CONFERENCE

The IBF programme offers many opportunities for networking: plenary session, BtoB meetings, thematic workshops, and exhibition hall.




The IBF/25 conference (April 23-25, 2025) will include:"



  • A plenary session and thematic sessions with presentations given by ITER Organization, Domestic Agencies and their main suppliers
  • In parallel, BtoB meetings scheduled online in advance by participants themselves
  • An industrial and R&D exhibition
  • For networking purposes, there will be a welcome reception on the evening of April 23 and an optional congress dinner on April 24 at the venue.

ITER BUSINESS FORUM

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

23 - 25 April 2025
Parc Chanot
Palais des Congrès Marseille

Download the programme here
Technical tour / Option 1 : ITER WORKSITE VISIT - Time slot 08:30-15:45   
8:30AM - 3:45PM
Marseille City tour - L’Espérantine Tasting Workshop   
11:30AM - 12:30PM
Technical tour / Option 2 : ITER WORKSITE VISIT - Time slot 10:15-17:15   
10:15AM - 5:15PM
Marseille City tour - La licorne workshop   
11:30AM - 12:30PM
IBF/25 Registration   
2PM - 5:45PM
Satellite meeting - Fusion meets Innovation organized by Rising Sud   
2:30PM - 6PM
Exhibition   
2PM - 5:45PM
B2B Meetings   
2:30PM - 6PM
Satellite Meeting - Let’s accelerate Fusion w/ Capgemini   
4:15PM - 6PM
Opening ceremony   
6:30PM - 9:30PM
Welcome cocktail   
7:30PM - 9:30PM

Day


01
Wed 23rd
Registration   
8AM - 8:30AM
Exhibition   
8:45AM - 6PM
Plenary Session - General overview & insights on the new ITER baseline
Pietro Barabaschi   more info
9AM - 10AM
Roundtable - ITER Domestic Agencies’ General fusion roadmap Download the presentation
Kathryn McCarthy, Min Wang, Marc Lachaise, Ujjwal Kumar Baruah, Taro Matsumoto, Kijung Jung, Anatoli Krasilnikov   more info
10:10AM - 11:40AM
Conference - ITER procurement strategy
Mack Stanley   more info
11:45AM - 12:30PM
Plenary Session - Private initiatives perspectives
Laban Coblentz   more info
1:45PM - 2:30PM
B2B Meetings   
2PM - 6PM
Thematic workshop - Buildings & site management program n°1 - ITER Buildings & Site Management achievements, challenge and business opportunities
Yves Belpomo, Romaric Darbour   more info
2:30PM - 4PM
Thematic workshop - Controls & integrated commissioning program - Progress on System commissioning and ITER Control command system architecture
David Grillot   more info
2:30PM - 4PM
Thematic workshop - Diagnostics program & tools-Introduction to ITER Diagnostics and Business opportunities
Victor Udintsev   more info
2:30PM - 4PM
Thematic workshop - Buildings & site management program n°2 -Hot Cell Facitility status and perspectives
Alexis Dammann, Eva Noukou   more info
4:30PM - 6PM
Thematic workshop : Heating & current drive program
Caroline Darbos   more info
4:30PM - 6PM
Thematic workshop : Machine assembly program n°1 -Program Overview - ITER Core Machine Assembly
Jens Reich   more info
4:30PM - 6PM
Lunch   
12:30PM - 1:45PM
Coffee Break   
4PM - 4:20PM
Congress dinner at the Orange Stade Velodrome   
6:30PM - 11PM

Day


02
Thu 24th
Exhibition   
9AM - 5PM
B2B Meetings   
9:30AM - 5PM
Thematic workshop : AI- Digital Transformation
J. D. Delaplagne, A. Wallanders, S. Pinches, Maria ORTIZ DE ZUNIGA   more info
9:30AM - 11AM
Thematic workshop : Technology transfer
Spencer Pitcher, Esmeralda Moscatelli, Carmen Casteras, Benjamin Perier   more info
2PM - 3:30PM
Thematic workshop : Plant installation program-Overview
Bertrand Roques   more info
9:30AM - 11AM
Thematic workshop : Tokamak program-Tokamak Progress, Lessons learned and Business Opportunities
Alessandro Bonito Oliva   more info
2PM - 3:30PM
Thematic workshop : Electrical system program
Jinchao Li   more info
9:30AM - 11AM
Thematic workshop : Machine Assembly Program n°2 - Progress of ITER In Vessel Assembly and Industry's Role in its Development
Emilio Ruiz, Anna Encheva   more info
2PM - 3:30PM
Thematic workshop - Plant systems program n°1 - Fuel Cycle Systems
C. Grant Wilson, Biswanath SARKAR, Josep Benet   more info
9:30AM - 11AM
Thematic workshop : Plant systems program n°2 -Cooling, Cryogenics & Tritium Breeding Blankets. Status and future business opportunities
Alfonso Marques   more info
2PM - 3:30PM
Plenary session - Industrial feedbacks & fusion perspectives
Worldwide companies    more info
11AM - 12PM
Lunch   
12:15PM - 2PM
End of IBF   
5PM

Day


03
Fri 25th




Congress dinner (gala dinner)

On Thursday 24th, the IBF team invites you to the congress dinner at the Orange Stade Velodrome.

The Orange Vélodrome is the avant-garde model for a digital, eco-responsible stadium.

The first stadium to be ISO 20121 certified, it benefits from a number of peripheral facilities that contribute to its self-sufficiency in water and energy.

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We invite you to share a gala dinner to continue your networking and to meet people around a meal based on local dishes and animations.

We remind you that you need to register to attend the congress dinner (it has to be done from your personal profile on the website after payment of your entry pass).

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We kindly ask you to pre-register. The team organising the forum will examine your request with regard to your company profile. A confirmation e-mail will be sent after receipt of payment and invoice. With the exception of staff from ITER Organization and the Domestic Agencies, each participant has to pay a registration fee.
The congress will be conducted in English, the official language of the ITER project.
For any additional questions you may have in relation to the organization of this conference please contact us: contact@iterbusinessforum.com
Detailed programme will be provided in January 2025.
Consist of individual “Business to Business” (B2B) meetings between interested industrial companies or “Business to Customer” (B2C) meetings between interested companies and ITER Organization or Domestic Agencies’ staff members.
Will mainly consist of presentations by ITER Organization and F4E technical experts giving a general overview on last achievements and next business opportunities on several technical topics.



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General conditions

  • Deadline for registration (for booking a booth): 28 March 2025
  • ITER site visit will be restricted to accessible areas only and available to the first 200 registered delegates on a first-come, first-served basis (Deadline for registration: 31 March 2025).
  • Registration via the private access of participants to the 1-1 platform.
  • Registration requires providing personal data to the organizers for security reasons, including shoe size and clothing size (for ITER site visit).