On 12–13 January 2026, the 7^th 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.

On 10 December 2015, the nuclear fusion facility at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald generated its first plasma. Since then, the world's most powerful stellarator-type experiment has broken several records – and now forms the basis for power plant plans by several start-up companies.

Dr. Michael Griener has been leading the new junior research group for experimental validation of physics-based plasma boundary models at IPP since 2025. Here he explains his research.

The new issue focuses on the successful completion of the conversion of the Garching Tokamak and its new experimental capabilities.
 

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics at Garching and Greifswald is one of Europe's leading fusion research centres.

 

IPP is dedicated to training outstanding young scientists, from providing practicals for undergraduates, then bachelor, master and PhD theses, to the presentation of comprehensive courses of graduate study.