

International Fall Gathering 2024
Women leaders in science, business and society came together at the International Fall Gathering 2024
How can we strengthen women’s voices in science and innovation? How can we make academia a more diverse and inclusive space? At this year’s International Fall Gathering in Berlin, remarkable women from around the world came together to explore these questions. Hosted by the Falling Walls Foundation, the event served as a platform for connection, inspiration, and sharing knowledge.
The get-together comprised a dynamic sequence of panel discussions, engaging workshops and networking activities and connected our outstanding 20 female early-career scientists from all across the world (Intensive Track) with this year's winners of the Women's Impact Award, profiled role models as well as partners and supporters from the Female Science Talents community.
Programme highlights:
- An inspiring keynote by Anousheh Ansari (XPRIZE Foundation), who shared her journey and insights on driving meaningful change.
- Engaging workshops focused on building Female Networks and advancing Diversity and Equity in Science.
- Thought-provoking panels on Gender-Sensitive Research and Female Leadership from a Global Perspective
- The prestigious Women’s Impact Award Ceremony, celebrating outstanding achievements and contributions from female scientists.
The International Fall Gathering is a joined initiative of Female Science Talents, the Elsevier Foundation, the Bayer Foundation, the Volkswagen Foundation, the DFG - German Research Foundation - and the Klaus Tschira Foundation.
Our Speakers and Participants

Women Breakthrough Award
Inge Katrin Herrmann
University of Zurich, University Hospital Balgrist, ETH/Empa

Women's Impact Award
Marianna Prokopi-Demetriades
RSL Revolutionary Labs Ltd, Theramir Ltd, Promed Bioscience Ltd

Margarita Zachariou
Bioinformatics Department, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING)

Katerina Pastra
Institute for Language & Speech Processing (ILSP), “Athena” Research Center

Jelena Grahovac
Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia (IORS)

Gül M. Kurtoğlu Eskişar
Dokuz Eylul University (DEU)

Akua Antwi-Agyakwa
COCOA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA

Monika Lessl
Bayer Foundation

Anousheh Ansari
XPRIZE Foundation

Shuping Juliana Maria Chan
Asian Scientist Magazine
Serena Giardino
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Ruth Morgan
University College London

Selmin Çalışkan

Shuyan Liu
Charité

Amelie Reigl
University Wuerzburg

Angela Tabiri
AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES GHANA

Arunima Murgai
CHARITÉ – UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN

Chisom Soremekun
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY UGANDA

Dana Pousty
Tel Aviv University

Darline Dize
ANTIMICROBIAL AND BIOCONTROL AGENT UNIT

Francine Tankeu
UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE

Léna Prouchet
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Mayra Yucely Beb Caal
BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTÉ UNIVERSITY / FEMTO-ST INSTITUTE

Nessreen Abdoun
Sudan University of Science and Technology

Paula Littlejohn
BC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Ramya Balasubramanian
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK

Reem Swidah
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Sara Velasquez
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Sri Fatmawati
INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI SEPULUH NOPEMBER

Subhangi Subedi
TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY

Adelheid Wessler
Volkswagen Foundation

Domiziana Francescon
The Elsevier Foundation

Gertraud Stadler
Charité

Jury Co-Chair
Cat Allman
Digital Science

Nicole Rinehart
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Simone Diniz
University of São Paulo

Jennifer Porto
NYU Berlin

Windie Höfs
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Zeit Zia Fellows

Mona Amer
The University of British Columbia, Zeit Zia Fellows

Philippa Scarlett
Elsevier Foundation

Martina Gieg
Heraeus Holding

Gesa Jones
Volkswagen Foundation

Victoria Sánchez Muñoz
Laboratoire D'Information Quantique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Klaus Tschira Stiftung Alumni

Tanya Shreedhar
TU Delft, Klaus Tschira Stiftung Alumni

Svetlana Klementyeva
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Klaus Tschira Stiftung Alumni

Nora Linn Strotjohann
Weizmann Institute of Science, Klaus Tschira Stiftung Alumni

Michaela Prothiwa
University of Antwerp, Klaus Tschira Stiftung Alumni

Falko Gauß
D-Fine, Klaus Tschira Stiftung Alumni

Daniel Carlson
Helmholtz-Zentrum Heroen, Klaus Tschira Stiftung Alumni

Carlos Cernuda
Mondragon University Basque Country

Ylann Schemm
The Elsevier Foundation

Ray Wanjiru
Mawazo Institute

Women's Impact Award
Antonia Morita Saktiawati
Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia