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Superconducting technologies have enabled many new innovations that have been developed significantly over the last few decades and are ready to be scaled up and deployed in diverse applications beyond their present usage, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), and physical sciences and research.

Superconductivity has the potential to provide means towards zero-emission targets, enabling extensive usage of wind power generation, facilitating zero-emission transportation, enabling fusion power, superconducting quantum computing, water purification new medical diagnosis and therapy tools, and new scientific breakthroughs.

Achieving net zero requires a significant overhaul of our energy systems, transportation, agriculture, and industrial practices. There is an urgent global need to address climate change. Unprecedented changes are driven by burning fossil fuels, deforestation & and industrial processes. Visible impacts of climate change include rising temperatures and extreme weather events, melting ice caps, and sea level rise. The scientific message is clear, preventing catastrophic and irreversible consequences of climate change requires new innovations and serious effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

To realise the potential of superconductors in addressing our societal future needs as identified in the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to address the zero-emission targets agreed upon in The Paris International Agreement (2016) limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees by 2050  will require, among other things, the development of new partnerships/alliances including new business models for investment and funding to accelerate the development of commercial superconducting technologies and solutions for diverse sectors and translate it into successful market applications.

Organised by the IOP Superconductivity Group

Co-sponsored by Oxford Quantum Solutions Ltd and Innovate UK KTN