ESAS International School on Applied Superconductivity

from Monday, 9 February 2026 (08:00) to Friday, 13 February 2026 (16:00)


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
9 Feb 2026
10 Feb 2026
11 Feb 2026
12 Feb 2026
13 Feb 2026
AM
08:00 Registration  
09:00 Introduction and opening welcome - Luca Bottura (CERN) Marco Breschi  
09:30
Session 1 (until 13:05)
09:30 Fundamentals of Superconductivity - Prof. Samuele Sanna (Univ. of Bologna)  
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
10:50 Fundamentals of Superconductivity - Prof. Samuele Sanna (Univ. of Bologna)  
11:35 Low and Medium Temperature Superconductors - Matteo Tropeano Tiziana Spina  
08:30
Session 2 (until 09:30)
08:30 Superconductivity for quantum technologies - Prof. Giampiero Pepe (Univ. of Napoli Federico II)  
09:30
Session 3 (until 12:50)
09:30 AC losses in LTS and HTS - Marco Breschi (University of Bologna)  
10:45 --- Coffee Break ---
11:05 Cryogenics - Dr Bertrand Baudouy (CEA Paris-Saclay)  
08:30
Session 4 (until 11:50)
08:30 Superconducting rotating machines - Rémi Dorget  
09:30 Superconducting power cables and SMES - Antonio Morandi  
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
10:50 Superconducting Transformers and Fault Current Limiters - Pascal Tixador (Grenoble-INP)  
11:50 Students Poster Session  
08:00
Session 5 (until 12:50)
08:30 Superconducting Magnets for Fusion - Valentina Corato  
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
10:50 High Field Magnets - Xavier CHAUD (Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses ‐ European Magnetic Field Laboratory, UPR3228 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Univ. Grenoble ‐Alpes, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, Univ. Paul Sabatier)  
11:50 Fabrication and Application of bulk superconductors - Dr Jan Plechacek (CAN Suprconductors)  
08:30
Session 6 (until 11:00)
08:30 Superconducting Magnets for MRI and NMR - Guillaume Dilasser (CEA Saclay)  
10:00 Magnet technologies transforming Medicine: particles for Cancer Therapies - Stephane Sanfilippo  
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:20
Session 7 (until 13:05)
11:20 Modeling for Applied Superconductivity - Antonio Macchiagodena (Alma mater studiorum Università di Bologna) Lorenzo Cavallucci  
12:20 Final Exam: check your understanding  
PM
13:05 --- Lunch ---
14:30
Session 2 (until 16:30)
14:30 High temperature superconductors: Cuprate and Iron based superconductors - Marina Putti  
16:30 --- Coffee Break ---
16:50
Session 2 (until 21:30)
16:50 Superconductivity for quantum technologies - Prof. Giampiero Pepe (Univ. of Napoli Federico II)  
17:50 ESAS Early Career Network - Daniele Torsello  
21:30 --- Self-funded ESAS-ECP networking event at Ca' Bè Osteria Enoteca, Piazza della Libertà, 9/ ---
12:50 --- Lunch ---
14:20
Session 3 (until 18:15)
14:20 Margins, Stability and Quench in LTS and HTS - Luca Bottura (CERN)  
16:05 --- Coffee Break ---
16:25 Mechanics of Superconductors - Dr Marc Dhallé  
21:15 --- Music in the fortress: opera concert with electric piano and soprano - Caligari Room of the Castle ---
13:00 --- Lunch ---
13:45 Ënjoy Ravenna !!! Bus leaving to Ravenna  
21:30 --- Singing in the seminar: Concert and Karaoke - Common Room in the Seminar Building ---
12:50 --- Lunch ---
14:20
Session 5 (until 18:00)
14:20 Accelerator Magnets - Bernardo Bordini (CERN)  
16:20 --- Coffee Break ---
16:40 HTS for magnetic confinement fusion - Round table  
20:00 --- Social dinner and best poster awards ceremony - Restaurant 'La Grotta', Via Roma 37, Bertinoro ---
13:05 --- Lunch ---
14:00 Wrap up session