Breaking the Wall of Marine Fouling Hamza Alfarawati 2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Marine Fouling Hamza Alfarawati is addressing fouling on wet surfaces like ships and ports by modifying nanometal oxides and incorporating them into paints to strengthen and enhance their anti-collision and antimicrobial properties. The goal is to create an eco-friendly and cost-effective solution to combat fouling and extend the lifespan of painted surfaces. Watch Video Share
2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Marine Fouling Hamza Alfarawati is addressing fouling on wet surfaces like ships and ports by modifying nanometal oxides and incorporating them into paints to strengthen and enhance their anti-collision and antimicrobial properties. The goal is to create an eco-friendly and cost-effective solution to combat fouling and extend the lifespan of painted surfaces. Watch Video Share
Sustainable Architecture: Breaking the Wall of Unsustainable Building Technologies Jawaad Issoop 2021 Emerging Talents Global Call Winner Sustainable Architecture: Breaking the Wall of Unsustainable Building Technologies Following the tracks of ancient civilizations, Jawaad Issoop’s project democratizes building as the solution uses the material that is excavated, and the system allows anyone to build to their own convenience. Watch Video Share
2021 Emerging Talents Global Call Winner Sustainable Architecture: Breaking the Wall of Unsustainable Building Technologies Following the tracks of ancient civilizations, Jawaad Issoop’s project democratizes building as the solution uses the material that is excavated, and the system allows anyone to build to their own convenience. Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Digital Education Tobias Ernst Future Learning Breaking the Wall of Digital Education COVID-19 has hit the NGO sector hard, with the closure of study centres and workshop facilities, compounded by uncertainty about future re-openings. For many organizations, the transition to offering classes and learning content online has been beset with challenges, as there are few affordable platforms with the necessary infrastructure to… Watch Video Share
Future Learning Breaking the Wall of Digital Education COVID-19 has hit the NGO sector hard, with the closure of study centres and workshop facilities, compounded by uncertainty about future re-openings. For many organizations, the transition to offering classes and learning content online has been beset with challenges, as there are few affordable platforms with the necessary infrastructure to… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall to the New Human Brain Atlas Katrin Amunts Life Sciences Breaking the Wall to the New Human Brain Atlas “Julich-Brain” is the first 3D-atlas of the human brain that reflects the variability of the brain’s structure on the micro-level. It features close to 250 areas, more than 24000 brain sections were digitized, assembled in 3D and mapped. Big Data workflows and algorithms to detect areas helped assemble a never… Watch Video Share
Life Sciences Breaking the Wall to the New Human Brain Atlas “Julich-Brain” is the first 3D-atlas of the human brain that reflects the variability of the brain’s structure on the micro-level. It features close to 250 areas, more than 24000 brain sections were digitized, assembled in 3D and mapped. Big Data workflows and algorithms to detect areas helped assemble a never… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of Sustainable Green Hydrogen Heiner Camacho 2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Sustainable Green Hydrogen Heiner Camacho is addressing the costliness of the green energy transition by proposing the use of an intellectual property-based device to harvest the mechanical movements of ocean tides and waves. This innovative approach aims to transform this kinetic energy into electricity, specifically to power the hydrolytic process for obtaining “Green… Watch Video Share
2023 Emerging Talents Breaking the Wall of Sustainable Green Hydrogen Heiner Camacho is addressing the costliness of the green energy transition by proposing the use of an intellectual property-based device to harvest the mechanical movements of ocean tides and waves. This innovative approach aims to transform this kinetic energy into electricity, specifically to power the hydrolytic process for obtaining “Green… Watch Video Share
Breaking the Wall of How a Scientist Should Look Like Justin Yarrow, Mandisi Heshu , Justin Yarrow Science Engagement Breaking the Wall of How a Scientist Should Look Like SuperScientists is drawing living ~40 scientists in Africa as the superheroes they are and making trading cards and other materials that teach about science and the people behind it. We want learners to see scientists’ superpowers – catch a single virus and read its genome! – and that they are… Watch Video Share
Science Engagement Breaking the Wall of How a Scientist Should Look Like SuperScientists is drawing living ~40 scientists in Africa as the superheroes they are and making trading cards and other materials that teach about science and the people behind it. We want learners to see scientists’ superpowers – catch a single virus and read its genome! – and that they are… Watch Video Share
BREAKING THE WALL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES Bruce A. Beutler Life Sciences BREAKING THE WALL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES How Genetics Provides New Tools for Understanding Innate Immunity Humans and other organisms are under constant threat from deadly invaders – viruses, bacteria and other microbes which infiltrate the body, create dangerous toxins and damage or kill cells. Along the line of evolution, organisms developed sophisticated defence mechanisms to deal… Watch Video Share
Life Sciences BREAKING THE WALL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES How Genetics Provides New Tools for Understanding Innate Immunity Humans and other organisms are under constant threat from deadly invaders – viruses, bacteria and other microbes which infiltrate the body, create dangerous toxins and damage or kill cells. Along the line of evolution, organisms developed sophisticated defence mechanisms to deal… Watch Video Share
EXPERTS.AI Vojtěch Nosek 2022 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Science & Innovation Management Global Call Winner Science & Innovation Management EXPERTS.AI Vojtěch Nosek is the CEO and Co-founder of UNICO (www.unico.ai), a Prague-based tech innovations company. UNICO’s in-depth knowledge of the patent landscape, its interdisciplinary research network, and its own AI-powered EXPERTS.AI platform make it a front-runner in delivering technological innovations based on ground-breaking science. EXPERTS.AI is a smart AI-based matchmaker… Watch Video Share
2022 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Science & Innovation Management Global Call Winner Science & Innovation Management EXPERTS.AI Vojtěch Nosek is the CEO and Co-founder of UNICO (www.unico.ai), a Prague-based tech innovations company. UNICO’s in-depth knowledge of the patent landscape, its interdisciplinary research network, and its own AI-powered EXPERTS.AI platform make it a front-runner in delivering technological innovations based on ground-breaking science. EXPERTS.AI is a smart AI-based matchmaker… Watch Video Share
Using Telescopes for Collision-Warning: Breaking the Wall of Space Debris Mars Buttfield-Addison 2022 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Emerging Talents Emerging Talents Using Telescopes for Collision-Warning: Breaking the Wall of Space Debris Mars Buttfield-Addison proposes modifying the ‘brains’ of telescopes to allow them to triangulate objects in the near field, thereby mitigating the risks that orbital debris puts on critical space-based infrastructure. Watch Video Share
2022 2022 Winner 2022 Winner | Emerging Talents Emerging Talents Using Telescopes for Collision-Warning: Breaking the Wall of Space Debris Mars Buttfield-Addison proposes modifying the ‘brains’ of telescopes to allow them to triangulate objects in the near field, thereby mitigating the risks that orbital debris puts on critical space-based infrastructure. Watch Video Share
Sexual and Reproductive Health: Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Marianne W. Mureithi Marianne Wanjiru Mureithi, Alina Schadwinkel 2022 Breakthrough Conversations Sexual and Reproductive Health: Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Marianne W. Mureithi In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Marianne W. Mureithi who is part of the Falling Walls Female Science Talents Program. She talked about her role as Chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology at the University… Watch Video Share
2022 Breakthrough Conversations Sexual and Reproductive Health: Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation with Marianne W. Mureithi In this Falling Walls Breakthrough Conversation, digital participants had the chance to engage in a live conversation with Marianne W. Mureithi who is part of the Falling Walls Female Science Talents Program. She talked about her role as Chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology at the University… Watch Video Share