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2025-12-15
16:13
Conclusion & Closing / Lamont, Mike (speaker) (CERN)
2025 - 690. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
15:17
Panel Session: Perspectives from corporate and institutional investors / Roveda, Milena (speaker) (Gauss Fusion) ; Pezzoni, Luca (speaker) (ASG) ; Ferrazza, Francesca (speaker) (Eni Spa.) ; Vavilov, Andrey (speaker) (Faraday Factory)
While there are promising signals in investment trends, significant barriers remain. This session will explore what drives investment in superconductivity, what is the expected return, and where the greatest uncertainties lie..
2025 - 2915. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
11:28
ScGA Grand Challenges / Melhem, Ziad (speaker) (Oxford Quantum Solutions)
2025 - 895. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
11:27
Introduction to Roundtables / Habsburg, Amedeo (speaker)
2025 - 316. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
11:27
Day 1 - conclusions / Bottura, Luca (speaker) (CERN)
2025 - 228. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
11:27
Panel Session: Perspectives on Funding and Scaling up Investment. / Brodard, Pierre (speaker) (SERI) ; Dutton, John (speaker) (World Economic Forum) ; Sangiovanni, Giuseppe (speaker) (Exergon Ventures) ; Marques dos Santos, Fabio Luis (speaker) (ERC) ; Beigbeder, Charles (speaker) (Audacia)
Different types of funding bodies play complementary roles in advancing superconducting technologies. This session will explore practical mechanisms for collaboration, de-risking, and long-term alignment..
2025 - 2806. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
11:27
Keynote: Private Investment: What attracts venture & long-term capital? / Beigbeder, Charles (speaker) (Audacia)
While both private and public investment has allowed superconductivity and its applications to substantially grow, more support is needed for the technologies to address pressing societal problems. This session will discuss how public and private investment structures shape superconductivity development, covering national priorities, institutional and venture capital focus areas, and the vehicles driving deep-tech growth..
2025 - 1035. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
11:27
Panel Session: Materials, manufacturing, and workforce development / Corsaro, Pietro (speaker) (ASG) ; Alessandrini, Matteo (speaker) (Bruker) ; Tecker, Frank (speaker) (CERN) ; Torsello, Daniele (speaker) (ESAS) ; Holzapfel, Bernhard (speaker) (KIT)
Despite significant commercial progress, scaling superconducting systems still presents scientific, technical and logistical challenges. This session addresses production capacity, material limitations, and the need for a specialised workforce..
2025 - 3127. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
11:27
Keynote: Challenges in the Scale-up Process Materials, Manufacturing, Workforce / Alessandrini, Matteo (speaker) (Bruker)
In order to adequately supply the applications of superconductivity, the supply chain and ecosystem, must solve pressing challenges and develop alongside, its enabling technologies. This session will cover superconductor types, supply chains, and key producers, outlining material developments, growth forecasts, and major bottlenecks, from LTS cryogenic limits to HTS tape challenges, alongside current education gaps and ongoing R&D; to mitigate these risks..
2025 - 352. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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2025-12-15
11:21
Panel Session: Superconductors in industry and society: key challenges and opportunities / Duclot, Yann (speaker) (Nexans) ; Roell, Stefan (speaker) (Neoscan Solutions) ; Vedrine, Pierre (speaker) (CEA-IRFU) ; Ybanez, Ludovic (speaker) (Airbus UpNext) ; Brennan, Liam (speaker) (Tokomak Energy)
The transition of superconducting technologies from the research environment into an industrial and societal context is associated with challenges and opportunities. This session will explore where superconductors are now established technology, what challenges remain for future applications, and what are the most interesting opportunities on a near term and realistic horizon..
2025 - 2637. ScGA Initiative; Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges External links: Talk details; Event details In : Catalysing Impact - Superconductivity for Global Challenges

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