Teaching Coding Concepts in Disadvantaged Areas Jean Greyling Future Learning Global Call Winner Teaching Coding Concepts in Disadvantaged Areas Introducing learners from disadvantaged areas to coding concepts without computers In South Africa (as in many other countries) there is a desperate shortage of Software Developers. 16000 of our 25000 schools do not have computer labs. Consequently millions of learners from mainly disadvantage communities are mainly unaware of the lucrative… Watch Video Share
Future Learning Global Call Winner Teaching Coding Concepts in Disadvantaged Areas Introducing learners from disadvantaged areas to coding concepts without computers In South Africa (as in many other countries) there is a desperate shortage of Software Developers. 16000 of our 25000 schools do not have computer labs. Consequently millions of learners from mainly disadvantage communities are mainly unaware of the lucrative… Watch Video Share
Software Development: Empowering Marginalized Communities Remy Gakwaya Future Learning Global Call Winner Software Development: Empowering Marginalized Communities To end poverty & joblessness through software development. Utilization of technology for development TakenoLAB is an ICT Academy and Tech Hub, providing its communities with a wide range of technological platforms on which they can learn and practice software development. The introduction of online jobs is also allowing people to… Watch Video Share
Future Learning Global Call Winner Software Development: Empowering Marginalized Communities To end poverty & joblessness through software development. Utilization of technology for development TakenoLAB is an ICT Academy and Tech Hub, providing its communities with a wide range of technological platforms on which they can learn and practice software development. The introduction of online jobs is also allowing people to… Watch Video Share
Gendered Innovations 2022 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Science & Innovation Management Global Call Winner Science & Innovation Management Gendered Innovations Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology and has addressed the United Nations, European Parliament, and… Watch Video Share
2022 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Science & Innovation Management Global Call Winner Science & Innovation Management Gendered Innovations Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and Founding Director of Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology and has addressed the United Nations, European Parliament, and… Watch Video Share
BREAKING THE WALL TO PRECISE GENE SURGERY Emmanuelle Charpentier Life Sciences BREAKING THE WALL TO PRECISE GENE SURGERY How a Bacterial Defence System Revolutionizes Biomedical Research Many past scientific revolutions started with basic research, curiosity and a surprise moment. When Emmanuelle Charpentier and her co-workers were busy studying the defence system used by bacteria to shake off attacking viruses, they knew that this discovery was relevant way beyond… Watch Video Share
Life Sciences BREAKING THE WALL TO PRECISE GENE SURGERY How a Bacterial Defence System Revolutionizes Biomedical Research Many past scientific revolutions started with basic research, curiosity and a surprise moment. When Emmanuelle Charpentier and her co-workers were busy studying the defence system used by bacteria to shake off attacking viruses, they knew that this discovery was relevant way beyond… Watch Video Share
BREAKING THE WALL OF BIOCOMPLEXITY Life Sciences BREAKING THE WALL OF BIOCOMPLEXITY HOW A REACTIVE SYSTEMS APPROACH MAY LEAD TO FULL DYNAMIC MODELS OF MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS One-day experiments on living beings will be, to a large extent, substi-tuted by interactive simulations on computers. A decade ago, computer scientist David Harel, winner of the Israel Prize, the ACM Software System Award, the Emet… Watch Video Share
Life Sciences BREAKING THE WALL OF BIOCOMPLEXITY HOW A REACTIVE SYSTEMS APPROACH MAY LEAD TO FULL DYNAMIC MODELS OF MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS One-day experiments on living beings will be, to a large extent, substi-tuted by interactive simulations on computers. A decade ago, computer scientist David Harel, winner of the Israel Prize, the ACM Software System Award, the Emet… Watch Video Share
Air Company: Breaking the Wall of Climate Change Air Company 2022 2022 Winner Science Start-Ups Air Company: Breaking the Wall of Climate Change Nominated by: Phil De Luna, University of Toronto Presented by: Stafford Sheehan Watch Video Share
2022 2022 Winner Science Start-Ups Air Company: Breaking the Wall of Climate Change Nominated by: Phil De Luna, University of Toronto Presented by: Stafford Sheehan Watch Video Share
BREAKING THE WALL TO ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE Social Sciences & Humanities BREAKING THE WALL TO ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE How the Digital Humanities Help Us Think About the Past to Invent the Future The digital technologies of our times have revolutionised not just the way we live and work in the present, they also change our understanding of the past. Today’s archaeologists are equipped with gene sequencers and 3D… Watch Video Share
Social Sciences & Humanities BREAKING THE WALL TO ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE How the Digital Humanities Help Us Think About the Past to Invent the Future The digital technologies of our times have revolutionised not just the way we live and work in the present, they also change our understanding of the past. Today’s archaeologists are equipped with gene sequencers and 3D… Watch Video Share
Thermulon: Breaking the Wall to Fire-safe Affordable Insulation Materials Thermulon 2023 Science Start-Ups Thermulon: Breaking the Wall to Fire-safe Affordable Insulation Materials Nominated by: Thane Campbell, Deep Science Ventures Presented by: Samuel Cryer Watch Video Share
2023 Science Start-Ups Thermulon: Breaking the Wall to Fire-safe Affordable Insulation Materials Nominated by: Thane Campbell, Deep Science Ventures Presented by: Samuel Cryer Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall between Humans and Machines GHOST – feel it GmbH Science Start-Ups Breaking the Wall between Humans and Machines PRESENTED BY Laura Bücheler NOMINATED BY Profund Innovation – Freie Universität Berlin Tags: Haptics, Future of Mobility, Feel it Watch Video Share
Science Start-Ups Breaking the Wall between Humans and Machines PRESENTED BY Laura Bücheler NOMINATED BY Profund Innovation – Freie Universität Berlin Tags: Haptics, Future of Mobility, Feel it Watch Video Share
Science Museum: Breaking the Wall to Science Museums Across the World 2022 2022 Winner | Science Engagement Science Engagement Science Museum: Breaking the Wall to Science Museums Across the World MICRO is a distributed network of six-foot-tall science museums designed to meet curious people where they are – in hospital waiting rooms, libraries, bus terminals, laundromats, and other public spaces. MICRO’s goal is to challenge long-held public assumptions about who museums are for and, by removing barriers to access, to… Watch Video Share
2022 2022 Winner | Science Engagement Science Engagement Science Museum: Breaking the Wall to Science Museums Across the World MICRO is a distributed network of six-foot-tall science museums designed to meet curious people where they are – in hospital waiting rooms, libraries, bus terminals, laundromats, and other public spaces. MICRO’s goal is to challenge long-held public assumptions about who museums are for and, by removing barriers to access, to… Watch Video Share