JULY 13
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-8:40 Welcome and Logistics: A. Bhattacharjee
Session I: ITER/JET Chair: R. Hawryluk
08:40-09:20 ITER Disruption Mitigation System—Physics Basis and Technology: M. Lehnen
09:20-10:00 JET and Compass Asymmetrical Disruptions: S. Gerasimov
10:00-10:30 Rotation Dynamics of coupled NTMs in ITER Scenario Development Discharges on DIII-D: B. Tobias
10:30-10:50 Coffee Break
10:50-11:30 Tearing Mode Control for ITER: E. Kolemen
11:30-12:00 Machine-Learning Studies of Jet Disruptions: W. Tang
12:00-12:30 Discussion on Session I
12:30-01:30 Lunch
Session II: MHD Simulations of Disruptions, Wall Currents, and Forces Chair: A. Bhattacharjee
01:30-02:10 Initial Simulations of Hot Vertical Displacement Events with NIMROD: C. Sovinec
02:10-02:50 M3D-C1 Simulation of a NSTX Disruption Induced by Rapid Current Ramp-down: S. Jardin
02:50-03:20 Wall Current Calculations for an NSTX VDE: J. Breslau
03:20-03:40 Coffee Break
03:40-04:10 Multi-Machine Analysis of Non-Axisymmetric and Rotating Halo Currents: C. Myers
04:10-04:40 Error field penetration and locking to the backward wave: J. Finn
04:40-05:10 Resistive Wall Tearing Mode Locking: H. Strauss
05:10-05:40 Discussion on Session II
07:00-09:00 Group Dinner at Nassau Inn
JULY 14
Session III: Runaway Electrons Chair: N. Eidietis
08:30-09:10 Kinetic Modeling of Runaway Electron Dynamics: T. Fullop
09:10-09:50 Runaway Electrons in the Near-Threshold Electric Field: P. Aleynikov
09:40-10:10 Avalanche Growth of Secondary Runaway Electrons: C. Liu
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:10 Development of the Quiescent Regime to Understand Runaway Electron Dissipation: C. Paz-Soldan
11:10-11:50 Important Parameters for Runaway Electron Physics in ITER : A. Boozer
11:50-12:20 Discussion on Session III
12:20-01:30 Lunch
Session IV: Disruption Mitigation Chair: M. Lehnen
01:30-02:10 Recent DIII-D Experiments in Disruption Mitigation: N. Eidietis
02:10-02:50 Rotation Effects in MGI Rapid Shutdown Simulation: V. Izzo
02:50-03:30 ITER Disruption Mitigation System Design Status: L. Baylor
03:30-03:50 Coffee Break
03:50-04:20 Discussion on Session IV
Session V: Joint Research Target (JRT) 2016 Chair: S. Gerhardt
04:20-04:35 DIII-D Plans: N. Eidietis
04:35-04:50 C-Mod Plans: R. Granetz
04:50-05:05 NSTX-U Plans: R. Raman
05:05-05:30 Discussion on JRT 2016
JULY 15
Session VI: More on Disruptions: Ideas and Plans Chair: C. Sovinec
08:30-09:10 The Tokamak Density Limit—-a Thermo-Resistive Disruption: D. Gates
09:10-09:40 Simulation of Radiation Driven Islands at the Density Limit: D. Brennan
09:40-10:20 Theory and Modeling Needs For Improved Kinetic Treatments of High-Beta Pressure Limits: J. Menard
10:20-10:40 Coffee Break
10:40-11:10 Global MHD Mode Stabilization for Disruption Avoidance in Tokamaks: S. Sabbagh
11:10-11:40 Role of Integrated Simulations in Disruption Physics Research: P. Bonoli
11:40-12:10 Transient Physics Workshop—Implications for Theory and Simulation of Disruptions: C. Greenfield
12:10-12:30 Concluding Remarks: A. Bhattacharjee