Nov 08, 2019 | 11.30 am – 6.00 pm
Falling Walls Circle
Axica
11.30 am
Informal Networking Launch with Appetisers
12.00 am
Lunch Break
1.00 pm
WELCOME ADDRESSES
Jürgen Mlynek
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Falling Walls Foundation
Christian Luft
State Secretary German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
1.15 am
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
2.45 am
Coffee Break
3.15 am
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.
4.45 pm
Short Refreshment Break
5.00 pm
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
6.00 pm
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