Düsseldorf / Neuss Committees Düsseldorf and Neuss are twin cities located at the river . Scientific Programme Local Organisation Jan Coenen (Chair) Düsseldorf, the capital of Northrhine-Westphalia, is a vibrating Sebastijan Brezinsek (Chair) Angelika Hallmanns modern city full of cultural, architectural and culinary highlights. Guang-Hong Lu, China Takeshi Hirai, ITER Sven Wiesen Social centre is the famous “Altstadt” – its oldest houses date Wolfgang Jacob, Timo Dittmar back to the foundation of the city in 1288. Neuss is lower in Christian Linsmeier, Germany Dmitry Borodin population, but more than 1200 years older than Düsseldorf. Thierry Loarer, Beate Schmitz The city was founded by the Romans and at many locations Guy Matthews, UK Publications remains of roman buildings still exist. The two cities share the Igor Mazul, Russia Marek Rubel (Chair) second largest harbour at the Rhine that underlines the eco- Noriyasu Ohno, Japan Marius Wirtz nomical importance of this metropolitan area with about one Marek Rubel, Sweden Martin Koeppen million habitants. Bill Wampler, USA Thorsten Loewenhoff

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH The conference will be organised by the Forschungszentrum Jülich located in the centre of a triangle formed by the cities of Düsseldorf, and . With more than 5500 emplo- yees, the research centre in Jülich is a member of the Helmholtz Important dates Association of German Research Centres and is one of the largest Abstract submission open: 7th November 2016 interdisciplinary research centres in Europe. Deadline for abstract submission: 22nd January 2017 Information to authors: 3rd March 2017 Mailing address Deadline for registration: 26th March 2017 th PFMC-16 Deadline for late registration: 30 April 2017 th Beate Schmitz Paper due: 19 May 2017 16th International Conference on Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Plasma-Facing Materials and Components Corporate Communications / Consultant Events and Marketing Publication Details for Fusion Applications | 1st announcement 52425 Jülich / Germany Published by: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH | 52425 Jülich Tutorials for Young Scientists, 15th May 2017 Phone: +49 2461 61-3838 Photos: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Düsseldorf-Marketing & International Conference, 16th –19th May 2017 Fax: +49 2461 61-5333 Tourismus GmbH (p. 5), IPP Michael Herdlein (p. 2), Neuss Marke- Email: [email protected] ting GmbH (p. 3, 6), Printed by: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Internet: www.fz-juelich.de/pfmc-16 Print run: 300 Member of the Helmholtz Association Member of the Call for Abstracts Accommodation Participants are invited to submit abstracts as contributions for this Participants will be accommodated in hotels in Neuss and Düssel- event. Abstracts will be evaluated by the Programme Committee; dorf. Details concerning hotel accommodation will be published the best abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentations. on the conference web page. Deadline for submission is 22nd January 2017. Details will be announced on the web page http://www.fz-juelich.de/pfmc-16 How to reach Düsseldorf and Neuss? By plane: distances from airports Publication • From Düsseldorf Airport: 10 km Manuscripts of the invited presentations and of selected oral and poster contributions will be published in Physica Scripta. The • From Airport: 210 km manuscripts will be refereed according to the standards of this • From Brussels Airport: 200 km journal. • From Cologne- Airport: 50 km

By train Venue Düsseldorf is situated very conveniently with a variety of high The 16th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and speed rail connections to Frankfurt, Brussels, Amsterdam and Components for Fusion Applications will be held from 16th –19th May Paris. Local trains connect Düsseldorf and Neuss. Scope of the conference 2017 in the “Zeughaus” Neuss. Information: www.bahn.de Local: www.rheinbahn.de The performances of fusion devices and of future fusion power plants strongly depend on the plasma-facing materials and com- The venue can be reached on foot from local hotels in Neuss ponents. Resistance to heat and particle loads, compatibility in or by local train from Düsseldorf within several minutes. plasma operations, thermo-mechanical properties, as well as the response to neutron irradiation are critical parameters which need Welcome Reception to be understood and tailored from atomistic to component levels. Tuesday evening (16th May 2017) in Düsseldorf in the Uerige The 16th International Conference on Plasma-Facing Materials and Brewery. Components for Fusion Applications addresses these issues.

Among the topics of the joint conference recent developments and Conference Dinner research results in the following fields are addressed: Thursday evening (18th May 2017) in the “Rheinterrassen”close – Tungsten and tungsten alloys to the historic old town of Düsseldorf (Altstadt). – Low-Z materials Introductory Lectures / Tutorial – Erosion, redeposition, dust and fuel retention A tutorial course with contributions from experts in the fields – Materials under extreme thermal loads covered by the event is organised on Monday, 15th May 2017 from – Technology and testing of plasma-facing components Pre-registration and registration fee 14:00 to 18:00 h. These introductory lectures are dedicated to – Neutron effects in plasma-facing materials Electronic pre-registration by email to [email protected] should PhD students, PostDocs, and newcomers in the field. – Fusion devices and edge plasma physics be completed by 7th November 2016. Pre-registered participants will be informed about further preparations of the event and the programme. Selected international speakers will present overview lectures and treat detailed aspects of the given topics. Contributed papers The registration fee will be about 580 Euros per participant. This to the subjects of the meeting are solicited for oral and poster includes proceedings, coffee breaks, welcome reception and presentations. conference dinner. A reduced fee for students will be offered.