The Falling Walls Breakthrough Day was live streamed here on 9 NOV
Thank you to all Partners, Supporters, Speakers and to the Falling Walls Team for this years Science Summit!
PROGRAMME
9 AM
WELCOME REMARKS S. Turner, DE, B. Stark-Watzinger, BMBF, DE
9.30 AM | SESSION 1
DISCOVERING EARTH & SPACE Mapping the Milky Way A. Helmi, University of Groningen, NL
LIFE SCIENCES Organocatalysis B. List, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, DE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES Earthquakes F. Cotton, GFZ Potsdam, DE
SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES 2023 Female Fear Factory P. Dineo Gqola, Nelson Mandela University, ZA
11.30 AM | SESSION 2
SCIENCE START-UPS 2023 Alessandro Grillini, Reyedar, Falling Walls Venture
PHYSICAL SCIENCES 2023 Quantum Magnets L.Šmejkal, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, DE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES Limitless Energy T. Ma, National Ignition Facility, US
SCIENCEPRENEURSHIP Invention Machines B. Schillings, X – The Moonshot Factory, US
PHYSICAL SCIENCES Attoseconds F. Krausz, Max Planck Institute Of Quantum Optics Munich & Lmu München, DE
LIFE SCIENCES Parkinson T. Gasser, University Hospital Tübingen, DE
IN CONVERSATION T. Gasser, Univ. Hospital Tübingen, DE, F. Krausz, MPI QT Optics, DE & J. Mlynek, DE
2 PM SESSION 3
LIFE SCIENCES Obesity M.Tschöp, Helmholtz Munich, DE
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY 2023 Decarbonisation C.Thang Dinh, Queen’s University,CA
SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES Humane Architecture A.Kundoo, Independent Architect, IN
SCIENCE & INNOVATION MANAGEMENT 2023 Democratised AI R.Kaczmarczyk, LAION, DE
SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT 2023 Diversity in STEM through Dance Yamilee Toussaint, Falling Walls Engage
4.30 PM SESSION 4
EMERGING TALENTS 2023 Alternative Plastics Joseph Bedard, Falling Walls Lab
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Intelligent Mobile Robots M. Hutter, ETH Zurich, CH
SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES Inflation U. Malmendier, University of California Berkeley, US
LIFE SCIENCES 2023 New Green Revolution C. He, The University of Chicago, US
ART & SCIENCE 2023 Musical Medicine E. Chew, King’s College London, GB