We’re excited to invite you to the Great Lakes Fusion Energy Summit and Mixer on Tuesday, May 6!
To celebrate Fusion Energy Week and to strategize about how our region will leverage its considerable assets and compete in this emerging, high-potential field, we’re gathering for a highly interactive Summit/Mixer sponsored by the UW-Madison Fusion Community in the Colleges of Engineering and Letters and Science, and 5 Lakes Institute.
There is no cost to attend this invite-only event. You can find more details on the REGISTRATION PAGE. (Please note there are separate registrations for the day and evening events. We’d love to have you join one or both, as your schedule permits!)
Reasons to participate
Great Lakes Fusion Energy Summit:
- Research displays, tours of labs and experiments, and one-on-one discussions with faculty and students at one of the two top fusion energy programs (MIT is the other one) in the country
- Key information about the fusion industry timeline, technologies, supply chain opportunities and workforce development
- An exciting announcement about regional fusion energy efforts
- Excellent networking with lunch included
Great Lakes Fusion Energy Mixer:
- Dynamic Q&A with Greg Van Dyk, CEO of Altrusion, a Seattle-area company that delivers expertise and advanced technologies in national security and fusion energy. Greg is also a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and a native of Wisconsin. Q&A will be led by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
- Discussion about how manufacturers can leverage existing assets and without big capital outlays position themselves to profit in defense and fusion energy markets
- Super fun networking game with fusion supply chain information
- Excellent networking with drinks and appetizers included
Our region has a significant ability to become a global leader in the fusion industry and we’d love to have you involved in making it happen. Feel free to pass this invitation along to other companies with the potential to be a part of the fusion industry supply chain.
Help inviting companies?
Here’s A LINK to the FIA supply chain report that was produced last summer. Companies that operate in areas on the following list (from Table 1 in the report) would be good candidates:
Critical components for fusion: Vacuum pumps/chambers; Specialized metals, eg high-grade steel; Control Software; Power electronics; Deuterium, Tritium, or other gaseous fusion fuels; Precision engineering and manufacturing services; Common metals eg nickel, copper; Engineering, Procurement and Construction; Cryogenic devices; Heat management technologies ; RF heating; Lithium (enriched); Magnets; HTS wire; First wall materials; Energy storage; Laser components; Lasers (assembled); Rare Earth metals.
Hope to see you on May 6th!
PS To get a sense of some of the considerable fusion energy assets/expertise in our region, listen to this Midwest Moxie radio show/podcast with Kieran Furlong, CEO and Co-Founder of Realta Fusion, a UW-Madison spinout company.
