Agenda

Fusion School

An intensive one-day programme exploring fusion, its enabling technologies, and core commercial insights.

Panel Discussions

A series of discussions, debates, and presentations. 

Networking Day

An exclusive visit to a facility showcasing technologies and capabilities relevant to fusion and its adjacent innovations.

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration, Coffee & Networking
  • Participant check-in and welcome pack distribution
  • Coffee service and informal networking
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
Welcome & Introduction
  • Course overview and learning objectives
  • Introduction to facilitators and faculty  
  • Overview of the global fusion landscape
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
Fusion Energy Fundamentals

Basics of Fusion Energy, Science, & Key Terminology

Understand the physics of fusion

Distinguish fusion from fission

Master essential fusion terminology and concepts

Key Topics:

  • Fusion physics: D-T reactions, plasma confinement, triple-product
  • Energy yield calculations and power generation potential
  • Advantages: safety, fuel density, waste, fuel supply/costs, etc
  • Comparison with renewable energy sources and nuclear fission,
  • Fusion relative to SMRs/emerging fission technologies
  • Commercialization: timing, segments/uses, effects
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Fusion Technology

Types of Approach & Technologies

Evaluate different fusion technologies: MCF, ICF, other

Assess technical risks and development timelines

Compare core technology of each approaches

Enabling Technologies

  • Key enabling technologies from now to demo to deployment
  • Technology readiness levels across different approaches
  • lasers, magnets, control systems, fuel & fuel cycle; plasma-facing materials, cryogenics
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
Networking Break
 
11:40 AM - 12:30 PM
Fusion Innovation

Fusion-Derived Technologies

Understand fusion spin-out technologies

Assess opportunities in adjacent markets

Spin-Out Technologies & Deployment

  • Neutron sources: Advanced imaging, neutron sources, medical isotopes, and materials testing
  • Lasers: precision manufacturing, laser-driven particle acceleration, medical therapies, LiDAR, other industrial and defence applications
  • Technology readiness levels of fusion-derived spin-outs and the opportunities they present
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM
Networking Lunch

Faculty & industry experts available for informal Q&A

1:40 PM - 2:30 PM
Fusion Supply Chain Opportunities

Opportunities Across the Value Chain

Identify investable opportunities in the fusion eco-system

Understand supply chain bottlenecks and scaling challenges

Parallels with adjacent sectors (e.g. aerospace, semiconductors)

Core Challenges & Solutions:

  • Superconducting magnets: high-temperature superconductors
  • Fuel cycles & blankets: tritium breeding & handling
  • Heat & exhaust
  • Maintenance: remote handling and robotics

Market Sizing: 

  • Total addressable market projections, opportunities and risks
  • Competitive landscape, market concentration & bottlenecks
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM
Materials

Investment Across the Value Chain

Identify opportunities across the full materials supply chain

Understand materials needs and challenges

Core Challenges & Solutions:

  • Superconductors: REBCO, BSCCO
  • Plasma-facing materials: tungsten, advanced composites
  • Breeding blankets: lithium-6, FLiBe
  • First-wall materials: RAFM steels, ODS alloys, SiC composites

Market Sizing:

  • Total addressable market projections, opportunities and risks
  • Competitive landscape, market concentration & bottlenecks
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
Networking Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Fusion Ecosystem Investment

Understand core investor concerns and drivers of conviction

Identify appropriate valuation methods for fusion investments

Benchmark valuations against comparable technologies

Investment theses

  • Teams & partnerships
  • Technology & milestones
  • Capital intensity  
  • Scalability & integration  
  • Spin-outs

Valuation

  • Understand unique risk factors & valuation Challenges:
  • Understand cash flows for different business models
  • Benchmark valuations against comparable technologies
4:20 PM - 5:30 PM
Open Q&A

Open discussion between delegates & a panel of fusion innovators & investors

  • Opportunities in fusion-derived technologies
  • Asia-Pacific participation in fusion and its supply chains
  • Key risk factors, mitigation strategies & due diligence processes
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Fusion Networking Reception

All participants are invited to network with the fusion ecosystem, over drinks & food, at the FusionX:APAC ice-breaker reception at a central venue

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration & Networking
 
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
Welcome Remarks
 
9:40 AM - 10:20 AM
An Introduction to the Global Fusion Landscape

A concise introduction to the global fusion landscape, covering core technologies, leading approaches, funding dynamics, and the key milestones shaping the path to commercialisation.

  • The core fusion processes, advantages and benefits
  • Main approaches and their current state of play
  • Progress to date, funding, technology and talent needs
  • Milestones & pathways to commercialisation
  • Fusion, fission and SMRs: deployment, safety, and grid integration
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
The Fusion Opportunity

An interactive session examining the fusion investment thesis, spanning global power, near-term non-power applications, fusion-adjacent innovations and the role of Singapore and Asia as emerging hubs for capital, industrialisation, and market adoption.

  • What is the projected global market opportunity for fusion?
  • Where are the most compelling opportunities in enabling technologies, spin-offs, and non-power applications?
  • Which milestones and breakthroughs will be key catalysts for value creation?
  • How can Singapore and the wider Asian ecosystem capture value from fusion?
  • What are the potential pathways to liquidity/exit for investors?
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Coffee & Networking
Break and networking.
11:20 AM - 12:10 PM
Fusion-Derived Innovation

A session examining how fusion research is translating into near-term commercial applications, from neutron sources and advanced materials to lasers, diagnostics, and particle acceleration, and the pathways bringing these technologies to market.

  • How are neutron sources being commercialised across imaging, materials testing, and medical isotopes?
  • What applications are emerging from lasers and particle acceleration in manufacturing, healthcare, defence, and sensing?
  • How are fusion materials and diagnostics translating into adjacent markets?
  • What are the TRLs and most viable routes to market for these applications?
  • Where have similar technologies successfully transitioned from research to commercial deployment, and what lessons are applicable to fusion?
12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
Applications of Fusion Innovation: Spin-outs & Adjacent Markets

Fusion R&D is already generating technologies with standalone commercial value beyond energy. This session focuses on how fusion-driven innovations are being deployed into adjacent markets, creating near-term revenue pathways and value. Four short presentations + interactive Q&A from fusion innovators.

  • What specific technology has emerged from fusion work, and what problem does it solve in adjacent markets?
  • Which initial markets are targeted, and why are they the best entry point?
  • What has been the traction to date: pilots, contracts, revenue, partnerships?
  • What is the route to scaling this application commercially?
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Networking Lunch
 
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Supply Chain Innovators: Wider Commercialisation & Deployment

Delivering fusion requires a new industrial stack of components, materials, systems, and capabilities. This session examines the technologies and supply chains being built to enable fusion, and how they support both near-term opportunities and long-term market formation. Four short presentations + interactive Q&A from fusion innovators.

  • Where do components, subsystems, or capabilities sit in the value chain?
  • What progress has been demonstrated to date?
  • What are the key challenges to scaling this capability?
  • What is your pathway to commercial deployment?
  • Which partnerships are most critical to reaching scale?
  • How do fusion technologies intersect with developments in adjacent sectors?
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Building the Fusion Ecosystem: Partnerships Across Borders & Sectors

As fusion nears commercial reality, success will depend on coordinated ecosystems rather than isolated breakthroughs. This panel explores how cross-sector and international partnerships – spanning startups, research institutions, corporates, and investors – can accelerate scale-up, unlock capital, and connect innovation to market.

  • How can cross-sector and international collaboration accelerate fusion development and commercialisation?
  • What partnerships translate research into industrial capability and market entry?
  • How can early alignment between startups, corporates, and investors de-risk scale-up and attract capital?
  • Where are the key gaps in the value chain, and how can collaboration strengthen supply chain resilience?
3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Coffee & Networking
 
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM
Shaping the Next Generation of APAC Fusion Talent

As fusion transitions from scientific research to industrial scale-up, talent becomes a defining constraint and opportunity. Building the workforce requires aligned pathways linking academia, applied research, startups, and industry, while attracting global expertise and developing local capability. This panel explores how coordinated action across sectors can build the talent ecosystem needed to support fusion’s next phase.

  • How can education, applied research, and industry be better connected to develop fusion talent?
  • How can startups, investors, and corporates create meaningful technical and entrepreneurial pathways into the sector?
  • What lessons from other deep tech sectors can inform fusion talent strategies?
  • How can cross-border programmes accelerate skills development and technology transfer?
  • How can talent from adjacent deep-tech sectors transition into fusion?
5:00 PM - 5:50 PM
Fusion Supply Chain & Enabling Technologies

A focused session on the technologies and industrial capabilities required to deliver fusion, and the opportunities they create across adjacent markets.

  • What are the critical enabling technologies required for fusion, and where are they today in terms of readiness?
  • Where are the key supply chain bottlenecks, and which components and subsystems offer the most attractive commercial opportunities?
  • What revenue opportunities exist today in fusion-adjacent markets versus fusion-dependent ones?
  • Where can new entrants, including APAC-based companies, participate most effectively?
  • Which technologies offer near-term commercial potential independent of power generation?
5:50 PM - 6:00 PM
Closing Remarks
 
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration, Coffee & Networking
  • Participant check-in and welcome pack distribution
  •  Coffee service and informal networking
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Private Tour of Innovation Relevant Facility
An exclusive, behind-the-scenes visit to a facility showcasing technologies and capabilities relevant to fusion and its adjacent innovations. The tour is designed to provide technical insight, and to create points of connection between participants, enabling informed conversations around capability, technology and partnership opportunities. Networking Lunch A long, informal networking lunch connecting participants & panelists Networking Activity A curated networking activity designed to deepen engagement beyond traditional formats. The session will create space for more targeted conversations, helping participants build relationships, find common ground, and identify opportunities to work together.

Connect with the entire fusion ecosystem

"The event was extremely organized and was all about collaboration, which is exactly what's needed to break through into fusion energy commercialization."  Oded Gour-Lavie, CEO, nT-Tao