The second international conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA2001) was held from Sept. 10 to Sept. 14, 2001 et the Kyoto International Conference Hall under the Memorandum of Agreement among Osaka University (Japan), LULI-CNRS (France), and the University of California (USA). In this meeting more than 400 scientists from 19 countries met to exchange most recent information on science and technical applications. IFSA2001 continued the intention originally stated from the first at Bordeaux in 1999, which is to bring the diverse field of the community together in order to share the common vision for the milestones and the goal of inertial fusion energy (IFE), while learning how to exploit and how to expand the advances in basic sciences and in technical applications.

Fusion ignition, burning, and high gain in laboratories have long been the goal of the inertial fusion community. National projects will focus on the first fusion ignition in the 2008 in USA and in France. In China a national project has been launched also. As a new approach, fast ignition scheme has appeared. Integrated and basic physics experiments show promising results. Much new physics was discussed on the experiments, theory, and simulation in ultra intense laser interactions. The application of laser fusion science to astrophysics may open a new field. Further activities for laser fusion reactors may be called for.

Based on the recommendation of the scientific advisory board and the decision of the three co-chairs of IFSA, USA will host the third IFSA in 2003.

The meeting expressed their sincere condolences to all those affected in U.S.A. by the attacks on September 11, 2001 The second IFSA2001 was co-chaired by K. Mima (Osaka Univ.), M. Campbell (GA), and A. Migus (LULI).