Nov 12 2007 8:00AM, Monday

Session AR1 Review: Gyrokinetic Theory and Simulation of Experiments Chair: Amitava Bhattacharjee, University of New Hampshire Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  Gregory W. Hammett 

Nov 12 2007 9:30AM, Monday

Session BI1 Pedestal, SOL and Divertor Chair: James Terry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  B. Labombard,  M.E. Fenstermacher,  A.W. Leonard,  Richard Pitts,  V. Soukhanovskii,  S.I. Krasheninnikov 

Session BI2 Simulation of Magnetic Fusion Plasmas Chair: William Nevins, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  D.C. Barnes,  E. Strumberger,  Luis Chacon,  G.Y. Fu,  Y. Chen,  J.E. Kinsey 

Session BO3 Beams, Instabilities, and Turbulence Chair: Gurudas Ganguli, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Session BO5 Processing, Plasma Antennas, and Electric Propulsion Chair: Igor Alexeff, University of Tennessee Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Session BO6 Shock Waves, Plasma Expansion and Equations of State Chair: Gilbert Collins, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session BP8 Poster Session I: Laser and Beam Driven Acceleration/Radiation; ICF I and Laser Plasma Interactions; Shape Control, Diagnostics, Reactor Design; Astrophysical Plasmas: Experiment and Theory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Nov 12 2007 2:00PM, Monday

Session CI1 Turbulence, Transport, and Laser Plasmas Chair: Fred Skiff, University of Iowa Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  Ryan Lindberg,  J.J. Ramos,  Zhihong Lin,  I. Furno 

Session CT2 Tutorial: Laboratory Astrophysics Scaling Chair: R. Paul Drake, University of Michigan Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers: 

Session CO3 NSTX and General Spherical Tokamak Chair: Mickey Wade, General Atomics Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Session CO5 Compression and Burn I Chair: Radha Bahukutumbi, University of Rochester Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Session CO6 Short Pulse Laser-Plasma Interactions I Chair: Kazuo Tanaka, Osaka University Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session CP8 Poster Session II: Reconnection and Non-Neutral I; Spheromaks and MCX; MFC Diagnostics; Simulation: Algorithm; Simulation: Kinetic/Edge Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Nov 12 2007 3:00PM, Monday

Session DI2 Reconnection, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Angular Momentum Transport Chair: David Newman, University of Colorado Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  W. Daughton,  John Dorelli,  M.V. Medvedev,  Hantao Ji 

Nov 13 2007 8:00AM, Tuesday

Session FR1 Review: Direct-Drive Inertial Confinement Chair: Robert Bingham, Rutherford Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  R.L. McCrory 

Nov 13 2007 9:30AM, Tuesday

Session GI1 Direct Drive Inertial Confinement Fusion and Z Pinches Chair: Craig Sangster, University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  V.N. Goncharov,  W. Theobald,  W. Seka,  R.D. Petrasso,  Daniel Sinars,  E. Yu 

Session GI2 Alternates Chair: Simon Woodruff, Woodruff Scientific, LLC Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  Masayuki Yokoyama,  Samuel Cohen,  Houyang Guo,  Barrett Rogers,  B. Hudson,  Teruji Cho 

Session GO3 DIII-D Tokamak Chair: Earl Marmar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Session GO6 ICF/HEDP Diagnostics Chair: Yefim Aglitskiy, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session GO7 Laser Driven Electron and Ion Acceleration Chair: Karl Krushelnick, University of Michigan Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 7/8

Session GP8 Poster Session III: Turbulence, Transport, and NL Processes; Fast Ignition and Laser-Plasma Interactions; Divertors, Edge Physics and Fueling; MHD Theory, Heating and Current Drive; Simulation: MHD; Optimal Helicon Source Performance Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Session GM4 Mini-conference on Angular Momentum Transport in Laboratory and Nature I Chair: Hantao Ji, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Session GM5 Mini-conference on Optimizing Helicon Source Performance-Absorption and Heating Mechanisms Chair: Earl Scime, West Virginia University Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Nov 13 2007 1:00PM, Tuesday

Session HE1 Town Meeting on Concerns of Junior Scientists Chair: Troy Carter, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4

Nov 13 2007 2:00PM, Tuesday

Session JI1 Waves and Energetic Particles Chair: James Van Dam, University of Texas Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  R. Nazikian,  N. Crocker,  P.T. Bonoli,  S. Wukitch,  J.C. Hosea,  J. Cary 

Session JT2 Tutorial: Plasma-Facing Materials Chair: Dennis Whyte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers: 

Session JO3 Compression and Burn II Chair: George Kyrala, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Session JO6 Short Pulse Laser-Plasma Interactions II Chair: Stefano Atzeni, University of Roma Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session JO7 Dusty and Complex Plasmas Chair: Ed Thomas, Auburn University Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 7/8

Session JP8 Poster Session IV: Education and Outreach; Undergraduate Research; Electron and Ion Beam/Space Charge; DIII-D I; Reversed Field Pinches; Energetic Ions and Electrons in Helicons Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Session JM4 Mini-conference on Angular Momentum Transport in Laboratory and Nature II Chair: Dmitri Uzdensky, Princeton University Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Session JM5 Mini-conference on Energetic Ions and Electrons in Helicon Sources Chair: Rod Boswell, Australian National University Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Nov 13 2007 3:00PM, Tuesday

Session KI2 Plasma Based Accelerators and Sources Chair: Wim Leemans, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  A. Maksimchuk,  C.B. Schroeder,  George Petrov,  K.A. Flippo 

Nov 13 2007 6:00PM, Tuesday

Session LE1 Student Appreciation Reception Chair: Vincent Chan, General Atomics Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Signature 1

Nov 13 2007 7:30PM, Tuesday

Session LE2 Town Meeting on ITER Design Review Chair: James Van Dam, University of Texas Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom

Nov 13 2007 8:00PM, Tuesday

Session LE3 Town Meeting on High-Energy-Density-Laboratory Plasmas Chair: Cris Barnes, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4

Nov 14 2007 8:00AM, Wednesday

Session MR1 Review: Plasma Physics Challenges of High Power Microwave Generation Chair: Robert Barker, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  John Booske 

Nov 14 2007 9:30AM, Wednesday

Session NI1 Electron Confinement and Zonal Flows Chair: Stanley Kaye, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  Akihide Fujisawa,  A.E. White,  Jianying Lang,  Dave Mikkelsen,  Kevin Tritz,  Chang-Xuan Yu 

Session NI2 MHD, Strongly Coupled and Low Temperature Plasmas Chair: Phil Efthimion, PPPL, Princeton University Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  D. Craig,  Erik Spence,  R.G. O'Neill,  D.H.E. Dubin,  Michael Bonitz,  Amnon Fruchtman 

Session NO3 Simulation and Modeling Chair: Hong Qin, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Session NO6 Laser-Plasma Coupling at Long Scale Length Chair: Robert Kirkwood, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session NO7 Coherent and Incoherent Radiation Sources Chair: John Verbonvoeur, University of California, Berkeley Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 7/8

Session NP8 Poster Session V: MHD and Waves; Inertial Confinement Fusion II and HEDP Diagnostics; C-Mod Tokamak; ITER and Magnetic Fusion Development Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Session NM4 Mini-conference on Angular Momentum Transport in Laboratory and Nature III Chair: Stewart Prager, University of Wisconsin Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Session NM5 What's Next for Helicon Sources? Chair: Earl Scime, West Virginia University Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Nov 14 2007 2:00PM, Wednesday

Session PT1 Tutorial: Scientific Challenges of Burning Plasmas Chair: Chuck Greenfield, General Atomics Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  J.W. Van Dam 

Session PI2 Education and Outreach Chair: Rick Lee, General Atomics Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  Wiliam Barletta,  S.J. Padalino 

Session PO3 C-Mod Tokamak Chair: Michael Bell, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Session PO6 Hydrodynamic Instability Chair: Debbie Callahan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session PO7 Turbulence, Reconnection, Phase-Space Holes Chair: Troy Carter, UCLA Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 7/8

Session PP8 Poster Session VI: Shocks, Flows, Dusty and Complex Plasmas; Z Pinches, X Pinches, EOS, and HEDP; Stellarator; FRC’s, Flow Pinch, HBT-EP, Helimak and LDX Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Session PM4 Mini-conference on Angular Momentum Transport in Laboratory and Nature IV Chair: Philipp Kronberg, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Session PM5 Mini-conference on the First Microns of the First Wall: Lithium Coatings and Surfaces Chair: Daren Stotler, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Nov 14 2007 3:00PM, Wednesday

Session QI1 Fast Ignition I Chair: Juan Fernandez, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  P. Norreys,  L. Van Woerkom 

Session QI2 Intense Beams and Accelerators Chair: Rami Kishek, University of Maryland, College Park Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  Bryan Oliver,  Kai Tian,  Simon Cooke,  Erdem Oz 

Nov 14 2007 5:15PM, Wednesday

Session RE1 DPP Business Meeting Chair: Vincent Chan, General Atomics Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Nov 14 2007 6:30PM, Wednesday

Session RE2 DPP Reception and Banquet Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom

Nov 15 2007 8:00AM, Thursday

Session SR1 Review: Maxwell Prize Address Chair: Chan Joshi, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  John Lindl 

Nov 15 2007 9:30AM, Thursday

Session TI1 Ignition Target Design and Laser-Plasma Instabilities Chair: Douglas Wilson, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  Daniel Clark,  J. Salmonson,  D.D. Ho,  D.E. Hinkel,  L. Divol,  P. Neumayer 

Session TI2 Plasma Technology, Nozzles, and the First Wall Chair: David Ruzic, University of Illinois Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  Igor Alexeff,  G.M.W. Kroesen,  Ady Hershcovitch,  Katsunobu Nishihara,  Boris Breizman,  H.W. Kugel 

Session TO3 Magnetic Confinement Theory Chair: Paul Terry, University of Wisconsin Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Session TO4 JET, EAST, RFX and FRCs Chair: John Sarff, University of Wisconsin Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Session TO6 Fast Ignition II Chair: Christian Stoeckl, University of Rochester Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session TP8 Poster Session VII: Reconnection and Non-Neutral II; High Power Microwave and Laser Driven Sources; NSTX Spherical / General Torus; Simulation: HEDP/Plasma Accelerator/Space Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Session TM5 Mini-conference on the First Microns of the First Wall: Mixed Materials Issues Chair: Tom Rognlien, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Nov 15 2007 2:00PM, Thursday

Session UI1 MHD Chair: Francois Waelbroeck, University of Texas Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  J.E. Menard,  A.J. Cole,  R. Buttery,  P.A. Politzer,  V.A. Izzo,  F. Ebrahimi 

Session UT2 Tutorial: Hydromagnetic Dynamos Chair: Steven Cowley, University of California, Los Angeles Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  Fausto Cattaneo 

Session UO3 Hohlraum Physics I Chair: Nathan Meezan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 9/10

Session UO4 Laboratory Astrophysics Chair: Riccardo Betti, University of Rochester Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 1/2

Session UO6 Z Pinches and X Pinches Chair: Christine Coverdale, Sandia National Labs Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session UP8 Poster Session VIII: Gyrokinetics, Two-Fluids and Assorted; DIII-D II; Turbulence and Transport; Plasma Sources, Sheaths, and Thrusters Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Session UM5 Mini-conference on the First Microns of the First Wall: Graphite Wall Sputtering and Evolution Chair: Sergei Krasheninnikov, University of California at San Diego Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Nov 15 2007 3:00PM, Thursday

Session VI2 Interstellar and Solar Wind Turbulence, and Coronal and Auroral Emissions Chair: Steven Spangler, University of Iowa Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  P.W. Terry,  Gregory Howes,  U. Feldman,  Kevin Ronald 

Nov 15 2007 8:00PM, Thursday

Session WE1 Town Meeting on NRC Plasma Science Decadal Report Chair: Timothy Meyer, The National Academies Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom

Nov 16 2007 8:00AM, Friday

Session XR1 Review: Instabilities Driven By Energetic Particles in Magnetized Plasmas Chair: Vincent Chan, General Atomics Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  W.W. Heidbrink 

Nov 16 2007 9:30AM, Friday

Session YI1 Ripple and Rotation Studies Chair: Steve Scott, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom
Invited Speakers:  Peter de Vries,  Yutaka Kamada,  Basil Duval,  G.R. McKee,  Weixing Ding,  T.S. Hahm 

Session YI2 HEDP and Plasma Simulations Chair: Bedros Afeyan, Polymath Research Inc. Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 3/4
Invited Speakers:  P. Nilson,  P. Keiter,  Robert Singleton Jr.,  K. Bowers,  J.L. Vay 

Session YO5 Target Fabrication and HEDP Chair: Gordon Chandler, Sandia National Laboratories Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 11/12

Session YO6 Hohlraum Physics and HEDP Chair: Eduard Dewald, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Salon 5/6

Session YP8 Poster Session IX: Supplemental and Postdeadline Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Grand Ballroom, 9:30am - 12:30pm

Nov 16 2007 12:35PM, Friday

Session ZE1 Door Prizes Drawing Chair: Ian Hutchinson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Rosen Centre Hotel Junior Ballroom