Falling Walls Science Summit 2024

Falling Walls Circle - Impact Dialogues: This discussion will focus on how digital transformation improves customer experience, financial competitiveness and market performance.

Falling Walls Circle - Round Table: In this session, four CEOs are amongst others discussing how innovations from research can be translated into corporate strategies.

Falling Walls Circle - Symposia: The Physical Sciences Symposium will be opened by our moderator and our partner, the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation.

Falling Walls Circle - Plenary Table: This Plenary Table will examine how frontier research fuels scientific and technological breakthroughs that impact the global economy and society.

Falling Walls Circle - Symposia: The 10 winners of the Falling Walls Global Call category Physical Sciences present their projects.

Falling Walls Circle - This panel will address challenges and offer recommendations for political, technological and civil society efforts to preserve the global free flow of information.

Falling Walls Circle - Impact Dialogue: This panel examines the 2024 US election's global impact on politics, foreign policy, and social cohesion.

Falling Walls Circle - Round Table: This session on Science Diplomacy will explore sustaining global collaborations and navigating crises.

Falling Walls Circle - Executive Table: This exclusive session explores the untapped disruptive potential of quantum technologies.

Falling Walls Circle - Executive Table: This exclusive session gathers global experts to explore the challenges in transforming heart health and how to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases.

Falling Walls Circle - Plenary Table: This session will explore how new technologies can transform agriculture into a more sustainable and resilient system.

Falling Walls Circle - Symposia: Selected young scientists present their projects to a high-level audience.

Falling Walls Circle - Plenary Table: This panel gathers experts from science, management and politics to discuss the current state and future directions of fusion technology.

Falling Walls Circle - Impact Dialogues: This panel explores Eastern Germany's electoral impact on the 2025 elections, policy, and global issues.

Falling Walls Circle - Round Table: This panel explores the evolving relationship between public and military research amid geopolitical tension.

Falling Walls Circle - Symposia: New insights into the fundamental principles shaping our understanding of the universe and the development of innovative technologies.

Falling Walls Circle - Symposia: The participants discuss current breakthroughs, challenges and opportunities in the physical sciences in three different groups.

Falling Walls Circle - Executive Table: This exclusive discussion assesses how governments, companies and researchers can preserve academic freedom.

Falling Walls Circle - Plenary Table: This session will explore frameworks for preparing the next generation of civic science leaders who bridge disciplines.

Falling Walls Circle - Round Table: This discussion will examine how these institutions transform the university model to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Falling Walls Circle - Symposia: This session will summarize the key insights from the day’s presentations and discussions, offering a reflective close to the event.

Falling Walls Circle - Insights Café: This session explores the issue of academic freedom in a multipolar world, focusing on recent developments in Ukraine and Russia.

Falling Walls Circle - Executive Table: This exclusive session is about pressing issues of philanthropy in Science and fundraising resonating across foundations and projects worldwide.

Falling Walls Circle - Plenary Table: This panel will explore critical aspects and opportunities in sustainable chemical value chains.

Falling Walls Circle: Round TableThis panel explores the theme of democracy under attack, focusing on the integrity of elections, the need for institutional innovation, and the resilience of societies

Falling Walls Circle - Executive Table: This exclusive session explores measures for establishing a sustainable fusion industry.

Falling Walls Circle - This exclusive panel will explore how shifting global alliances are reshaping international cooperation in science.

Falling Walls Circle - Impact Dialogues: This session will highlight strategies to protect and promote the freedom to think, question and share ideas.

Falling Walls Circle - Plenary Table: This panel will explore strategies for corporates and policymakers to shape the deep tech era.

Falling Walls Circle - Round Table: This KIWi Policy Talk will examine the election's impact on transatlantic science relations and how to address geopolitical shifts and political polarisation.