CONECTUS holds a special industrial session at EUCAS, ” Industrial Impact of European Superconducting Technologies“
The session will be moderated by Wolfgang Walter and Jan Plechacek
https://eucas2025.abstractserver.com/program/#/details/sessions/136
Jan Plecháček
CONECTUS Early Career Award winners 2025
The Awards Committee consisting of the CONECTUS Board + seven other experts in their respective fields have selected the CONECTUS Awards winners as follows:
1st prize: Nicolas Rotheudt of University of Liege, Belgium, for his work on: Improving the screening ability of high-temperature superconductors by combining disk-shaped bulks and closed-loop coated conductors
2nd prize: Lingdon Kong, of Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, China, for his work on: A superconducting nanowire two-photon coincidence counter with combinatorial time logic and amplitude multiplexing
3rd prize: Giacomo Russo of University of Bologna, Italy, for his work on: Intelligent and Application-Oriented Optimal Design of Travelling Field Flux Pumps
the Awards Ceremony will take place as part of the EUCAS 2025 Conference in Porto:
Archive Hall (1200)
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
09:30 – 09:50
EUCAS 2025
European Conference on Applied SuperconductivitySeptember 21-25, 2025 | Porto, Portugal WEB: https://eucas2025.esas.org/ The biennial European Conference on Applied Superconductivity is ESAS’ flagship event. The event brings together workers in the Materials, Large Scale and Electronics aspects of applied superconductivity from across the world.
PASREG 2025
14th International Workshop on Processing and Applications of Superconducting (RE)BCO Materials in Tokyo, JapanNovember 28 – 30, 2025 | Toyko, Japan WEB: https://smartconf.jp/content/pasreg2025 The PASREG2025 workshop will focus on all important aspects of the fabrication, characterization, and magnetizing technique of high-temperature and conventional superconductor bulks.The workshop will also cover innovative applications using superconductor bulks and recent … Read more
International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2025)
38th International Symposium on SuperconductivityDecember 2-4, 2025 | Nagasaki, Japan WEB: https://www.iss2025.jp/ A unique international symposium covering four areas of superconductivity: Physics and Chemistry (PC), Wires and Bulk (WB), Electronic Devices (ED), and Large Scale Applications (AP)
CONECTUS Welcomes a new member – Suprema
We are happy to annonce a new CONECTUS member. Suprema is an Italian company, a spin-off from ENEA focused on the large-scale production of cutting-edge High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) tapes. With over 20 years of experience in HTS technology, Suprema develops innovative solutions to tackle global energy and climate challenges.
CONECTUS took part in ISIS-31 in Japan
CONECTUS participated in ISIS-31, the International Superconductivity Industry Summit, held in Kanazawa, Japan the first week in December. Representing us were Jan Plecháček and Oliver de Haas, who shared exciting insights into the field of superconductivity.
Jan provided an overview of European activities in superconductivity, while Oliver presented on the innovative use of superconducting bearings in automation.
The summit was a fantastic opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research and hear promising forecasts for the future of applied superconductivity—especially with the growing momentum of projects leveraging coated conductors.
THEVA reaches milestone: Successful deployment of the world’s first superconducting 110 kV high-voltage cable
CONECTUS member THEVA announced an important step in the development of innovative energy technologies. In cooperation with Stadtwerke München (SWM), the world’s first superconducting 110 kV high-voltage cable was successfully commissioned at the main substation in Menzing on October 9, 2024.
CONECTUS Welcomes a new member – SUBRA
We are happy to annonce a new CONECTUS member. SUBRA is a Danish company focusing on innovation, industrial scale production and making a sustainable impact through energy technology development and global collaboration. Founded in 2014, SUBRA A/S is a spin-out from the Technical University of Denmark and is based on more than 15 years of innovation and research in superconductor technology and surface science.
CONECTUS will host Summer School in Prague
The ESAS Summer School on Superconductivity organized and hosted by CONECTUS will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 24-28, 2024. Given the nature of CONECTUS Association, in addition to general theoretical topics, our School will be focusing mainly on practical applications and also showcase industrial use of superconductivity. More info.