INTRODUCTION

The 10^th IAEA Technical Meeting on ”H-mode Physics and Transport Barriers” will take place between 28 and 30 September, 2005 in St. Petersburg. This meeting is the continuation of a series of previous meetings (San Diego 1987, Gut Ising 1989, Abingdon 1991, Naka 1993, Princeton 1995, Kloster Seeon 1997, Oxford 1999, Toki 2001, San Diego 2003).

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the meeting is to present and discuss the status of H-mode and internal transport barrier experiments, theory and modeling in magnetic fusion research and to discuss scientific solutions of H-mode control for the purpose of exploring possibilities of enhanced operating regimes in next step large fusion devices.

MEETING FORMAT, CONFERENCE TOPICS AND INVITED SPEAKERS

The meeting will be organized around six broad topics of current interest. An overview talk will be presented for each topic.

1. Internal Transport Barriers: critical issues
   Litaudon, CEA, EU
   
   
2. Edge Transport Barriers: pedestal stability/dynamics and ELMs
   H.Wilson, UKAEA, EU
   
   
3. Transport Barriers in non-axisymmetric devices
   F.Wagner, IPP-Greifswald, EU
   
   
4. Transport Barrier theories
   P.Diamond, UCSD, US
   
   
5. Turbulence behaviour in the presence of Transport Barriers
   K.Burrell, GA, US
   
   
6. Improved Confinement projections/issues for burning devices
   A.Fukuyama, Kyoto Univ., JA
   
   

ABSTRACT

Submission between 1 and 31 May 2005

Anyone wishing to present a paper during this meeting should submit an abstract to the local organizers via e-mail: h-mode-tm@mail.ioffe.ru. The instructions for authors may be found at www.ioffe.ru/H-mode_WS-2005/abstract.html.

The abstracts will be selected and classified by the International Advisory Committee. Authors will be informed of the acceptance and placement of their contributions by email, by 10 July 2005. The accepted abstracts will be made available on the Meeting webpage www.ioffe.ru/H-mode_WS-2005.

PAPERS

Participants are encouraged to publish their presentations in the Special Issue of the of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion journal. Invited papers should not exceed 14 journal pages, contributed – 6 pages. A publication fee and instructions for the manuscript preparation will be provided later.

Electronic versions of manuscripts and presentations will be collected at the meeting.

A summary report of the meeting will be prepared for submission to the “Nuclear Fusion” journal.

PARTICIPATION

Participants from IAEA Member States or international organizations are expected to attend. Participants should be persons actively involved in the topics of the meeting. A participant will be accepted only if the Participation Form A (available at www.ioffe.ru/H-mode_WS-2005/participation.html) is transmitted through the appropriate Governmental representative authority (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Atomic Energy Authority).

EXPENDITURES AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

No registration fee will be charged to participants. However, a publication fee will be collected from the participants wishing to publish their papers in the Special Issue of the PPCF.

Limited funds are available for a few participants mainly from developing countries with low economic resources. Instruction for application for the Travel Grant is available on the Meeting webpage.

VISA

Designated participants who require a visa to enter Russia should submit the necessary application to the nearest diplomatic or consular representative of Russia as soon as possible. Local Organizers will provide the participants with visa support. See www.ioffe.ru/H-mode_WS-2005/visa.html for detail.

LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION

The meeting will take place at the recently renovated "Moscow" hotel, located in the historical area of the city.

A block of rooms is reserved for accommodation of the participants in the "Moscow" hotel. The hotel description can be found at www.hotel-moscow.ru/english/home.htm. Room prices are in a range 80-120 EUR. Reservation instructions will appear at the meeting's website www.ioffe.ru/H-mode_WS-2005 soon. To take advantage of the special prices please contact the LOC by July 15th, 2005.

IMPORTANT DATES

January, 2005 – First announcement

March, 2005 – Second announcement

March-May, 2005 – Expression of interest

31 May, 2005 – Submission of abstracts for paper selection

31 May, 2005 – Submission of IAEA Participation

31 May, 2005 – Pre-registration

31 May, 2005 – Application for Travelling Grant

10 July, 2005 – Paper acceptance notification

15 July, 2005 – Registration

15 July, 2005 – Hotel reservations

29 August 2005 – Grant award notification

28-30 September, 2005 – Meeting – please bring an electronic file of your paper and presentation to be collected by the Local Organizers.

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

R. Groebner (GA, U.S.A)	A. Hubbard (MIT, USA)
T.S. Hahm (PPPL, USA)	K. Ida (NIFS, Japan)
S. Lebedev (Ioffe Inst., Russia, Chair)	G. Saibene (EFDA, Germany)
W. Suttrop (IPP, Germany)	T. Takizuka (JAERI, Japan)