Francesco Tafuri is Full Professor in Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Napoli Federico II.He is author of more than 250 publications and has given more than 100 invited talks at international conferences. Visiting Scientist at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center USA.His scientific interests fall in the field of Superconductivity and Quantum Technologies. He is leading the Superconducting Quantum Computation Team in Napoli, which has built the first Italian Superconducting Quantum Computer, leading national & international projects, Member of numerous national & international panels.