Name: Catalysing Impact: Superconductivity for Global Challenges
Start: 2025-12-01T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-02T15:00:00+01:00
Location: CERN

Catalysing Impact: Superconductivity for Global Challenges

from Monday 1 December 2025 (09:30) to Tuesday 2 December 2025 (15:00)

Monday 1 December 2025

09:30 Registration & Morning Coffee
Registration & Morning Coffee
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
10:00 Setting the Scene
Setting the Scene
10:00 - 10:45
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

10:00 Welcome and Introduction to CERN

10:15 Superconductivity Global Alliance - Ziad Melhem

10:30 UN-SDG 17
10:45 Superconductivity in Discovery Science
Superconductivity in Discovery Science
10:45 - 11:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

10:45 Keynote: Superconductors as enabling technologies in discovery science: past, present, and future.

11:00 Panel Session: Contributions of superconductors to fundamental research, ongoing developments, and future requirements.
11:30 Networking Coffee Break
Networking Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
12:00 Superconducting Applications for Society
Superconducting Applications for Society
12:00 - 12:45
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

12:00 Keynote: Superconductivity in science and technology: recent advances and emerging applications

12:15 Panel Session: Superconductors in research and industry – achievements, current status, and key challenges.
12:45 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:45 - 14:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
14:15 Technical and Supply Chain Challenges
Technical and Supply Chain Challenges
14:15 - 15:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

14:15 Keynote: Conductor and supply chain constraints: risks, bottlenecks, and mitigation strategies

14:30 Panel Session: Materials, manufacturing, and workforce development.
15:00 Investing Landscape
Investing Landscape
15:00 - 15:45
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

15:00 Keynote: Market dynamics and investment in superconductivity; challenges and outlook

15:15 Panel Session: Perspectives from corporate and institutional investor
15:45 Networking Coffee Break
Networking Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
16:15 Perspectives on Funding and Collaboration
Perspectives on Funding and Collaboration
16:15 - 17:45
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

16:15 Keynote: EU and national programs: Roadmaps, funding priorities, and risk reduction

16:25 Keynote: Venture investment: What attracts long-term capital?

16:35 Keynote: Public-private partnerships: Aligning incentives.

16:45 Technological advocacy on a global scale

16:55 Panel Session: Perspectives on Funding and Scaling up Investment.
17:45 Day Conclusions
Day Conclusions
17:45 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

18:00 Networking Cocktail
Networking Cocktail
18:00 - 19:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

20:00 Social Dinner
Social Dinner
20:00 - 22:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Tuesday 2 December 2025

08:30 CERN Visits
CERN Visits
08:30 - 09:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

09:30 Introduction to Round Table Discussions
Introduction to Round Table Discussions
09:30 - 10:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

10:00 Round Table Discussions – Challenges to Solve
Round Table Discussions – Challenges to Solve
10:00 - 12:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

13:30 Round Table Discussions – Challenges to Solve
Round Table Discussions – Challenges to Solve
13:30 - 14:30
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
14:30 Final Conclusions and Closing
Final Conclusions and Closing
14:30 - 15:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
Contributions

14:30 Round Table Conclusions

14:50 Final Conclusions and Closing

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