With the theme "Superconductors in the Marketplace," the 2002 Applied Superconductivity Conference, to be held Aug. 4-9 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, will feature top scientists, engineers and industrial leaders from 50 countries discussing the current status and future potential of the field. The event, hosted by the Texas Center for Superconductivity and Advanced Materials at UH, is the largest conference in the world focusing on commercial applications of superconductivity.