Abstract

A roundtable discussion on room-temperature superconductivity took place from 6.30pm - 7.15pm CEST on Wednesday 6 September in the Europa Auditorium.

The event, organised in collaboration between the Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering Department of the University of Bologna, CERN, the SuPerconducting and other INnovative materials and devices Institute of the National Research Council (CNR-SPIN), and ENEA, to further study following the recent sensation sparked by the South Korean announcement on a new room temperature and ambient pressure superconducting material (LK-99), highlighting the debate animating the international scientific community and the media, and the potential scientific and technological impact of the supposed discovery. Moderated by Paola Catapano (scientific communicator and editorial content producer at CERN), the roundtable includes speeches by internationally renowned scientists and researchers who deal with various aspects of superconductivity, from theory to applications