Category: Program

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES OVERVIEW

Important Policies at a Glance

• The presenting author or representative must be a registered Conference attendee. Registration details are available here.

• Presentations must be delivered in person in Pittsburgh. Virtual and hybrid presentations are not supported.

• Accepted abstracts that are not presented as scheduled will be considered “no-show” abstracts.

• Only abstracts presented in the program are eligible for manuscript submission and publication consideration.

• Poster presenters must remain at their posters during the assigned session period.

• Presentation formats are assigned by the Program Committee and may be adjusted based on program needs.

• Abstract changes must be submitted by August 3, 2026.

• Abstracts accepted for presentation will be published in the official conference program and made publicly available prior to the conference.

• All presentations must be delivered in English.

• Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and proper authorship of all submitted materials, including content generated or modified using AI-based tools.

• The registration fee includes one manuscript submission for a presented abstract included in the conference program. Additional manuscript submissions for other presented program abstracts may be purchased for an additional fee. See the Publication page for detailed information.

• A single presenter registration may cover multiple presentations by the same presenting author. Please note that the registration fee includes only one manuscript submission; additional manuscript submissions require payment of the applicable publication fee.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS & PAPERS

General Information

• Abstract submission opens Wednesday, December 10, 2025. 

• Presentations are either oral or poster. The Program Committee reserves the right to change the type of presentation from that preferred by the author to accommodate limitations on meeting space and other constraints.

• Abstract submission extended deadline: 11:59 PM EST, Monday, February 2, 2026.  This deadline is firm! Abstract submissions are no longer accepted except for the extreme circumstance of presenting last minute, ground-breaking research. In such cases, please contact Centennial Conferences by email with your abstract be sure to include the appropriate submission category. Abstracts will be sent to the Program Committee Chairs for possible consideration at the committee’s discretion.

• After the abstract submission deadline, abstracts will no longer be accepted except for the extreme circumstance of presenting last minute, ground-breaking research.

• Abstract acceptance notifications will be emailed to the submitting and presenting authors on March 16, 2026.

• Modest abstract changes will be accepted until August 3, 2026, and must be emailed to asc@centennialconferences.com for review/approval.

• Acceptance of an abstract and its presentation (whether oral or poster) does not guarantee that the related manuscript will be accepted for publication.

• All presenting authors on accepted abstracts must register for the conference and present their work in person in Pittsburgh. Virtual or hybrid presentations are not supported.

Scope of Submissions and Topic Areas

Submissions shall generally address at least one of the areas below. Click here for the full list of submission categories.

1. Applications of superconductors in Quantum Systems – Quantum Computing / Communications / Sensing. The most promising modalities for implementing the relatively new field of quantum information involve superconducting devices, superconducting qubits, and/or superconducting readout systems. ASC invites submissions related to Quantum Systems that include superconductors. Device, design, packaging, system related topics are included and solicited.
2. Advances in the science of superconductors relevant to applications. Abstracts describing basic materials, films, or artificial structures should discuss properties interesting for applications, forms used in applications such as elementary conductors or simple circuits, or structural or compositional aspects that potentially lead to use in a device. Theoretical content should address topics relevant to applications, operations, or behavior of practical systems. Experimental studies, test methods, and data should relate to aspects of superconductivity important for applications in some way.
3. Advances in superconducting technology. Abstracts may describe concepts, design, modelling, manufacturing or fabrication, and operation or implementation of superconducting devices or components. Extensions of conventional technologies by the use of superconductivity should emphasize the role of superconductivity in the device or component. Abstracts may describe non-superconducting technologies that are required for the use of superconductors, such as insulation, provided that the primary discussion is focused on applied superconductivity.
4. Integration of superconducting devices and components in systems. Abstracts may discuss sub-systems or full systems comprised of components such as cables, magnets, detectors, circuits, and so on. Discussions may include components and processes that support superconducting devices, such as cryogenic systems supporting superconducting magnets. Studies of power devices, transportation systems, electricity transmission, energy storage, and other systems that use superconducting components should emphasize the role of superconductivity or the particular aspects of superconductivity important to the system or application. Cryogenics, non-superconducting materials at cryogenic temperature, power supplies, power electronics, and other ancillary topics may be considered provided the connection to applied superconductivity is clear. Also, abstracts may describe facilities to verify operation of components, report system tests, or describe the status of superconducting systems and projects using superconducting components.

Note that the numbers are related to editorial subject areas of the IEEE Transactions of Applied Superconductivity (TAS). A submission category must be selected during abstract submission.

Abstract Preparation & Submission Guidelines

• All abstracts must be about applied superconductivity, must be written in the English language, must contain enough information to permit placement of the presentation into the program, and must make logical arguments based on scientific or engineering methods. The Program Committee reserves the right to reject abstracts that do not conform to these guidelines.

• Abstracts must be submitted via the ASC 2026 abstract submission site.

• Only the abstract title, abstract body (text only), and authors are required.

• Abstract Submission Checklist:
  • Ensure your abstract contains sufficient information for reviewers to determine its scientific quality.
  • Ensure your abstract is about applied superconductivity and explain the relevance.
  • Ensure your abstract is scientifically meaningful or otherwise descriptive of a substantial development in the ASC community and does it explain why.

• • Length restrictions include spaces and are as follows:

♦ Title and Abstract Content/Body: 3000 characters
♦ Acknowledgment: 300 characters

• Formatting may be performed by the abstract management system, please prepare your abstract in plain text.

• Abstract titles must be in mixed/sentence case.

• Some symbols (e.g., Greek letters) can be used in the abstract submission, however, if your symbol does not paste correctly (you should be able to see it on the screen), then please substitute the corresponding plain text.

• All co-authors must be included in the abstract submission site with a valid email address. If you have a large collaboration author list, you may provide a collaboration email address. However, only authors explicitly entered into the submission site will be displayed in the online planner for attendee viewing.

• During submission, authors will be requested to place their abstracts in a technical submission sub-category.

• A confirmation step will permit authors to verify all content and give final approval. Only completed submissions will be reviewed for technical program consideration. Draft submissions will not be considered.

• Submitting authors are responsible for the accuracy of all submitted information.

• The control number assigned to an abstract once it is submitted is the primary means of identifying an abstract until the program is formed. Please use the control number in any correspondence concerning abstracts until a program number has been issued.

Abstract Changes & Withdrawals

Abstract Changes & Modifications

Authors may modify abstracts until the deadline using the abstract submission site unless the submission has already been reviewed by the Program Committee.

If your abstract has already been reviewed and after the submission deadline, abstract content changes, i.e., modification of title or body, will be sent to the Program Committee for approval. Corrections, i.e., spelling or grammar, or author changes such as designation of different presenting author, changes to affiliations, changes to names, etc., can be completed without referral to the Program Committee. In either case, please contact Centennial Conferences by e-mail and specify whether you need a change or a correction in the e-mail subject line along with the Control ID.

Except for presenting author changes, modest abstract modifications will be accepted until August 3, 2026.

Abstract Withdrawals

• Abstracts can be withdrawn via the abstract submission site through the abstract submission deadline.

• Withdrawal requests after closing of the submission site must be sent to Centennial Conferences by e-mail. Please be sure to include your Control ID.

Disclosure

• Abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee.

• Submitting author email addresses will be added to the ASEF (ASC) email list (if not already on the list) to ensure that conference announcements are received.

• All abstracts submitted are disclosed to members of the ASC 2026 program committee and conference management. Abstracts accepted for presentation are made available publicly with launching the full conference program prior to the conference.

Questions?

For questions, please contact Centennial Conferences by email at asc@centennialconferences.com.

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