The 2nd International West Lake Workshop on Fusion Theory and Simulation has been held at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on 24th -27th Dec. 2008. This year’s West Lake International workshop covered the two major subjects— turbulence and coherent structures, and energetic particle physics in magnetized fusion plasmas.
The conference was hosted by Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation (IFTS), Zhejiang University, with about 90 participants from the United States, Japan and Italy. There were 32 talks presented including invited talks and oral talks. Intensive discussions have been made among the attendees to improve domestic and international communication and collaboration.