More than 200 companies will participate in the 2nd R+DONES Forum, held on 10 and 11 April in Granada. This figure far exceeds that achieved in the last edition, which had 160 registered participants. It should also be noted that 90% of the participants come from outside the province of Granada. “It is clear that IFMIF-DONES […]

A delegation from the Netherlands Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), led by its Fusion Director, Marco de Baar, visited us on March 11. During the meeting, both organizations presented their capabilities to explore different avenues of cooperation within the DONES project, mainly in the modelling of complex systems. Representatives of IFMIF-DONES and DIFFER will […]

The second edition of the DONES Xcitech has already defined its schedule. The Science and Technology School, organised by the IFMIF-DONES España Consortium and the University of Granada, will take place from 21 to 26 April in Granada (Spain). Leading world experts in fusion energy will participate in the three training programmes: ‘Legal aspects and […]

We are passionate about popularizing science. For this reason, we are grateful for the invitations we receive from schools to give talks to their teachers and students. On 21 March, Antonio Moreno, an engineer from IFMIF-DONES, participated in the orientation days at the El Carmelo school (Granada). There, he explained his professional career and current […]

The director of the IFMIF-DONES Spain Consortium, Angel Ibarra, moderated the round table “IFMIF-DONES and Large Scientific Facilities: an opportunity for industry”, which took place on 21 March at the Transfiere Forum. The meeting was attended by Belén Del Cerro (CDTI); Loreto del Valle Cebada (Junta de Andalucía); Manuel Garcia-Munoz (University of Seville); Erik Fernández […]

A Business Administration and Management graduate, Gloria Velasco Jiménez (Otura, Granada, 1992) emphasizes the coordination between the different project departments and the optimization of processes for the benefit of common objectives. She mainly looks forward to the team’s growth, which will continue in the coming months. For her, the role played by the ‘Women in […]

The IES Alhambra (Granada) hosted a talk on IFMIF-DONES during the 3rd Week of Arts and Sciences organised last February. Pablo Canca, researcher at the University of Granada who works at IFMIF-DONES, was in charge of explaining to the students the objectives of the scientific facility that is being built in Escúzar (Granada). “Our students […]

The European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Iliana Ivanova, chaired the first ‘High Level Round Table on Fostering Innovation for Fusion Energy in Europe’ on 14 March. Our Deputy Director, Moisés Weber, attended this meeting. Top representatives from the world of fusion in the public sector discussed with an international representative of […]

The DONES Steering Committee met in the Croatian city of Zagreb on 14th March, in its 3rd meeting, to discuss and review the progress of the DONES Programme, in particular the organisational and legal requirements needed to progress further. The DONES Steering Committee meeting, held at the National University Library in Zagreb, was attended Andrej […]

IFMIF-DONES is a unique facility requiring a broad set of technologies. Although most of the necessary technologies have already been validated, there are still some aspects that introduce risks in the evolution of the project. In order to mitigate these risks, a consortium of companies, with the support of research centres and the funding of […]