South Korea has built one of the world's most advanced fusion research programmes, with KSTAR setting world records in plasma duration, and a powerful industrial base capable of accelerating global commercialisation. This workshop explores Korea's strategic role in the global fusion ecosystem in depth. 

• Korea's research milestones and the path from KSTAR to a commercial programme 
• The role of Korean industrial and engineering capability in the global supply chain 
• Korea as a model for public-private fusion partnership and regulation
• Opportunities for international collaboration with the Korean fusion ecosystem 

Refuel, recharge, and make new connections over coffee.

Volumetric neutron sources offer a credible near-term pathway to revenue while advancing fusion development. By enabling materials testing, tritium breeding validation, and component qualification, they can remove key bottlenecks ahead of full reactor deployment. 

• What revenue streams do VNS systems generate today – isotope production, materials testing contracts, industrial applications? 
• How can VNS accelerate fusion commercialisation by enabling materials testing, tritium breeding validation, and component qualification before full-scale reactors are built? 
• What is the investment case for VNS vs. waiting for fusion power plants? 
• Which fusion approaches are best positioned to deliver commercial VNS systems, and on what timeline? 

As the fusion sector matures, investors and founders are beginning to think seriously about how value is ultimately realised. This session explores the full spectrum of exit and liquidity pathways available – from public markets to consolidation – and what each implies for strategy, governance, and capital structure. 

• SPACs/IPOs: when does going public make sense for a fusion company, and what does sustained public-market accountability require in practice? 
• Trade sales and strategic acquisitions: which industrial and energy players are most likely acquirers, and what drives valuation in a trade sale? 
• Consolidation within fusion: as the sector matures, which companies are likely to merge, and what does a consolidated fusion industry look like? 
• Revenue-first models: can staged commercialisation through non-power applications reduce dependence on a single exit event? 
• What exit timeline are investors underwriting today, and how does that shape the terms on which capital is deployed? 

A series of 50-minute, hosted roundtables. Interactive Q&As, exploring stand-out developments in fusion, fusion technologies and fusion-derived innovation including: 

• Fusion & AI 
• Fusion Tech & Non-Power 
• Women in Fusion 
• STRIDE Hub   
• VEGA Hub  
• MAT-TRIx Hub  

• Participant Check-in
• Coffee service and informal networking

A free-form discussion among a group of public-sector leaders on fusion development strategies, the benefits of cross-border co-operation, and the synergies that exist between their programs. 

• What are the relative advantages of German federal/state coordination, the UK public-private balance, and US market-driven models? 
• What synergies with the private sector can be delivered through international programs like ITER, or national ones like STEP? 
• What are the expectations and anticipated opportunities for cooperation from Japan’s fusion plans, the US Roadmap, and the EU Fusion Strategy? 

A panel of manufacturers and users explore key questions, dual use and de-risking opportunities on the ongoing and evolving application of superconductivity, the development of high-field magnets, and the arc of costs and supply on the path to commercially-viable fusion. 

Enjoy coffee, connect with fellow attendees, and explore our exhibitor booths. 

A panel of suppliers and innovators explore scaling, dual use and de-risking opportunities from single-shot science to an industrial supply chain including diode-pumped lasers, target fabrication, optics, coatings, components, and how to effect the shift from bespoke to industrial.  

As fusion moves toward grid-scale deployment, site selection is becoming a strategic question for developers, utilities, governments and investors. Former coal and nuclear power plant sites may offer grid access, industrial land, existing infrastructure and experienced energy communities, but also raise questions around permitting, remediation, ownership, public acceptance and financing. This session explores what makes a site fusion-ready and how site development can reduce project risk, strengthen investor confidence and support the emerging capital stack for fusion.  

• What makes a site truly “fusion-ready” for first-of-a-kind plants?  
• How can former coal and nuclear power plant sites accelerate deployment?  
• How can partnerships with utilities mitigate the challenges of financing long-term, capital-intensive projects such as fusion?  
• Which site-related milestones matter most for investors, from land control and grid interconnection to permitting progress and public funding commitments?  
• How can fusion site development support regional transformation, supply-chain build-up and public acceptance?  

Fusion's commercial promise is real and so is the progress being made. This interactive session is a candid, technically-grounded discussion of the unsolved problems, the milestones being achieved and the risks being retired. Designed to give investors and innovators an honest, balanced assessment of where the he fusion truly stands.

• What's been proven in the last 24 months, and what risks did it retire? 
• What unresolved risk threatens timelines most? 
• Plasma control/stability: what's solved, what isn't, and what's the milestone that closes this out? 
• Tritium breeding, extraction, handling: what's the next fuel cycle proof-point? 
• Heat and exhaust: what milestone shows this is solved at reactor scale, not just in the lab? 
• Funding: which of these risks, once retired, unlocks the next uptick in capital? 

Connect with peers over a buffet-lunch.

A discussion on pioneering new models to finance first-of-a-kind fusion systems, combining private, milestone-based capital with government-enabled financial tools. 

This panel examines alternative or hybrid fusion pathways beyond conventional magnetic- and inertial-confinement approaches exploring, for example, compact fusion system, and direct energy conversion. The discussion will focus on scientific plausibility, industrial relevance and the critical technologies these unconventional approaches could require.  

An open, candid conversation between a fusion innovator and one of their investors – exploring the reality of building a fusion company, the evolution of the investor-founder relationship, and what both sides believe it will take to reach commercial deployment. 

• How has the relationship between founder and investor evolved as the company has matured? 
• What has surprised each party, positively or negatively, about the journey so far? 
• What does each side need from the other over the next critical phase? 

Refreshments and informal networking.

As energy systems are increasingly shaped by renewables, storage, electrification and growing demand for firm clean power, this panel explores where fusion could fit in the future energy mix and what that means for grids, markets and investors. It takes a deep dive into partnerships with utilities: fusion’s potential role in meeting future demand can strengthen the investment case, while utilities can help address the financing and grid-integration challenges of long-term, capital-intensive projects. 

• What are the key grid-integration challenges and solutions for fusion plants? 
• How can fusion complement renewables, batteries and flexible demand? 
• Which demand drivers could strengthen the investment case for fusion? 
• How can utility partnerships be structured to mitigate risk & support financing? 
• What role could fusion play in providing firm, clean power for industry, data centres or hydrogen production? 
• How should grids, markets and regulation prepare for future fusion deployment?

Three short presentations by companies seeking to commercialise fusion-enabling technologies and critical supply-chain components at the pre-Seed, Seed or Series A funding stage, followed by an interactive Q&A. 

• What product or capability are you supplying to the fusion ecosystem? 
• Who are your customers, and where does your solution fit into their systems or programmes? 
• What are the biggest technical or scale-up risks, and what is the plan to mitigate them? 
• What long-term cost or performance targets are you aiming for, and what makes those achievable? 

Connect with peers over a buffet-lunch.

Three short presentations by companies seeking to build a fusion machine or commercialize non-power fusion applications at the pre-Seed, Seed or Series A funding stage, followed by an interactive Q&A. 

• What fusion approach or non-power application are you developing, and what problem does it solve? 
• What are the key technical challenges that still need to be overcome? 
• What is the next major milestone that meaningfully de-risks your approach? 
• What are your key performance or cost targets (such as LCOE for power applications), and what makes them achievable? 

Refreshments and informal networking.

Connect with fellow participants, and exchange ideas over great local food.