Annual science event in Berlin, Germany
The Falling Walls Science Summit (previously Falling Walls Conference) is an annual science event in Berlin , Germany , which takes place from 7 to 9 November and coincides with the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall .[1] Guided by the question "Which are the next walls to fall in science and society?" the Science Summit aims to showcase scientific breakthroughs, foster a dialogue between science and general public and connect global leaders from science, business, and media to develop solutions for the greatest challenges of our time. Originally being a one-day conference, the summit has expanded and now spans three days: Falling Walls Pitches on 7 November (pitches from up-and-coming scientists, science start-ups, and science engagers), Falling Walls Circle on 8 November (round table debates between global leaders from science, politics, and business) and Falling Walls Breakthrough Day on 9 November (keynotes of the Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year laureates and renowned international speakers).
Quarraisha Abdool Karim , CAPRISA, Durban
Kevin Bales , University of Nottingham
Neil Gershenfeld , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rob Knight , University of California, San Diego
Lim Chuan Poh , A*STAR, Singapore
Randolph Nesse , Arizona State University
Peter Neumann , King's College London
Hélène Rey , London Business School
Katherine Richardson , University of Copenhagen
Eyal Weizman , Goldsmiths, University of London
June Andrews , University of Stirling, UK
Bruce A. Beutler , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Emmanuelle Charpentier , Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany
Ottmar Edenhofer , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
Nilüfer Göle , École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France
Demis Hassabis , Google DeepMind, London, UK
Dirk Helbing , ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Naila Kabeer , London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Wolfgang Ketterle , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Nina Kraus , Northwestern University, USA
Joanne Liu , Médecins Sans Frontières, Switzerland
Saskia Sassen , Columbia University, New York City
Brian Schmidt , Australian National University
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying , Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon , President, European Research Council (Session Host)
Rush D. Holt , CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Session Host)
Johanna Wanka , German Federal Minister of Education and Research (Official Opening)
David Chipperfield , David Chipperfield Architects
Karl Deisseroth , Stanford University, USA
Stefan Hell , Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
Lisa Kaltenegger , Cornell University, USA
Christof Koch , Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA
Nathan S. Lewis , California Institute of Technology, USA
Mariana Mazzucato , University of Sussex, UK
Svante Pääbo , Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
Alan Rusbridger , Former Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian , UK
Thierry Zomahoun , African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South Africa
Anton Zeilinger , University of Vienna, Austria
Diane Griffin , vice-president of the United States National Academy of Sciences (Session Host)
Angela Merkel , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (Official Opening)
Sir Paul Nurse , President of the Royal Society, UK (Session Host)
Rupert Stadler , CEO, AUDI AG, Germany (Dinner speech)
Philippe Taquet , President of the French Academy of Sciences (Session Host)
Lev Zelenyi , Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Session Host)
Jagdish N. Bhagwati , Columbia University, USA
Olafur Eliasson , artist
Jill Farrant , University of Cape Town, South Africa
Stephen Friend , President Sage Bionetworks, USA
Anita Goel , CEO Nanobiosym, USA
Rolf-Dieter Heuer , CERN, Switzerland
Jules A. Hoffmann , Université de Strasbourg, France
Robert P. Kirshner , Harvard University, USA
Daniel G. Nocera , Harvard University, USA
Onora O'Neill , Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, University of Cambridge, UK
Mark Pagel , University of Reading, UK
Dan Shechtman , Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Salil Shetty , Secretary General Amnesty International, UK
Luc Steels , Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, Spain
Ai Weiwei , artist
David Awschalom , University of California, Santa Barbara
Monique Breteler , Harvard School of Public Health in Boston
Michael Bruter , London School of Economics
Philip Campbell , Nature Publishing Group
Awa Marie Coll-Seck , Senegal's Health Minister
David Harel , The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Michel D. Kazatchkine , UN Special Envoy for HIV/Aids in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Alan I. Leshner , AAAS and Science
Daniel Libeskind , Architect
Helga Nowotny , European Research Council (ERC), Vienna
Ina Schieferdecker , Fraunhofer FOKUS/Technische Universität Berlin
Hal Varian , Google Inc.
Daniel Zajfman , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Anastasia Ailamaki , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Nick Barton , Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Aaron Ciechanover , Technion
Robert Darnton , Harvard University
Ingrid Daubechies , Duke University
Robert E. Horn , Stanford University
Wang Hui , Tsinghua University, Beijing
Mary Kaldor , London School of Economics
Ferenc Krausz , Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics Munich
Angela Merkel , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Helga Nowotny , European Research Council (ERC), Vienna
Kõji Omi , The Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum Kyoto
Annette Schavan , German Federal Minister of Education and Research
Dennis J. Snower , the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Cédric Villani , Université de Lyon
Stewart Wallis , nef (the new economics foundation), London
Dalton Conley , Sociologist
Frederick Cooper , historian
Helmut Dosch , Physicist
Olafur Eliasson , artist
Doug Guthrie , Dean of The George Washington University School of Business
Olga Holtz , mathematician
Reinhard Hüttl , President at acatech
Thomas Lengauer , Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Yves Leterme , Prime Minister of Belgium
Karl Ulrich Mayer , President of the Leibniz Association
Jürgen Mlynek , President of the Helmholtz Association
Annette Schavan , professor, German Federal Minister of Education and Research
Sabine Schmidtke , professor, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies , University of Pennsylvania
Christian Wulff , President of Germany