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Director General Nominee of ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ, Kaname Ikeda, gave an overview in which he described the roles and responsibilities of the partners who will take part in constructing ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ, the present status and structure of the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ organization, and its targets in the short term. ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ PDDG Nominee Norbert Holtkamp spoke about the engineering challenges for ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ, such as the performance of the superconducting magnets, neutral beam development, and flexibility during operation. He also described the design review process, which should lead to a new ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ baseline design in spring 2007.

Many of the presentations of the conference are available on the web and .

The next IAEA fusion conference will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2008.