An international business forum on ITER (IBF, ITER Business Forum) will be held during the 13th ICFRM, organised by the French Ministry of Industry in close collaboration with the CEA, the French Ministry for Research and the 13th ICFRM.

The aims of the IBF are:

• Establishing contacts between contractors, manufacturers and other actors of the ITER Project, through the organization of business meetings, thematic workshops and an industrial exhibition.

• Disseminate the latest information on the progress of the project and future calls for tender through a series of conferences by senior ITER management.

• Present the industrial vision of the technological challenges for ITER, during thematic workshops structured around the main ITER components and systems.

• Promote exchanges between contractors, manufacturers and fusion scientists for ITER: specific technical issues (plasma wall components, blanket, vacuum vessel, safety