PROGRAMME

Paving the Way to Fusion Electricity: Korea’s Compact Pilot Device (CPD) and Strategic Vision DR. OH, Yeongkook Korea Institute Of Fusion Energy (kfe) Dr. Yeongkook Oh earned his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Seoul National University. He has served at the Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), the National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI), and the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), leading key projects such as, performance testing of KSTAR superconducting magnets, and the operation and collaborative experiments of the KSTAR tokamak. He has built extensive expertise in core fusion technologies, including superconducting tokamak operation, magnet system development and operation, and large-scale fusion device management and joint experiments. From 2018 to 2023, Dr. Oh served as Head of the Operation Division and Module Performance Coordinator at the ITER Organization in France, contributing to the advancement of Korea’s fusion technology on the global stage and strengthening international collaboration. Since April 2024, he has been serving as the President of the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), continuing his dedication to fusion energy research and development for over 30 years.

New design baseline for the European fusion demonstration reactor : from the tokamak physics perspective PROF. YOU, Jeong-ha Max Planck Institute For Plasma Physics Prof. Jeong-Ha You joined Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in 1999. Since 2014, he has been leading the conceptual design and technology R&D for the divertor/limiter of the European demonstration fusion reactor in the EUROfusion Consortium, and since 2024, also for other European fusion devices such as W7X, DTT and JT-60SA. (cumulative budget: ~90 M€). Prof. You was educated at Seoul National Univ. (metallurgy), Technical University of Aachen (PhD in mechanical engineering) and Ulm University (habilitation in physics) and trained as postdoc fellow at Research Center Jülich.