Falling Walls Circle

Informal Networking Launch with Appetisers

Lunch Break

WELCOME ADDRESSES

Jürgen Mlynek

Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Falling Walls Foundation

Christian Luft

State Secretary German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

SETTING THE SCENE

Anousheh Ansari

CEO, XPRIZE Foundation

IMPULSE STATEMENTS

MOONSHOT WAYS OF THINKING

Sarah Hunter

Director of Global Public Policy, X – the moonshot factory

Chris Fall

Director of Science, US Department of Energy

Rafael Laguna de la Vera

Founding Director, SprinD German Agency for Breakthrough Innovations

Thierry Zomahoun

President and CEO, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Coffee Break

WORKSHOP SESSION

MOONSHOT DESIGN

The Circle will be separated into four groups to simultaneously
ideate on how to apply moonshot thinking to specific real-world
challenges, led by four luminaries from science, business, policy
and society.

Short Refreshment Break

FINAL PLENARY

A summary of the workshop results and an open floor to share ideas
and address questions, moderated by Anousheh Ansari

CLOSING WORDS

Jürgen Mlynek on behalf of the Falling Walls Foundation

FALLING WALLS WELCOME RECEPTION

for all guests of the FALLING WALLS CONFERENCE
Take our FALLING WALLS CIRCLE shuttle to the
Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin