In the last ten years many research efforts were devoted to the control of individual  MHD stabilities, such as energetic particle modes (EPM), sawteeth (ST), neoclassical tearing modes (NTM), Edge localized modes (ELMs) and resistive wall modes (RWM) in magnetically confined high temperature plasma. However, the consistent simultaneous integration of several or even all those methods for a realistic plasma scenario of fusion machines like ITER becomes more and more important but has not been demonstrated so far.

This seminar aims to bring together the leading scientists from the experimental and the theoretical community in the field of active control of MHD stability. Discussing together and summarizing recent approaches will improve the physics understanding of the various control schemes applied and help to develop a realistic start to integrate methods for active control of instabilities in a tokamak plasma. Another major goal of this seminar is to give young scientists the opportunity to enter an active and growing field of research by interacting with world-leading experts.

The seminar is generously supported by the Wilhelm und Else Heraeus-Stiftung(WE-Heraeus Foundation).