Commercial Superconductivity Summit (CSS)

Start the day by checking in and meeting other attendees.

• Welcome and Introductions – ScGA and MagCorp (10 min)
• FL HTS Ecosystem – Governor’s Office and Florida Commerce, Secretary Alex Kelly, FL, USA (20 min)
• Superconductivity Global Alliance (ScGA) grand challenges and strategic roadmap – Prof. Ziad Melhem, Chairman of ScGA, Oxford, UK (30 min)
• Synergies between Semiconductor and Superconducting industries in Florida
  • Overview and Vision of NeoCity – Don Fisher, Osceola County Manager, NeoCity, FL, USA (15min)
  • NSF CFSIE Overview – Tawny Olore, CEO, Central Florida Semiconductor Institute Engine (CFSIE), FL, USA (15 min)
• Role of national labs in supporting the commercialization of Superconductivity – Dr. Kathleen Amm, Director of NHMFL, FSU, FL, USA (15 min)

• Private sector leadership and the MagCorp mission – Dr. Jeff Whalen, CEO, MagCorp, FL, USA (15 min)

Take a brief pause to connect and reflect on the sessions.

• Role of LTS materials and applications in the commercialization of superconductivity application – Dr Klaus Schlenga, EVP & CTO, Bruker EST, USA. (15 min)
  
  
• Role of HTS materials and applications in the commercialization of superconductivity application – Dr. Sergey Samoilenkov, CEO, Faraday 1867 Holdings LLC, USA. (15 min)
  
  
• Commercialization of Superconductivity in Data Centres in the Age of AI and Quantum – Peter Feldman, CEO QTD Systems, USA. (15 min)
  
  
• Next generation MRI – Josh Hildebrand, Director of Philips MRI, NY, USA. (15 min)
  
  
• High-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Cables – Dr. Sasha Ismael, VEIR, MA, USA. (15 min)
  
  
• The State of the Fusion Industry & Importance of Developing a Robust Supply Chain Including High Technology Magnets – Andrew Holland, CEO, Fusion Industry Association (FIA), USA. (15 min)

Share ideas and build meaningful connections with peers.

• WG1,2,3 – Industry, Energy, Power, Transport, Prof. Lance Cooley, Associate lab Director, NHMFL, FSU, USA (15 min)
• WG4 – Healthcare (WG4) Dr Joe Minervini, CTO Novum Insustria LLC, USA. (15 min)
• WG5 – Superconducting Electronics and Quantum Information Processing) Dr. Homes Scott. IEEE-IRDS, Independent Consultant (15 min)
• WG6 – Science Discovery (WG6), Dr Mark Bird, Chief Technology Officer, NHMFL, FSU, USA. (15 min)

Collaborate in focused groups to address key challenges.

• Assigned roundtables, each with a grand challenge and required to produce deliverables by the end of the session
• Deliverables:
  • Identification of key private sector players needed to address the challenges (funding, technical, supply chain, etc)
  • Remaining technical hurdles to reach markets for identified challenges, if any
  • Potential consortia for identified grand challenges
  • Shortlist of feasibility studies on selected grand challenges
  • Framework for a National Strategy for Superconductivity

Location: NeoCity OC Building, Hosted by ScGA and MagCorp