Falling Walls Lab Belgrade 9 June 2019
Win a trip to Berlin. Great minds, 3 minutes, 1 day.
What is the Lab?
The Falling Walls Lab is an international forum for the next generation of outstanding innovators and creative thinkers. Its aim is to promote exceptional ideas and to connect promising scientists and entrepreneurs from all fields on a global level. Participants get the opportunity to present their research work, business model, or initiative to peers, a high-calibre jury made up of experts from academia and business, and the general public – in 3 minutes each.
Concept
Each year, academic institutions are invited to host their own Falling Walls Lab and to showcase the quality, diversity, and passion of their region’s most innovative minds. The most intriguing presenters of the locally hosted Falling Walls Labs travel to the Lab Finale in Berlin, Germany on 8 November. 100 Finalists present their work in front of a distinguished jury and showcase their solutions for today’s pressing challenges. All finalists win a ticket to attend the Falling Walls Conference where they meet the world’s movers and shakers of science, business, and policy-making. The three winners of the Lab Finale in Berlin are awarded the “Falling Walls Young Innovator of the Year” title, prize money, and get to pitch their idea once again on the grand stage of the Falling Walls Conference.
Participants
The international network of Falling Walls Labs includes renowned academic institutions from more than 60 countries. Stanford University, the ETH Zurich, and the University of Tokyo are only a few of the universities that have participated in the Falling Walls Lab programme.
The deadline for the participation in the Falling Walls Lab in Belgrade: 12 May 2019
For more information about the application process please visit the official website.
Falling Walls Conference: A Unique Access to Breakthroughs in Science and Society
The Falling Walls Conference is an annual global gathering of forward thinking individuals from 80 countries organised by the Falling Walls Foundation. Each year on 9 November – the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – 20 of the world’s leading scientists are invited to Berlin to present their current breakthrough research. The aim of the Conference is to:
- identify trends, opportunities and solutions for global challenges and discover international breakthrough research.
- connect outstanding researchers from different disciplines and support the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas internationally.
- build bridges between business, politics, academia and the arts.
- promote the latest scientific findings among a broader audience.
- inspire people to break down walls in science and society.
In 15-minute-talks, researchers from all disciplines present their work in front of 700 international guests. During the breaks, the Falling Walls Forum becomes the place for high-level Q&A where the audience can ask questions and engage in discussions. A new peer-learning platform, Braindate at Falling Walls, gives the audience the opportunity to contribute their knowledge and expertise to fellow participants.