotes continuous and effective international collaboration toward the realization of fusion electricity.
Originally scheduled for 12 to 17 October 2020, the conference will now take place from 10 to 15 May 2021 as an entirely virtual event. The 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference is organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and hosted by the Government of France through the French Atomic and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) and the ITER Organization.
In the place of the in-person 2021 ITER Business Forum (which has been postponed to 2022 due to Covid-19), the ITER Organization will be holding an on-line Remote ITER Business Meeting from 7 to 8 April 2021.
This is the occasion for business representatives to find out more about ITER business opportunities, as well as specific information about contracts and procurement needs for the coming years.
The conference is free of charge, but registration is required. Follow the link below for more information.
The 2021 ITER Business Forum (IBF/21), originally planned in Marseille, France, from 6 to 8 April 2021, has been postponed to April 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ITER Organization will be organizing a smaller-scale remote event called the "Remote ITER Business Meeting" in April 2021. See all details in the next Events entry.
The 11th ITER International School, originally planned by host Aix-Marseille University in 2020, has to be postponed to 2021 given the present evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new dates will be announced in spring 2021.
The theme of the conference will remain "The Impact and Consequences of Energetic Particles on Fusion Plasmas." As the start of ITER operations approaches, it will be timely to address this multidisciplinary topic that includes plasma self-heating by fusion-born alpha-particles, the influence of energetic particles on stability, diagnosing energetic particle transport and loss, and understanding runaway electrons.
The five-day program (in English) is open to students of science and engineering.
Originally planned from 20 to 24 July 2020 and then rescheduled to 16 to 20 November 2020, the 11th ITER International School is now postponed to 2021 (dates TBC).
The ITER Organization is recruiting now for the Monaco/ITER Postdoctoral Fellowship program. If you are a national of one of the ITER Members (China, the European Union plus Switzerland, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US) or of the Principality of Monaco—and your PhD was awarded after 1 January 2017—you may be eligible for a two-year postdoctoral position in the ITER Organization.
All application information can be found on the dedicated website. Applications closed on 1 March 2020.
The Local Commission for Information (CLI) for ITER is holding a participatory public exchange on ITER on 28 November 2019 in Aix-en-Provence, France. This independent body acts as an interface between the ITER Organization and the local population for questions of nuclear safety, radioprotection and the installation's impact on personnel and the environment. The ITER Organization and the French Nuclear Safety Agency (ASN) provide the ITER CLI with any information necessary to the exercise of its mission. The group, which meets regularly, is composed of representatives from local government, environmental groups, trade unions, businesses and health professionals.
At the municipal library in Aix-en-Provence, ITER will take part in a cultural event called SPACE CAMP, celebrating 50 years of spatial conquest and the digital environment. With a variety of virtual reality tools, ITER will present fusion science, the Tokamak machine, and current construction status on site.
The ITER Organization and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the ITER construction site for the general public on Saturday 21 September 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. We apologize; the event is now full.
The ITER Business Forum (IBF/19) will be organized in Antibes, France, from 26 to 28 March 2019.
Organized by Agence Iter France—with the participation of the ITER Organization, the European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy, and other Domestic Agencies—the event offers business representatives the opportunity to: learn more about ITER business opportunities, create partnerships with other industries inside and outside of Europe, partner with fusion laboratories. Registration opens mid-November at the address below.
The eighth edition of the ITER Games—the annual sporting event for people working directly or indirectly for the ITER Project and for residents of neighbouring villages Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon—will be held on Saturday 8 September 2018 in Vinon. This year's choice of events includes cross-country running, football, mountain biking, tennis, kayaking and pétanque. Sign up through the link below.
The ITER Organization is recruiting now for the Monaco/ITER Postdoctoral Fellowship program. If you are a national of one of the ITER Members (China, the European Union plus Switzerland, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US) or of the Principality of Monaco—and your PhD was awarded after 1 January 2015—you may be eligible for a two-year postdoctoral position in the ITER Organization.
All application information can be found on the dedicated website. Applications close 1 March 2018.
A public meeting will be held (in French) in Manosque on 23 November 2017. For more information, please consult the attached poster.
The ITER Organization and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will be hosting tours of the ITER construction site on Saturday 20 May from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration is now closed.
Following the February 2016 MIIFED-IBF event in Monaco, the next event planned on business opportunities at ITER is the ITER Business Forum (IBF/2017), which will be held in Avignon, France from 28 to 30 March 2017. Registration is open now.
The ITER International School (IIS) is an annual event jointly organized by the French Aix-Marseille University and the ITER Organization. The 2017 edition will take place from 20 to 24 March in Aix-en-Provence, France. The theme chosen for 2017 is: the physics of disruptions and their active control methods.
The ITER Organization is pleased to invite interested industrial companies to participate in this special event aiming at presenting the scope and the procurement strategy of the cable supply, electrical, instrumentation & control installation works for ITER.
For further information please contact ecic-infoday@iter.org.
On receipt of your request for participation you will be sent a link for registration. (As the number of participants to this event will be limited, the registration will be available on a first come first served basis.)
The ITER Organization is recruiting now for the Monaco/ITER Postdoctoral Fellowship program. If you are a national of one of the ITER Members (China, the European Union plus Switzerland, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US) or of the Principality of Monaco—and your PhD was awarded after 1 January 2013—you may be eligible for a two-year postdoctoral position in the ITER Organization.
All application information can be found on the dedicated website. Applications close 1 March 2016.
In 2016, the Monaco-ITER International Fusion Energy Days joins with the ITER Business Forum to propose a three-day world-class event on ITER and fusion that particularly targets industry. The conference theme, "ITER and industry — building the world's biggest fusion machine together" will be brought to life thanks to the participation of companies already involved in ITER, as well as companies seeking upcoming business opportunities.
The ITER International School (IIS) is an annual event jointly organized by the French Aix-Marseille University and the ITER Organization. The 2015 edition will take place from 14 to 18 December at the University of Science and Technology (USTC) in Hefei, China, hosted by USTC and the Academy of Sciences Institute of Plasma Physics, ASIPP.
The theme chosen for 2015 is: transport and pedestal physics in tokamaks.
On Saturday 24 October 2015 the ITER Organization, in collaboration with Agence Iter France and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will open its doors to the public from 9:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m.
On Saturday 30 May 2015, the ITER Organization, in collaboration with Agence Iter France and the European agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, will again open its doors to the public.
This 6th Open Doors Day will give the public the exceptional opportunity to visit the foundations of the Tokamak Complex and walk to the very spot where the ITER tokamak will be assembled.
The ITER Business Forum 2015 (IBF/2015) will be held in Marseille, France from 25 to 27 March 2015.
IBF/2015 is organized to help industry connect to the ITER Project through information sessions on ITER procurement opportunities, project status, and one-on-one meeting opportunities with some of the industrial players of ITER.
We hope you will take this opportunity to make business contacts with European and international companies! Follow the link at right for enrollment information.
The ITER Organization is pleased to invite interested industrial companies to participate in this special Information Day which aims to present the scope and the procurement program of the Tokamak Cooling Water System and centralized procurement for ITER piping. The event will be held in the ITER Headquarters amphitheatre on 7 October from 9:30 a.m. to 16:30 p.m.
On Saturday 4 October 2014, in collaboration with the European Domestic Agency F4E, ITER will again open its doors to the public.
This 5th edition of the Open Doors Day will allow you to discover the current progress of the ITER construction site. Visits will be organized from 11:00 a.m. to 16:45 p.m. Registration through the ITER website.
The fourth edition of the ITER Games, the friendly sporting event for people working on the ITER Project and residents of Saint Paul-lez-Durance and Vinon-sur-Verdon, will be held on 13 September 2014 in Vinon (staff and contractors: sign-up through the ITER intranet).
Saturday, 17 May 2014, the ITER Organization is holding its annual Open Doors Day. Do you live in the area? You can sign up online.
Applications for the 2014 campaign of the "Principality of Monaco/ ITER Postdoctoral Research Fellowships" are now welcome to be sent to the ITER Organization.
The Monaco ITER International Fusion Energy Days (MIIFED 2013), organized under the high patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II, will showcase ITER progress, the status of construction, and the global socio-economic context of fusion energy.
An International Industrial Fusion Business Forum will be held in combination with ISFNT-11 (16- 20 September 2013 in Barcelona's Palau de Congressos).
Saturday, 1 June 2013, the ITER Organization is holding its annual Open Doors Day. Do you live in the area? You can sign up by clicking on the link at right.
The second Student Robot Contest will be organized on 16 May 2013 with eleven participating schools. Teams will be ask to build and program robots to perform an ITER-like remote handling task.
The first ITER Robot contest will be organized on 19 June 2012 for junior high schools interested in raising the following challenge: building and programing small Lego robots to perform an ITER-like remote handling task.