Debora Lucarelli

Nominated by: TNO – Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek Presented by: Luís Pedro Oliveira

Grand societal challenges can no longer be solved in ivory towers and back rooms. Diverse expertise and multidirectional knowledge exchange are increasingly important. But how can such collaboration work without compromising the autonomy of individual fields? Focusing on Science & Politics, this round table will explore how scientific knowledge can…

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…

Roman Fasel obtained his PhD in Physics in 1996 from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and joined Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, after post-doctoral research fellowships at La Trobe University (Melbourne) and the Fritz-Haber-Institute (Berlin). He is the head of the nanotech@surfaces Laboratory of Empa,…

Nurudeen Issa and his team are developing an innovative solar-wind hybrid for households and businesses that will offer renewable energy in an affordable way.

ImmerseMe is virtually breaking the wall of miscommunication by teaching language and culture through breakthrough technology virtual reality. We’ve partnered with educators around the globe to design a fully interactive platform with 1,000s of authentic lessons across 9 languages. So far 75,000 students have test driven our technology and we’ve…

Fabrication of a 3D bioprinting macro vascular tree that will be connected with the cells assemble micro capillary network to study the behavior of metastatic cells through the endothelial barrier. Tags: Bio-Tech.

Adivhaho Mphaphuli’s study seeks to propose a potential sustainable IoT application that will help detect pipe leakages in an efficient and effective way using IoT technologies.

David Stark researches networks of cognition in markets and teams. At Falling Walls, he was taking about about the idea of an algorithmic society, power asymmetries on the organizational level, and the relationship between platform providers and their customers.

Quantum Computing arguably presents the biggest shift in computer science since its inception. After 25 years of fundamental theoretical and experimental research, the top leaders in the field worldwide have committed themselves to the development of quantum computers as a real technology, solving real computational problems. The panelists of this…