1. Virtual Office of Inertial Fusion Energy Welcome to the High Average Power Laser Technical Workshop Argonne Nat’l Lab - 1 Dept. of Energy - 1 Fusion Power Assoc. - 1 General Atomics - 6 Georgia Tech. - 1 INEEL - 2 LANL - 6 LLNL - 27 Luxel - 3 MER Corp. - 1 NRL - 8 Oak Ridge Natl. Lab - 2 Physical Optics Corp. - 2 Princeton Plasma Physics Lab - 1 SAIC - 1 Sandia Nat’l Lab - 5 Schafer - 3 Titan - 1 UC Los Angeles - 1 U. of Rochester - 3 UC Santa Barbara - 1 UC San Diego - 4 U. of Texas - 1 U. of Wisconsin - 7

2. Some Administrative Matters... Poster sessions are an experiment – You are encouraged to attend and visit all posters – Hors d’oeuvres will be served Tours (Spheromak, Mercury) are scheduled for Wednesday at 3:00 pm – You must have signed up in advance – A taxi will arrive at 3:30 pm at the Visitor’s Center Food - Breakfast & lunch are provided both days You are encouraged to interact during talks – Brief, focused questions, comments, and clarifications Photo shoot will be at 3:30 pm Tuesday Japanese have requested that the next Japan/US Laser-Driver IFE Workshop be held on March 12-14, 2003 in Osak a – Bring any concerns to Steve Payne by Wednesday noon Tammy Talovich is handling logistical / administrative issues – Email your presentation to her at: talovich1@llnl.gov – Following the meeting all talks will be posted at http://aries.ucsd.edu/LIB/MEETINGS/

3. Let the implosions begin!