Organized by Euresis Association.
Ambrogio Fasoli, Director of the Swiss Plasma Center (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Lausanne, President of the EUROfusion Consortium; Marcella Marconi, Director of the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory, National Institute of Astrophysics, Naples. Moderated by Carlo Sozzi, Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, National Research Council, Milan. 

The burning of the Sun during our days and the shining of the stars at night are spectacles we can witness daily, often without asking ourselves what we are truly observing. However, the question of what is happening before our eyes has led to one of the most fruitful and surprising scientific paths of the past two centuries, with enormous potential for application: nuclear fusion. This is the energy source of the stars and, ultimately, of every source of energy available on our Earth. The study of the physical processes that cause the birth and evolution of stars, which govern their luminosity, is rich in knowledge about our Universe. On the other hand, the success of attempts to reproduce and control nuclear fusion in the laboratory to harness the enormous amount of energy it would provide is a valuable contribution to solving one of the most urgent problems of our time. Two protagonists of these fascinating scientific endeavors will show us “where we are.”