Committee
 International Organizing Committee (IOC)
IOC Chair: Yuanxi Wan (CN), I-HAC, Professor, ASIPP/USTC
IOC Co-chairs:
Mitsuru Kikuchi (JP), AAPPS-DPP Chair/CEO, RMPP chair, QST
Baonian Wan (CN), DPP Chair-Elect, Director, ASIPP
Abhijit Sen (IN),  I-HAC co-chair, Professor, IPP
Hyeon Park (KR),  I-HAC, Professor, UNIST

General PC chair: M. Kikuchi (QST)
General PC Co-chair:
Xuru Duan (CN), DPP Vice Chair, Vice President, SWIP


AAPPS-DPP I-HAC chair: Liu Chen (CN), Professor, Zhejiang University
APS-DPP chair: David Newman, Professor, University of Alaska
EPS-DPP chair: Richard Dendy (EU), Professor, University of Warwick
LOC-Chair: Ge Zhuang (CN), Professor, USTC
JPS (plasma chair): Hideo Sugama (JP), Professor, Kyushu University
CPS-DPP chair: Xiaogang Wang (CN), CD co-chair, Professor, HIT
KPS-DPP Chair: Dong-o JEON (KR), Institute for Basic Science
Plasma Science SI, President: Prabal K Chattopadhyay (IN), Professor, IPR
Astronomical Society of Japan, President: Kazunari Shibata, I=HAC, (JP), Professor, Kyoto University
SGEPSS, President: Yasuharu Omura (JP), Professor, Kyoto University
Laser Society of Japan, President: Yoshiaki Kato (JP), President, GPI
JSPF, President: Zensho Yoshida (JP), Fundamental PC chair, Professor, the University of Tokyo
JSAP-DPE, Chair: Mineo Hiramatsu (JP), Professor, Meijyo University
AAAPT, President: Rajdeep S. Rawat (SG), DPP Vice Chair, Associate Professor, NTU Australian ITER Forum, Chair: Matthew Hole (AU), DPP chief secretary,A. Professor, ANU

Representatives from fields
Cross-Disciplinary:
Patrick Diamond (US/CN), I-HAC, CD PC chair, distinguished Professor, UCSD


Fundamental:

Akira Hasegawa (JP), I-HAC, Em Professor, Osaka University
Robert Dewar (AU), I-HAC, RMPP-HE, Em Professor, ANU
Sanae I. Itoh (JP), I-HAC, Em Professor, Kyushu University
Chio Zong Cheng (TW), I-HAC, Chandrasekhar Laureate, Em. Professor, NCKU
ChuanSheng Liu (US), I-HAC, Professor, University of Maryland
Yasushi Ono (JP), RMPP-AE, Professor, the University of Tokyo
Guoyang Fu (CN), Professor & Director, Zhejiang University
Taik Soo Hahm (KR), RMPP-CE, Professor, SNU
Fulvio Zonca (IT), Prof./Dr., ENEA& Zhejiang University
Dominique Escande (FR), Professor, Aix-Marseille Universite, CNRS, PIIM

Basic:

Tomohiko Watanabe (JP), Basic PC chair, RMPP-AE, Professor, Nagoya University
Lin I (TW), Basic PC co-chair, I-HAC, Academician & Professor, NCU
Shunjiro Shinohara (JP), Basic PC co-chair, Professor, TUAT
Shin-Hung Chen (TW), DPP Vice Chair, Professor, NCU
Hiroshi Akatsuka(JP), Professor, TITECH
Rajaraman Ganesh (IN), RMPP-AE, Professor, IPR
A A Mamun (BG), RMPP-AE, Professor, Jahangirnagar University
Yaming Zou (CN), Professor, Modern Physics Institute, Fudan University
Kwo Ray Chu (TW), Professor, National Taiwan University
Chiow-San Wong (MY), I-HAC, Em. Professor, University of Malaya
Osamu Ishihara (JP), I-HAC, President, Chubu University
Choong-Seock Chang (US), Chief Scientist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Cary Forrest (US), Professor/Director, University of Wisconsin
Yoshiharu Uesugi (JP), Professor, Kanazawa University
Mike Mauel (US), Professor, Columbia University

 

Applied:
Yi-Kang Pu (CN), Applied PC chair, RMPP-CE, Professor, Tsinghua University
Wonho Choe (KO), Applied PC co-chair, Professor, KAIST
Jung-Sik Yoon (KR), Applied PC co-chair, DPP Vice Chair, National Fusion Research Institute
Masaharu Shiratani (JP), Applied PC co-chair, DPP vice chair, Kyushu University
Roderick Boswell(AU), I-HAC, AppliedPCco-chair,RMPP-CE, Professor, ANU
Rikizo Hatakeyama (JP), I-HAC, Em Professor, Tohoku University
Francis F. Chen (US), I-HAC, Professor, UCLA
Masaru Hori (JP), Professor, Graduate school of Engineering, Nagoya University
Paul Kim Ho Chu (HK), Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong
Suk Jae Yoo (KO), I-HAC, President, National Fusion Research Institute
Ashish Gangul (IN), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology
Deepak Prasad Subedi (NP), Director of Research, RDC, Kathmandu University
Teck Yong Tou (MY), Multimedia University  

 

Laser and Particle Beams:
Jie Zhang (CN), Laser PC Chair, Professor, IOP
Kunioki Mima (JP), I=HAC, Laser PC co-chair, Professor, GPI
Zheng Ming Sheng (CN), Laser PC co-chair, Professor, SJTU
G. Ravindra Kumar (In), Laser PC co-chair, Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental research
Hyyong Suk (KR), Laser PC co-chair, Professor, Chair, GIST
Amita Das (IN), DPP Vice Chair,  RMPP-AE, Professor, IPR
Ryosuke Kodama (JP), Professor&Director, ILE, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Hitoki Yoneda (JP): Professor & Director, Institute of Laser Science, University of Electric Comm.
Tetsuya Kawachi (JP):  Director, KPRI, QST
Chang Hee Nam (KO), I-HAC, Laser PC co-chair, Professor & Director, GIST
Xian-Tu He (CN), I-HAC, Academician, Peking University
Hiurich Hora (AU), Professor, University of New South Wales
Toshiki Tajima (US), I-HAC, Professor, UCI
Sylvie Jacquemot (EU), Professor, Ecole Polytechnique
E. Michael Campbell (US): Professor, LLE, University of Rochester
Hideaki Takabe(DE), Professor/Dr., HZDR
Kazuo Tanaka (RO), Professor/Scientific Director, ELI-NP
Youichi Sakawa (JP), Professor, Osaka University

 
Space & Geomagnetism:

Xiaohua Deng (CN), DPP Vice Chair, Vice President, Nanchang University
Ryouichi Fujii (JP), I-HAC, President, Research Organization of Information Sciences
Zuyin Pu (CN), I-HAC, Professor, Peking University
Lou-Chuang Lee (TW), I-HAC, Chandrasekhar Laureate, Academician, Academia Sinica
Lin Ni Hau (TW), Professor, National Central University
Bimla Buti (IN), I-HAC, Founder & President, Buti Foundation
Don Melrose (AU), I-HAC, Chandrasekhar Laureate, Em. Professor, University of Sydney Iver Cairns (AU), Professor, University of Sydney
Dong-Hun Lee (KR), I-HAC, RMPP-AE, Professor, Kyung Hee University
Yu Lin (US), RMPP-CE, Professor, Auburn University
Masahiro Hoshino (JP), Professor, University of Tokyo
Toru Hada (JP), Professor, Kyushu University
Bruce Tsurutani (US), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Daniel Baker (US), Professor, University of Colorado LASP, Boulder


Solar and Astro:

Ryoji Matsumoto (JP), SA PC Chair, DPP Vice chair, RMPP AE, Professor, Chiba University
Peng-Fei Chen (CN), SA PC co-Chair, RMPP-AE, Professor, Nanjing University
Jungyeon Cho (KR), SA PC co-Chair, Chungnam National University
Hantao Ji (US), SA PC co-Chair, Professor, Princeton University
Kanya Kusano (JP), Professor&Director, Nagoya University
Dongsu Ryu (KO), Professor, Department of Physics, UNIST
Arnab Rai Chaudhuri (IN), I-HAC, Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science
Jingxiu Wang(CN), I-HAC, Professor, UCAS
Kazuo Makishima (JP), Em. Professor, the University of Tokyo
Rony Keppens (DE), Professor, Ku Leuven
Joerg Buechner (DE), Professor, Max-Planck-Institute for Sonnensystemforschung
Dipankar Baneyjee, Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics

Magnetic Fusion:

Yasuaki Kishimoto (JP), MF PC-co-chair, Professor& director of IAE, Kyoto University
Min Xu (CN), MF PC-co-chair, Professor, SWIP
Akio Komori (JP), I-HAC, President, National Institutes of Natural Science
Tomohiro Morisaki (JP),  Executive director, Large Helical Device (LHD), NIFS, NINS
Shashank Chaturvedi (IN), Director, Institute for Plasma Research
Sibylle Guenter (EU), Scientific director, Max Planck Institute for plasma physics
Anthony Donne (EU), Programme Manager for the consortium EUROfusion
Alain Becoulet (EU), Head of Institute, Institute for Research on Magnetic Fusion, CEA/ Cadarache
Tony Taylor (US), Vice president, GA, USA
Francois Waelbloeck (US), Director, Institute for Fusion Study, University of Texas
Ian Chapman (UK), Director, CCFE
Takaaki Fujita (JP), Professor, Nagoya University
Won Namkung(KR), Em. Professor, POSTECH
Yutaka Kamada (JP), Deputy director General, Naka, QST
Joaquin Sanchez (ES), Director, CIEMAT
Piero Martin (IT), Professor, University of Padova and Consorzio RFX
Ambrogio Fasoli(CH), Professor/Director, SPC, EPFL
Dennis Whyte(US), Professor, MIT
Richard Hawryluk(US), Associate Director for Fusion, PPPL
Hiroshi Yamada (JP), Fellow Professor, NIFS
Kenichi Kurihara (JP), Director General, Naka, QST
Takeo Muroga (JP), Deputy Director General, NIFS
Yong Liu (CN), I-HAC, President, SWIP
Kun Lu (CN), ASIPP
Keeman Kim (KR), NFRI
Aparajita Mukharjee (IN), IPR
Yican Wu (CN), Director, INEST
Hartmut Zohm (DE), Member of Board of Director, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

 

 Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

LOC Chair: Ge Zhuang 
LOC members:

tbd.

 
 Scientific Program Committee 

General PC chair: M. Kikuchi (QST)
General PC Co-chair: X. Duan (SWIP)

Scientific program will be categorized into following 9 fields following 9 Program Committees.

1. Cross Disciplinary (CD) PC
P. Diamond (Chair, UCSD)
Lu Wang (Co-chair, HUST)
Yusuke Kosuga (co-chair, Kyushu University)
Xavier Garbet (Co-chair, CEA)
David Hughes (Co-chair, Leeds University)
Shigeo Yoden (Co-chair, Kyoto University)

2. Fundamental (F) PC
Zensho Yoshida (Chair, University of Tokyo)
Robert Dewar (Co-chair, ANU)
T.S. Hahm (Co-chair, SNU)
Hong Qin (Co-chair, USTC)
Phillip Morrison (Co-chair, U. Texas)
3. Basic (B) PC:
Tomohiko Watanabe (Chair, Nagoya University)
Lin I (Co-chair, NCU)
S. Shinohara (Co-chair, TUAT)
Prabal Chattopadhyay (Co-chair, IPR)
Ding Li (Co-chair, IOP-CAS)
Feng Yan (Member, Soochow University)
JinLin Xie (Member, USTC)
EU member
US member
4. Applied (A) PC:
Yi-Kang Pu (Chair, Tsinghua University)
Wonho Choe (Co-chair, KAIST)
M. Shiratani (Co-chair, Kyushu University)
Rod Boswell (Co-chair, ANU)
Tony Murphy (Member, CSIRO)
Kazunori Takahashi (Member, Tohoku University)
Keh-Chyang Leou (National Tsinghua U)
Tsanko Vaskov Tsankov (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Svetlana Starikovskaia (Ecole Polytechnique)
Mikhail Shneider (Princeton University)

5. Laser (L) PC:
Jie Zhang (Chair, SJTU)
K. Mima (Co-chair, GPI)
Ravindra Kumar (Co-chair, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Hyyong Suk (Co-chair, GIST)
Zheng Ming Sheng (Co-chair, SJTU)
Jian Zheng (Member, USTC)
Yongtao Zhao (XJTU)
Ke Lan (IAPCM)
Yuji Fukuda (QST)
Youichi Sakawa (Osaka U)
Chang Hee Nam (GIST)
Sudip Sengupta (IPR)
M. Krishnamurthy (TIFR)
Michel Koenig (LULI)
Chikang Li (MIT)
6. Space and Geomagnetism (S) PC:
Xiaohua Deng (Chair, Nanchan University)
QuanMing Lu (Co-chair, USTC)
Tohru Hada (Co-chair, Kyushu University)
Dong-He Lee (Co-chair, Kyung Hee University)
Bruce Tsurutani (Co-chair, Caltech)
Masahiro Hoshino, Univ. Tokyo, Japan
Gurbax Lakhina, Indian Inst Geomagnetism, India
7. Solar and Astro (SA) PC:
Ryoji Matsumoto (Chair, Chiba University))
Hantao Ji (Co-chair, Princeton University)
Peng Fei Chen (Co-chair)
Jungyeon Cho(Co-chair, Chungnam National University)
Kazunari Shibata (Member, Kyoto University)
Dongsu Ryu (Member, UNIST)
Feng Yuan (Member, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)
Dipankar Banerjee (Member, Indian Institute of Astrophysics)
Pin-Gao Gu (Member, ASIAA)
Siming Liu (Member, Purple Mountain Observatory)
Hui Li (Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Kyungsuk Cho (Member, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
EU member
8. Magnetic fusion (MF) PC:
Hyeon Park (Chair, UNIST)
Yasuaki Kishimoto (Co-chair, Kyoto University)
Min Xu (Co-chair, SWIP)
Yong-Seok Hwang (Member, SNU)
Guosheng Xu (Member, ASIPP)
Shaojie Wang (USTC, Member)
Katsumi Ida (Member, NIFS)
Takaaki Fujita (Member, Nagoya University)
Wulyu Zhong (Member, SWIP)
Abhijit Sen (Member, IPR)
Gunsu Yun (Member, POSTECH)
Siwoo Yoon (Member, NFRI)
Matthew J. Hole (ANU)
Gia-Tuong Hoang(CEA)
George McKee (Member, Wisconsin/ GA)
Steven A. Sabbagh (Member, Columbia/PPPL)

1) CD focused topics: Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interaction, Transitions, Relaxation

2) F focused topics: The "Fundamental”category is for presentations that have universal impact disseminating to wide area of sciences. The sessions will be built around the following four subjects:
1 Nonlinear physics (including Hamiltonian structure, integrability, chaos, turbulence, etc.).
2 Linear theory (including spectral analysis, non-Hermitian system, symmetry breaking/chirality, etc.).
3 Statistical physics (including entropy,non-equilibrium system, SOC, turbulence, etc.).
4 Modeling (including toy model, topological dynamics, quantum/relativistic system, etc.).

3) Basic will cover following subjects: 1. Plasma Simulation, 2. Strongly-coupled& Dusty& Quantum plasmas, 3. Atomic& Molecular in plasma for astro/solar/space, laser, low temp and fusion applications, 4. Plasma Diagnostics, 5. Non-neutral plasma, 7. Plasma propulsion, 8. Plasma source and plasma heating system, etc. 

       

 

        
        
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