The High Field Magnet (HFM) Annual Meeting 2026 was held at CERN from February 9 to 11, 2025. The event brought together 150 participants from 12 countries across three continents, underscoring the strong international and collaborative spirit of the programme.
The HFM R&D Programme was launched by CERN following the 2020 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics. It aims to develop the next generation of accelerator magnets for a future energy-frontier collider. The meeting covered the full spectrum of HFM activities, from conductor research and development to advanced magnet technologies, offering extensive opportunities to share recent results and discuss future directions.
Prof. Carmine Senatore presented an overview of the two main research lines pursued by the Group of Applied Superconductivity at the University of Geneva (link). The first focuses on the development of advanced Nb₃Sn wires based on internal oxidation, with particular attention to scaling up the process for industrial fabrication. The second addresses the electromechanical properties of state-of-the-art Nb₃Sn conductors, assessing their operational limits and performance as functional components within high-field magnets.