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Announcement Previous Ideas Forum (Dec. 2004) |
Participation is invited for the 2007 Alcator C-Mod Ideas Forum on December 13—15, 2006. The Forum aids in the planning of the FY07 C-Mod Operating Campaign by providing an opportunity for presentation of specific ideas appropriate for experiments during the upcoming runs. As usual, the Forum will be open to all interested parties, including current and potential future collaborators. We actively solicit proposals from the entire fusion community. All sessions will be held in the main conference room of the Room NW17-218 Important deadlines Proposal title submission:
close-of-business, Electronic submission of final
presentations: Format Presentations will consist of short talks (5 minutes, 3 or fewer slides) summarizing the basic idea and benefits of each proposed experiment. All presentations must be in electronic form. (PDF, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint are all acceptable.) The meeting will be available for remote participation and presentations. Brief, constructive, group discussion will follow each presentation; the discussion should focus on clarification, not detailed critiques. Examples of presentations from previous forums can be found here and here. If you are not receiving e-mail announcements regarding the Forum, and you wish to, you can sign up for the mailing list here. Meanwhile, if you have questions or comments, please contact us. Campaign planning Current plans call for 15 weeks of research operation in the 2007 campaign. Plasma operation is scheduled to begin in January 2007, with physics experiments beginning in February. Operation is expected to continue without a vessel opening through the early summer. A current operations schedule may be found by following this link. Proponents of new ideas should be aware of
existing, already-approved experimental proposals that will
"compete" for run time on an equal basis with the new ones from the
Forum. A current list of high-priority proposals/ideas can be examined here. These existing ideas should not be re-proposed at
the 2007 Ideas Forum. Prioritization will in part be determined by C-Mod program milestones for FY2007. A short summary of the expected machine
capabilities/parameters/diagnostics for the 2007 campaign is found here. Task Force Areas As usual, this year’s Forum will be organized around several key topical areas. We actively solicit Ideas within those areas, and ask that all submissions indicate to which task force area the idea is most relevant. A task force will be assembled to organize
and prioritize the proposals/ideas in each of these areas. Initial run time
allocations will be based upon the task force prioritization. A listing of
the task forces for FY2007 and their coordinators can be found here. Interested parties are encouraged to contact
the appropriate coordinators prior to submitting their ideas to avoid
duplication and to facilitate a coherent approach. Additional Information
Downloadable poster (PDF, 158kB):
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