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Date: January 20, 2010
Time: 14:00 ‐ 16:30h
Venue: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Auditoire MXF1
1015 Lausanne

Please find the location of the auditorium by consulting the following web link.

Purpose of the meeting
After having presented ITER directly to Swiss industry in Berne on September 28th, 2009, this meeting is now mainly addressed to professional organizations to raise their awareness of the activities deployed around ITER. This information will enable professional organizations to better advise their own members on the opportunities now being offered in conjunction with the construction of ITER.

Inscriptions: The event is free but you are kindly requested to fill out and send back your reply form to Alliance.

Preliminary Program

• Presentation of ITER: Historical review, purpose, present status
• Presentation of Procurement processes
  • as carried out by F4E
  • o as carried out by IO
• Message to convey to affiliated enterprises

See the article in Science of November 13, 2009, Vol. 326 NO. 5955 pp 932 ‐ 933 (link)

The following data have been updated:

• New or modified entries in the ITER Calls page.
• New or modified entries in the Grants for Industry and Research Labs page.
• New or modified entries in the Operational Procurements page.

ITER and F4E sign Vacuum Vessel PA

On Thursday, November 19, 2009, ITER and F4E signed the Procurement Agreement for the supply of seven of the nine sectors of the ITER Vacuum Vessel. Each sector weighs 450t, is 11 meters high and 13 meters wide.

The signature opens the door for F4E to initiate the tendering process to European industry.

See also: http://www.iter.org/newsline/Pages/108/1497.aspx

The following data have been updated:

• New or modified entries in the ITER Calls page.
• New or modified entries in the Grants for Industry and Research Labs page.
• New or modified entries in the Operational Procurements page.