Featured 2026 Innovative Concepts for Inertial Fusion Energy (IC-IFE) May 20–22, 2026 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) 2026 Annual Conference of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) May 31–Jun 3, 2026 American Nuclear Society (ANS) 2026 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) Jun 22–26, 2026 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Fusion Supply Chain Trade Show Jun 23–24, 2026 Fusion Industry Association (FIA)
2026 Innovative Concepts for Inertial Fusion Energy (IC-IFE) May 20–22, 2026 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
2026 Annual Conference of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) May 31–Jun 3, 2026 American Nuclear Society (ANS)
2026 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) Jun 22–26, 2026 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
IAEA Technical Meeting on Developing the Fusion Workforce Apr 27–30, 2026 International Atomic Energy Agency
Technical Meeting on Control Systems, Data Acquisition, Data Management and Remote Participation in Fusion Research May 18–22, 2026 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
2026 Innovative Concepts for Inertial Fusion Energy (IC-IFE) May 20–22, 2026 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
2026 Annual Conference of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) May 31–Jun 3, 2026 American Nuclear Society (ANS)
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE 2026) May 31–Jun 4, 2026 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Fusion Energy Division
NSF/GPAP Summer School on Plasma Physics for Astrophysicists Jun 1–5, 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) and APS – Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
26th Topical Conference on High TemperaturePlasma Diagnostics (HTPD 2026) Jun 7–11, 2026 MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)
Fusion Energy Mini Course for Professionals Jun 17–18, 2026 Columbia Fusion Research Center and Clean Air Task Force
2026 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) Jun 22–26, 2026 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
Young Investigators’ Summer Program in Nuclear Engineering Jul 6–24, 2026 North Carolina State University (NC State)
High Energy Density Summer School (HEDSS) – Foundations of High Energy Density Physics Jul 27–Aug 5, 2026 DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNASA) and University of Michigan
7th Computational Physics School for Fusion Research (CPS-FR 2026) Aug 3–8, 2026 MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
2026 Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials in Fusion (AM2F) Aug 31–Sep 2, 2026 MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)
Applied Superconductivity Conference 2026 (ASC 2026) Sep 6–11, 2026 Applied Superconductivity Educational Foundation
68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics Nov 2–6, 2026 American Physical Society (APS) Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
Second Workshop on AI for Accelerating Fusion Energy and Plasma Science Nov 9–12, 2026 Texas A&M University
IAEA DEMO and Fusion Plants Workshop Dec 7–11, 2026 University California San Diego (UCSD) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Apr 7–9, 2026 The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
Plasma NET Workshop: Thinking Outside the Box — How to Move Beyond Surveys Mar 3, 2026 | 3–4pm Plasma NET
MIT Energy Conference – Securing the Energy Future: Resources for Resilience Feb 23–24, 2026 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2026 AAAS Annual Meeting – Science @ Scale Feb 12–14, 2026 American Association for the Advancement of Science
Symposium: Innovative Models for STEM Workforce Development in Critical Technologies – Cross-disciplinary, Cross-sectoral Solutions Jan 29, 2026 National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
AI4Fusion: Possibilities and Applications in Enhanced Diagnostics (Virtual) Jan 28, 2026 | 4:15–5:15pm Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
ORISE Summer Internship Showcase Jan 22, 2026 | 10–11am Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems 2025 (MiNES 2025) Dec 7–11, 2025 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) and the American Nuclear Society (ANS)
2025 US-Japan FRC Workshop Nov 21–22, 2025 University of California, Irvine (UCI) and TAE Technologies
The Future of Fusion Materials Data: Introducing MatDB4Fusion Nov 19, 2025 Clean Air Task Force (CATF)
67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) Nov 17–21, 2025 American Physical Society’s (APS) Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
University Fusion Association (URA) Annual Town Hall Meeting Nov 17, 2025 | 6:30–8:30pm University Fusion Association (URA)
Convening of the California Fusion Ecosystem Nov 13, 2025 General Atomics (GA), UC San Diego, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
16th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT 16) Nov 9–14, 2025 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
FY2026 INFUSE Workshop: Problems Looking for Solutions Nov 5–7, 2025 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE)
Application Period: IFE-STAR Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (IFE-SURE) Oct 14, 2025–Jan 9, 2026 IFE-STAR
Webinar: Reducing Plasma-facing Material Requirements and Advancing Core-edge Integration using a Closed Divertor with Mid-leg Pumping Oct 2, 2025 | 9–10am DIII-D National Fusion Facility
Call for applications for the 2026 Fusion Student Delegation! Oct 1–15, 2025 Fusion Student Delegation (FuSD)
The Race to Fusion Energy: International Cooperation and Competition Sep 24, 2025 | 2–6pm Fusion Industry Association (FIA) and Columbia Engineering
28th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasmas (ICNSP 2025) Sep 9–11, 2025 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLN
2025 International Conference on Magnet Technology (MT29) Jul 1–6, 2025 IEEE Council on Superconductivity
Fusion Safety and Regulation Course Jun 30–Jul 2, 2025 Clean Air Task Force and the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)
2025 Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE 2025) Jun 23–27, 2025 MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society
Supply Chain Workshop: Scaling the Fusion Industry Jun 17–18, 2025 Fusion Industry Association, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Stellar Energy Foundation
26th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry (ISPC26) Jun 15–20, 2025 International Plasma Chemistry Society (IPCS)
2025 Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials in Fusion (AM2F 2025) Jun 12, 2025 | 2:29–3:29pm MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)
Computational Physics Student Summer Workshop Jun 2–Aug 8, 2025 Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC) Program
ZEUS and Plasma Physics (ZaPP) Summer Undergrad Research Program May 26–Aug 4, 2025 Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) and National Science Foundation (NSF)
CEC-ICMC 2025 May 18–22, 2025 Cryogenic Engineering Conference (CEC) and International Cryogenic Materials Conference (ICMC)
Knox County Public Library’s Children’s Festival of Reading May 17, 2025 | 10am–3pm Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Knox County Public Library
Fusion on Tap: Meet a Fusion Scientist at Orange Hat Brewing Company May 9, 2025 | 5:30–7:30pm Type One Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Introduction to Fusion Energy at Shorewood High School May 9, 2025 | 7:30am–2pm University of Wisconsin, Madison (UW–Madison)
