7 November 2024 | 09:30 - 11:00
Falling Walls Lab | Session 1
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD),
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF),
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG),
Springer Nature,
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin,
Sartorius,
Italienische Botschaft in Berlin
In this session, brilliant innovators from around the world present bold solutions to some of today’s most pressing global challenges in 3-minute pitches. From sustainable plastics and artificial intelligence to tackling education inequality, their ideas promise to reshape the future.
Order of presentation:
- Bárbara Ribeiro, Falling Walls Lab KAUST
Breaking the Wall of Coral Reef Decline - Thibault Vervenne, Falling Walls Lab Leuven
Breaking the Wall of Dr. Ross: A Comeback Kid - Anzia Juvis Angweri, Falling Walls Lab Cameroon
Breaking the Wall of Breast Cancer Detection - Jacob Martin, Falling Walls Lab Australia
Breaking the Wall of Green Graphite - Maria Eduarda Tavares, Falling Walls Lab Brazil
Breaking the Wall of Diversity in Genomics - Frienson Pradhan, Falling Walls Lab Kathmandu
Breaking the Wall of Pestilence - Andra-Lisa Maria Hoyt, Falling Walls Lab Baden-Württemberg
Breaking the Wall of Crumbling Walls - Daouda Faye, Falling Walls Lab Dakar
Breaking the Wall of Agricultural Finance - Lava Mohammed, Falling Walls Lab Erbil
Breaking the Wall of Conventional Solar Limits - Leone Bacciu, Falling Walls Lab Italy
Breaking the Wall of Black Boxes in Medicine - Constadina Rogers, Falling Walls Lab Atlantic Canada
Breaking the Wall of Plastic Accumulation - Tinaye Makoni, Falling Walls Lab Zimbabwe
Breaking the Wall of Energy Poverty - Samia Al Ryami, Falling Walls Lab Oman
Breaking the Wall of Depleted Water - Iwan Hächler, Falling Walls Lab Switzerland
Breaking the Wall of Foggy Surfaces - Vanessa Ivy Dodoo, Falling Walls Lab Ghana
Breaking the Wall of Post Harvest Losses - Naim Al-Haj Ali, Falling Walls Lab Jordan
Breaking the Wall of Custom Splint Production - Michelle Steven, Falling Walls Lab Tshwane
Breaking the Wall of Breast Cancer Diagnosis - Mark Motliuk, Falling Walls Lab Hungary
Breaking the Wall of Non-Chemical Pest Control - Upasana Jhariya, Falling Walls Lab Sendai
Breaking the Wall of Heavy Metals Waste - Alexa Zytnick, Falling Walls Lab San Francisco Bay Area
Breaking the Wall of Metal Mining - Nandor Kelecsenyi, Falling Walls Lab Kyiv
Breaking the Wall of Communication Boundaries - Ines Siti Sarah, Falling Walls Lab Indonesia
Breaking the Wall of Cervical Cancer Detection - Uriel Kevin Kroa Sem, Falling Walls Lab Abidjan
Breaking the Wall of Unsustainable Materials - Nawawan Klankoet, Falling Walls Lab Thailand
Breaking the Wall of Bacteria Eaters - Carlos Honrado, Falling Walls Lab Berlin-Adlershof
Breaking the Wall of Endometrial Cancer - Tania Cencara Rojas, Falling Walls Lab Peru
Breaking the Wall of Sustainable Plant Relief - Amith Kamath, Falling Walls Lab Fribourg
Breaking the Wall of Radiotherapy with AI - Neema Mfuru, Falling Walls Lab Tanzania
Breaking the Wall of Educational Inequality - Syuan-Yu Lin, Falling Walls Lab Taipei
Breaking the Wall of Reading Brain Decoding - Gabriele Greco, Falling Walls Lab Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Breaking the Wall of the Textile Industry