Name
Closing Panel: Innovation, Partnership & Security
Date & Time
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4:40 PM - 5:30 PM
Speakers
• Marc Lachaise, Director - Fusion4Energy
• Cord-Henrich Lefhalm, Managing Director, Nuclear Innovation Strategist & Fusion Energy Advocate - RWE Nuclear
• Livia Casali, Assistant Professor, Zinkle Faculty Fellow & ITER Research Scientist Fellow - University of Tennessee-Knoxville
• Cord-Henrich Lefhalm, Managing Director, Nuclear Innovation Strategist & Fusion Energy Advocate - RWE Nuclear
• Livia Casali, Assistant Professor, Zinkle Faculty Fellow & ITER Research Scientist Fellow - University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Description
Fusion stakeholders explore the role of fusion innovation, partnership and collaboration & its significance economically and otherwise, Europe & globally.
- How can transnational projects like ITER, universities & national labs, suppliers and innovators most effectively work together to progress fusion?
- How are public & private sector entities collaborating to resolve key challenges
- How might the EC Fusion Strategy accelerate fusion’s contribution to energy independence and national security and competitiveness?
- How can fusion aid energy security, industrial resilience, and stability?
Moderated by: Sehila Gonzalez, Global Director, Fusion Energy, CATF