Hamza Alfarawati

PRESENTED BY Mehak Mumtaz NOMINATED BY The Oxford Foundry Tags: Healthcare, Personalized Medicine, Photonics, Biomarkers

PRESENTED BY Luisa Javier NOMINATED BY King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Tags: Disinfectant, Organic, Eco friendly

How Open Systems and New Incentives Will Redefine Healthcare We already knew that “sharing is caring”, but what about “sharing is curing”? Digital disruption might soon hit the established system of patents and publishing in biomedical industry and academia respectively – a system ruled by reward structures centered on property,…

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

Cassyni makes academic video more accessible and useful for researchers and students globally. From entertainment to news, video has transformed many industries. However, researchers and students have not yet seen the full benefits of video. Massive quantities of video are available, but it remains difficult to use as a resource…

Rewriting Social Sciences: How humanity’s destiny can be framed by shared heritages through oceanic connections How can we think of the world as composed of categories derived from particular spaces and lifeworlds, rather than a space with categories seen as universal? How do we move beyond contingent formations, like nations…

PRESENTED BY André Ibisch NOMINATED BY TU Dortmund Tags: Intelligent Observation, Monitoring, Public Transportation, Retail Industry

Anne van Aaken initiated a breakthrough in how we think about international law. Focusing on the psychology/behavioral economics of international law and legal theory, she offers a new understanding of compliance, of how cooperation comes about and on the behavior of relevant actors in international law (eg arbitrators and humanitarian…

Quantum Computers in the NISQ Era – Competition or Cooperation? Falling Walls Circle Tables are lending the spotlight to world-leading scientists, science strategists and policy-makers from academia, business and politics discuss how we can apply science, research and innovation to get the world moving again. Quantum Computers have made headlines,…

The nominating institution Japan Science and Technology Agency on the breakthrough: Quantum information technologies are expected to bring scientific and social benefits that will change the world. Prof. Oiwa in Osaka University is conducting a JST project to develop a Poincaré interface using quantum dots as hardware for realizing long…