ITER’s 3rd Public-Private Fusion Workshop
For the past two years, ITER has opened its doors to private sector fusion companies for joint workshops on areas of mutual interest and mechanisms for positive engagement. This year’s workshop will take place on 28 and 29 April (Tuesday and Wednesday), with Monday 27 April and Thursday 30 April set aside for consultations with ITER experts, tailored tours of the ITER worksite, and interactions among participants.
This year’s theme—“Fusion: a Joint Quest”—reflects the reality that progress toward fusion energy is neither linear nor uniform, but pursued through multiple technical approaches, institutional models, and timelines. Across public and private efforts alike, divergent visions coexist with genuinely complementary strengths—in science, engineering, manufacturing, and systems integration.
At ITER, where large-scale construction and operation depend on sustained cooperation across sectors and geopolitical boundaries, engagement is not a matter of persuasion or consensus, but of disciplined, practical collaboration: the exchange of data, designs, expertise, and hard-won experience. This workshop embraces healthy disagreement as an ongoing feature of the fusion landscape and treats engagement itself as an asset—one that, when pursued seriously and respectfully, yields tangible value for all participants. The aim is not to resolve differences prematurely, but to ensure that they sharpen, rather than fragment, the collective effort.
All those who have participated in the past two workshops, as well as those interested in participating this year, are invited to take the survey below. Elements of the proposed agenda are covered in the survey, and this is your opportunity to further shape the agenda to match your needs and interests.
Click to participate in the survey for the 3rd ITER Public-Private Fusion Workshop.