Conference topics
1. Nuclear Fusion (NF)
- Magnetic confinement fusion
- Inertial confinement fusion
- Alternative/Novel Concepts
2. Fundamental Plasma (FP)
- Waves, Instabilities, Turbulence, Transport, Nonlinear Dynamics, Kinetic Theory
3. Space and Astrophysical Plasmas (SAP)
- Solar, Heliosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere and astrophysical systems
4. Laser Plasma Interaction (LPI)
- Ultra Intense laser plasma interaction
- High energy Density Plasma (HEDP), warm dense matter
- Laboratory Astrophysics – scaled experiments
5. Plasma Based Particle Acceleration (PBPA)
- Laser wakefield and beam driven acceleration
- Radiation sources
6. Low temperature & Applied plasmas (LAP)
- Industrial plasmas, plasma Processing, Atmospheric plasmas.
- Plasma medicine, Agriculture, Environmental applications
7. Complex and Strongly Coupled Plasmas (CSCP)
- Dusty plasmas, Coulomb systems, Soft matter analogues
- Quantum plasma, Yang Mills and QCD plasmas.
8. Plasma Diagnostics and Devices (PDD)
- Plasma Diagnostics
- Space propulsion
- MHD power generation
- Plasma Photonics and metamaterials
Most themes above rely on advanced computational methods (PIC, fluid, hybrid, molecular dynamics) and increasingly on AI/ML techniques. Contributions employing or developing such approaches across these areas are highly encouraged.
Scientific program
Nominations for Plenary and Invited Speakers
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Plenary speakers (To be Expanded)
| Paul M Bellan | Caltech Division of Engineering and Applied Science | Fundamental Plasma |
| Gianluca Gregori | University of Oxford | Laser Plasma Interaction |
| Anil Bhardwaj | Physical Research Laboratory | Space and Astrophysical Plasmas |
| Chandrashekhar Joshi | University of California | Plasma Based Particle Accelerators |
| Dustin Froula | University of Rochester | Nuclear Fusion |
| Jochen Schein | Bundeswehr University Munich | Plasma Diagnostics and Devices |
| Mahendra Verma | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur | Complex and Strongly Coupled Plasmas |
| Abhijit Sen | Institute for Plasma Research | Fundamental Plasma |
| Victor Malka | Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) | Plasma Based Particle Acceleration |
| Dimitri Batani | University of Bordeaux | Laser Plasma Interaction |
| Edward Thomas Jr. | College of Science and Mathematics (COSAM) | Complex and Strongly Coupled Plasmas |
| Takeshi Matsumoto | Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University | Fundamental Plasma |
| Tomo-Hiko Watanabe | Department of Physics, Nagoya University | Nuclear Fusion |
| Ambrogio Fasoli | École Polytechnique Fédérale (EPFL) Lausanne | Low temperature & Applied plasmas |
| Wim Leemans | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) | Plasma Based Particle Accelerators |
| Carolyn Kuranz | University of Michigan | Fundamental Plasma |
| Nam Chang Hee | Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology | Laser Plasma Interaction |
| Carter Troy A | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Nuclear Fusion |
| Dominique Escande | Aix-Marseille Université | Fundamental Plasma |
| Cary Forest | University of Wisconsin | Nuclear Fusion |
Invited speakers (To be Expanded)
| Vipin Kumar Yadav | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO | |
| Mohammad Tayyab | Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT) | |
| Vladimir Lipp | European XFEL, Schenefeld | |
| Ioannis Kourakis | Khalifa University | |
| Pavel Bláha | ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure | |
| Jean Paul Booth | Ecole Polytechnique France | |
| Santanu Banerjee | PPPL | |
| ANDREW ROBERT GIBSON | University of York | |
| Gilles Cartry | Aix Marseilles University | |
| Animesh Kuley | IISc Bangalore | |
| Swati Baruah | Rabindranath Thakur Vishwavidyalaya | |
| Emmanuel d'Humières | Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications University of Bordeaux | |
| Sushil Kumar Singh | PALS Laser Laboratory, Institute of Plasma Physics and Institute of Physics | |
| Alika Khare | Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | |
| Daniele Margarone | ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure | |
| Hyung Taek Kim | GIST | |
| Murthy Gudipati | Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech | |
| Sharad Kumar Yadav | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) | |
| Elizabeth Kautz | NC State University | |
| V. Ravishankar | IIIT Dharwad | |
| Bhooshan Paradkar | Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences | |
| Sarveshwar Sharma | Institute for Plasma Research | |
| Subrata Pradhan | Former IPR | |
| Bharathi Magesh | ITER-India, Institute For Plasma Research | |
| RAMESH NARAYANAN | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | |
| Sudip Sengupta | Institute for Plasma Research | |
| Arnab Rai Choudhuri | IISc | |
| Daniele Margarone | Extreme Light Infrastructure Beamlines | |
| Raoul Trines | STFC | |
| Sébastien Le Pape | LULI (Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses) | |
| Hyyong Suk | Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology | |
| Masahiro Hoshino | University of Tokyo |
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