Name
Supply-Chain/Critical Tech: Superconductors
Date & Time
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Sergey Samoilenkov Wolfgang Walter Andrea Augieri
Description

A panel of manufacturers and users explore key questions on the ongoing and evolving application of superconductivity, the development of high-field magnets, the arc of costs and supply on the path to commercially-viable fusion.

  • How are innovations in superconductivity and magnets driving advances in MCF approaches?
  • What supply-chain challenges and bottlenecks exist and how are they best be mitigated?
  • What new manufacturing lines are expected in near term and what will the effect be on supply and on costs?
  • What effect will magnet performance and cost have on the costs of an FOAK plant and the commercial viability of fusion?
  • What is the potential for the improved superconductors with increased production capacity to enable additional superconducting products outside fusion?

Moderated by: TBC