Preface

33rd International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2020) It is our pleasure to report that the Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2020) held at AIST Tsukuba, Japan with virtual meeting rooms, December 1–3, 2020, are now published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). ISS2020 was co-organized by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and the Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). At first, ISS2020 was planned to be held in Wellington, New Zeeland. However, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the venue was changed to Tsukuba, Japan, and the symposium was organized to have both real and virtual meeting rooms. Participants from abroad joined online through the virtual meeting rooms. Total of 462 scientists, engineers, students, corporate executives and so on (182 from abroad) registered for ISS2020, and fruitful discussions were made to promote superconductor sciences and technologies. Total of 206 papers were presented, which included 5 plenary lectures, 59 invited talks, 142 contributed oral presentations. The papers published in JPCS were categorized into relevant topics in the following four fields; (a) Physics and Chemistry, (b) Wires and Bulk, (c) Electronic Devices, (d) Large Scale System Applications. To ensure the high publication standard mandated by JPCS, every paper was peer reviewed by a reviewer with expertise before it was accepted for publication. As editors of the Proceedings, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the reviewers involved in the evaluation of the papers for their invaluable contribution. List of Organization of ISS2020, Committees of ISS2020, International Advisory Committee are available in the pdf