Save the date: Europe's fusion industry meets in Garching
On 12–13 January 2026, the 7th Forum Fusion will bring together leading figures from research, the start-up scene, industry, the Federal Ministry of Research and the European Commission. The event will be hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching near Munich.
After decades of energy generation through nuclear fusion being purely a research topic, science, politics and business are now striving to accelerate the implementation of existing concepts in practice. At the 7th Forum Fusion, experts from all fields will meet to discuss current developments. The meeting is organised by the Fusion Industrial Liaison Office (FILO).
Participants include the Director-General of the international research reactor ITER, Pietro Barabaschi, representatives of the fusion companies Gauss Fusion, Marvel Fusion and Proxima Fusion, and the IPP directors Prof. Dr. Sibylle Günter and Prof. Dr. Hartmut Zohm.
The EU Commission will be represented by the head of unit for fusion, Dr Elena Righi Steele, and the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space will be represented by Dr Peter Schroth, head of the unit responsible for fusion.
Start: 12 January 2026, 11:30 a.m.
End: 13 January 2026, 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching.
After the lecture and discussion programme, participants can visit a research facility between 1:00 and 3:30 p.m. They can choose between the IPP fusion facility ASDEX Upgrade, the Centre for Advanced Laser Applications (CALA) at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) and the company KRP Mechatec.
Registration and further information about the programme: https://www.filo.kit.edu/
Journalists are welcome to attend.