Plenary Speakers

The ASC 2026 Conference continues our long-standing tradition of creating an exciting program including a slate of vibrant plenary speakers, who will present high-level overviews on topics the program committees consider as critical for both near-future and next-generation applications.  Perspectives will be addressed by the plenary speakers, on remarkable past progress, present developments and challenges, and future needs and emerging applications and niches that lie ahead.  The program committees are very pleased and honored to introduce ASC 2026 plenary speakers who have accepted to speak thus far, and their tentative presentation titles.

40th Anniversary of Cuprate Superconductors: The Discovery, the Present and the Future

Paul C. W. Chu
Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston Science Center

Collaboration Modes in Superconductivity, Applications to Large-Scale

Lucio Rossi 
University of Milan / INFN – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Current Status and Future of Quantum Computing

Irfan Siddiqi
University of California-Berkeley, Department of Physics

Current Status and Future of Superconducting Electronics

Samuel Benz
NIST-Boulder, Superconductive Electronics Group