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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 between 7 and 9 November and coincides with the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall .[1]
Notable speakers [ edit ] Quarraisha Abdool Karim , CAPRISA, DurbanKevin Bales , University of NottinghamNeil Gershenfeld , Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyRob Knight , University of California, San DiegoLim Chuan Poh , A*STAR, SingaporeRandolph Nesse , Arizona State UniversityPeter Neumann , King's College LondonHélène Rey , London Business SchoolKatherine Richardson , University of CopenhagenEyal Weizman , Goldsmiths, University of LondonJune Andrews , University of Stirling, UKBruce A. Beutler , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USAEmmanuelle Charpentier , Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, GermanyOttmar Edenhofer , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, GermanyNilüfer Göle , École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, FranceDemis Hassabis , Google DeepMind, London, UKDirk Helbing , ETH Zurich, SwitzerlandNaila Kabeer , London School of Economics and Political Science, UKWolfgang Ketterle , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USANina Kraus , Northwestern University, USAJoanne Liu , Médecins Sans Frontières, SwitzerlandSaskia Sassen , Columbia University, New York CityBrian Schmidt , Australian National UniversityJackie Yi-Ru Ying , Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, SingaporeJean-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 ArchitectsKarl Deisseroth , Stanford University, USAStefan Hell , Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, GermanyLisa Kaltenegger , Cornell University, USAChristof Koch , Allen Institute for Brain Science, USANathan S. Lewis , California Institute of Technology, USAMariana Mazzucato , University of Sussex, UKSvante Pääbo , Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, GermanyAlan Rusbridger , Former Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian , UKThierry Zomahoun , African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South AfricaAnton Zeilinger , University of Vienna, AustriaDiane 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, USAOlafur Eliasson , artistJill Farrant , University of Cape Town, South AfricaStephen Friend , President Sage Bionetworks, USAAnita Goel , CEO Nanobiosym, USARolf-Dieter Heuer , CERN, SwitzerlandJules A. Hoffmann , Université de Strasbourg, FranceRobert P. Kirshner , Harvard University, USADaniel G. Nocera , Harvard University, USAOnora O'Neill , Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, University of Cambridge, UKMark Pagel , University of Reading, UKDan Shechtman , Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, IsraelSalil Shetty , Secretary General Amnesty International, UKLuc Steels , Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, SpainAi Weiwei , artistDavid Awschalom , University of California, Santa BarbaraMonique Breteler , Harvard School of Public Health in BostonMichael Bruter , London School of EconomicsPhilip Campbell , Nature Publishing GroupAwa Marie Coll-Seck , Senegal's Health MinisterDavid Harel , The Weizmann Institute of Science, IsraelMichel D. Kazatchkine , UN Special Envoy for HIV/Aids in Eastern Europe and Central AsiaAlan I. Leshner , AAAS and ScienceDaniel Libeskind , ArchitectHelga Nowotny , European Research Council (ERC), ViennaIna Schieferdecker , Fraunhofer FOKUS/Technische Universität BerlinHal Varian , Google Inc.Daniel Zajfman , Weizmann Institute of Science, IsraelAnastasia Ailamaki , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Nick Barton , Institute of Science and Technology, AustriaAaron Ciechanover , TechnionRobert Darnton , Harvard UniversityIngrid Daubechies , Duke UniversityRobert E. Horn , Stanford UniversityWang Hui , Tsinghua University, BeijingMary Kaldor , London School of EconomicsFerenc Krausz , Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics MunichAngela Merkel , Chancellor of the Federal Republic of GermanyHelga Nowotny , European Research Council (ERC), ViennaKõji Omi , The Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum KyotoAnnette Schavan , German Federal Minister of Education and ResearchDennis J. Snower , the Kiel Institute for the World EconomyCédric Villani , Université de LyonStewart Wallis , nef (the new economics foundation), LondonDalton Conley , Sociologist Frederick Cooper , historianHelmut Dosch , Physicist Olafur Eliasson , artistDoug Guthrie , Dean of The George Washington University School of Business Olga Holtz , mathematicianReinhard Hüttl , President at acatech Thomas Lengauer , Director at the Max Planck Institute for InformaticsYves 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 ResearchSabine Schmidtke , professor, Center for Advanced Judaic Studies , University of Pennsylvania Christian Wulff , President of Germany References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] 
