Global Context and US Leadership

Mission

This Cross-Cutting Group will evaluate strategic elements and strategic plan options proposed by Advocacy Group Initiatives on their prospective contributions to:

• US Leadership in Fusion Energy Sciences
• Contributions to and Synergy with the ITER Mission
• Contributions to and Synergy with the Global Effort in Fusion Energy Sciences
• Use of Private Enterprise to augment or partner with DOE FES funded efforts to strengthen US Leadership in Fusion Energy Sciences

What are the expected outputs of the Cross-Cutting Group?

• Provide feedback to Advocacy Groups by evaluating the scientific and technical accuracy of their ideas and initiatives.
• Evaluate the breadth of Advocacy Group input relative to the previously identified needs (ReNeW, 2015 <Topical> Report, etc...) and identify and solicit the community to suggest ideas to close remaining gaps

What will the Cross-Cutting Group NOT do?

• Provide public-facing output on recommendations and prioritization of the various Advocacy Group initiatives

Getting Involved

This Cross-Cutting Group is open to anyone who is looking to participate, and should contact the Leader(s) listed in the webpage header. You can get involved a little, or a lot, but we will ask for certain minimum amount of time (TBD) that can be devoted to this process to ensure we have the resources we need. The internal deliberations and discussions of the Cross-Cutting Group are kept private to ensure an open and free exchange of ideas, while the output will be accessible (see below)

If you simply want to provide suggestions or anonymous input, then you can use the anonymous submission form

Our Cross-Cutting Group presently meets on (TBD) via Zoom as well as circulates discussions via (TBD)

Topical Areas

To facilitate the evaluation of initiatives from Advocacy Groups, we have organized the Cross-Cutting Group in the follow sub-topical areas.

• (TBD)

Membership

The following people are people are currently participating in this Cross-Cutting Group (updated 5/18/2019):

• Gerald Navratil (Columbia University) - APS-DPP-CPP Program Committee Member (April 2019-present)
• (17) Akiyama, R. Buttery, B. Grierson, J. Guterl, S. Kaye, M. Knolker, F. Laggner, M. Mauel, O. Meneghini, R. Moyer, G. Navratil, C. Paz-Soldan, F. Poli, S. Smith, V. Soukhanovskii, G. Staebler, X. Xu
• YOU!

The following people have contributed input to this Cross-Cutting Group, but are no longer participating (updated <XX/YY/ZZ>):

• <names>

Initiatives the Cross-Cutting Group is Currently Evaluating

<table of the initiatives that we are currently providing feedback on>

Cross-Cutting Group Output

Pre-Workshop #1 (summary of existing community planning documents)

Workshop #1 (evaluations of initiatives)

Workshop #2 (TBD)

Snowmass (TBD)

Provide Input to the Cross-Cutting Group

There are multiple ways that you can provide input and we would like to get as much feedback from the community as possible. You can

• Provide input through the submission forms on the expert groups website, which can be linked to your name or provided anonymously*
• Directly e-mail the Cross-Cutting Group leader and/or members who can share your concerns during our internal discussions
• Join the Cross-Cutting Group and get involved directly - we understand you are busy and so can try to accommodate your participation

*The purpose of allowing anonymous input is to make sure people can provide evaluation and criticism of ideas that may be linked to their on-going research area and are worried that feedback negatively impact their career progression. If providing feedback anomalously, you will need to lay out a reasoned argument, including citations to prove your point as we won't be able to rely on name/title/position/experience to provide context.