Name
Fusion: Public Sector Support, Strategy & Synergies
Date & Time
Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
Speakers
• Tim Bestwick, Chief Development Officer & Deputy CEO - UKAEA
• James Jopling, Fusion Energy- Head of Sector and Investment - Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, UK (DESNZ)
• Anantha Krishnan, Senior Vice President, Energy Group - General Atomics (GA)
• James McCarrick, Program Director for the High Energy Density (HED) and Photon Systems element within the NIF & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate - Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL)
• James Jopling, Fusion Energy- Head of Sector and Investment - Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, UK (DESNZ)
• Anantha Krishnan, Senior Vice President, Energy Group - General Atomics (GA)
• James McCarrick, Program Director for the High Energy Density (HED) and Photon Systems element within the NIF & Photon Science (NIF&PS) Directorate - Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL)
Description
A panel of senior figures from leading public sector entities, complemented by an investor view, explore the path to commercialisation, the challenges, their support and expectations, and the drivers for the public sector’s growing fusion focus.
- How are public sector entities supporting the advance to commercialisation?
- How do approaches differ from country-to-country, what are their relative strengths and where are the synergies between them?
- How important is access to non-dilutive capital to fusion investors?
- How will public sector support evolve as fusion moves from science and engineering, to construction, deployment & commercial risk?
Moderated by: Alex Borovskis, Co-Founder, Helixos