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Technical Advisory Panel
The Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) assists the Governing Board and Director in engineering, scientific and technological matters related to ITER, the Broader Approach and preparations for demonstration fusion reactors (DEMO).
Mandate

The TAP  assists the Governing Board and Director in particular by:

  • Preparing opinions and recommendations on the objectives and content of project plans, work programmes and their possible revisions;
  • Monitoring the technical implementation of the project plans and work programmes and providing reports to the Governing Board at appropriate intervals;
  • Promoting coherence with the activities of the Associations, in particular within the frame of the EUROfusion;
  • Providing advice or recommendations on specific engineering, scientific and technological issues upon request of the Director or the Governing Board;
  • Performing any other functions as may be delegated to the Scientific Programme Board by the Governing Board.

Chair & Vice-Chair

On 10 th December 2019, the Governing Board appointed Dr. Radomir Panek as Chair of the TAP and Ms. Elena Gaio as Vice-Chair for a term of two years from 1 January 2020.

Chair
Radomir Panek
Institute of Plasma Physics Czech Academy of Sciences
Czech Republic
F4E TAP VICE CHAIR
Vice Chair
Elena Gaio
National Research Council
Consorzio RFX

Italy

Members

The TAP is composed of 13 members appointed by the GB from among persons of recognised standing and professional experience in engineering, scientific and technical matters relevant to ITER, the Broader Approach and DEMO. Each member is appointed for a term of two years renewable.

The following General Declarations of Interest are prepared in accordance with the Governing Board’s decision of 09 June 2015 concerning Confidentiality, Independence, Preventing and Managing Conflicts of Interest and subject to this Specific Privacy Notice.

Ivica Basic

APOSS d.o.o.
Croatia

CV   |   GDI

Jean Pierre Friconneau

Responsible officer for Nuclear & System Engineering project ITER Test Blanket Module Development, CEA-IRFM, Cadarache
France

CV   |   GDI

Franck Chanteloup

Institute Laue-Langevin
France

CV   |   GDI

Lena Delpech

CEA (Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission)
France

CV   |   GDI

Olaf Neubauer

Senior Researcher, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Germany

CV   |   GDI

Hans Stephen Bosch

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP)
Germany

CV   |   GDI

Silvano Tosti

ENEA Frascati Research Centre
Italy

CV   |   GDI

Tonio Pinna

ENEA Frascati Research Centre
Italy

CV   |   GDI

Marco de Baar

Director Nuclear Fusion Programme, DIFFER Institute
Netherlands

CV   |   GDI

Artur Malaquias

Assistant Professor in the Physics Department
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
Portugal

CV   |   GDI

Ion Cristescu

Manager of Cooperation TriPla Consortium, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP)
Romania

CV   |   GDI

Mercedes Medrano

Engineering Unit Group Leader, National Fusion Laboratory
Spain

CV   |   GDI