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With the support of FuseNet, I had the opportunity to present the findings of my master thesis at the 9th Runaway Electron Modelling (REM) meeting in Garching, Germany. I greatly benefited from hearing about many different aspects of runaway electron dynamics, control and mitigation. Multiple experimentalists presented their work from the previous two years at tokamaks like D‐IIID, TCV and COMPASS and discussed the upcoming campaigns. Additionally, I was fortunate to hear of the great progress different research groups (e.g., Chalmers) made in modelling runaway dynamics during disruptions (DREAM) and even during tokamak startup (STREAM).

When presenting my own research, I was a little nervous, as I was very impressed by the level of sophistication demonstrated by every participant at the meeting. I was really happy to see that the reactions to my talk were very positive, and it even sparked a very interesting discussion about a currently used model for SPI pellet fragmentation. During the REM, I was fortunate to meet a very nice and welcoming community and I hope I will be able to participate again in the future.