Over the last 20 years, the EPEC (Electronics, Power and Energy Conversion) superconductivity group, which I head, has built up an outstanding international reputation in several areas of superconductivity research, ranging from novel theoretical tools for the understanding of superconducting properties up to real breakthroughs in the design of cutting-edge technologies. The group is now one of the strongest groups in the world with an extensive portfolio of experimental techniques and mathematical analysis tools. I have an internationally leading publication record which extends to more than 100 papers released in high impact scientific journals