Problems and perspectives of applied
high-current superconductivity:
highlights of the school on superconductivity,
may 25 - 30, 1997
(base "Kurchatovets", Protvino, Russia)
I.S. Baikov
The All-Russia Research Institute
of Interbranch Information, Moscow, Russia
V.S. Kruglov, A.K. Chernyshova
RRC "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia
L.S. Shirshov
Institute of High-Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia
A short review of the reports presented in the School on most advanced achievements in the fields of high-current superconductivity, its applications and future evolution is given.