Falling WallsProgramme 2012

Programme 2012

Download as pdf Programme 2012 and the Speakers Profiles.
Welcome Reception
8 November - 8:00 pm - ESMT European School of Management and Technology in the former GDR Staatsratsgebäude, Berlin-Mitte
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Cornelia Quennet-Thielen
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Falling Walls Conference
9 November - Radialsystem, Berlin-Friedrichshain
 
Registration & Coffee
8,00 am
Welcome
9:00 pm - Sebastian Turner, Falling Walls Foundation
Keynote
9,05 - 9,20 am
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Philip D. Murphy
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
Session One
9:20 am – 11:00 am
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Philip Campbell
HOST
David Awschalom
David Awschalom
BREAKING THE WALL OF TRADITIONAL ELECTRONICS

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David Harel
BREAKING THE WALL OF BIOCOMPLEXITY
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Nicola Pugno
BREAKING THE WALL OF SUPER MATERIALS
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Hal Varian
BREAKING THE WALL OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
Coffee Break
Session Two
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
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Helga Nowotny
HOST
Aaron Kaplan
Aaron Kaplan
BREAKING THE WALL OF INTERNET CENSORSHIP
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Michael Bruter
BREAKING THE WALL OF THE POLLING BOOTH
Monique Breteler
Monique Breteler
BREAKING THE WALL OF BRAIN DEGENERATION
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Stefan Treue
BREAKING THE WALL OF SENSORY OVERLOAD
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Per Møller
BREAKING THE WALL OF BAD TASTE
Festive Address
12:50
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Annette Schavan
German Federal Minister of Education and Research
Lunch Break
Greeting Remarks
2,25 - Cornelia Yzer, Senator for Economics, Technology and Research, Berlin
FALLING WALLS LAB WINNERS
2,30 - The three winners of the Falling Walls Lab present their breakthroughs in three minutes each
Session Three
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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Reinhard F. Hüttl
HOST
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Ina Schieferdecker
BREAKING THE WALL OF UNINFORMED CITIES
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Tomas Saraceno
BREAKING THE WALL BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY
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Rachael McDermott
BREAKING THE WALL TO CONTROL FUSION POWER
Peter_Herzig
Peter Herzig
 BREAKING THE WALL OF THE DARK SIDE OF THE OCEANS
Coffee Break
Session Four
5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
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Michel D. Kazatchkine
HOST
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Awa Marie Coll Seck
BREAKING THE WALL OF CHILD MORTALITY
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Yanis Ben Amor
BREAKING THE WALL OF TROPICAL DISEASES
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Denis Broun
BREAKING THE WALL OF INACCESSIBLE DRUGS
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Daniel Libeskind
BREAKING THE WALL OF CONVENTION
Conclusions
6:15 pm
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Alan I. Leshner
CEO at AAAS and Executive Publisher of Science
Festive Dinner
7:00 pm - Museum for Communication Berlin, Berlin-Mitte  
Daniel Zajfman
Daniel Zajfman
BREAKING THE WALL BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
Full list of speakers
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