The Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia organized the workshop ‘Nuclear fusion: technological challenges and opportunities for Spanish industries’ on 25 March. UPV-Innovation, IFMIF-DONES, CIEMAT and CDTI collaborated in the workshop.

During the session, the current European, international and national context of fusion energy, the national capacities both at fusion research and industrial level, the relevant industrial opportunities that are emerging in the sector and the important challenges it faces were presented.

Our Deputy Director, Moisés Weber, explained the importance of key infrastructures such as IFMIF-DONES in the European fusion roadmap. Together with Weber, Carlos Hidalgo, Director of the National Fusion Laboratory (CIEMAT); Belén del Cerro, Spanish ILO for ITER and IFMIF-DONES (CDTI); Fernando Conesa, Director UPV Innovation; and Eva Antonino, Director of ITEAM, participated in the conference.