Falling Walls Lab (https://falling-walls.com/lab) is an international pitch competition where scientist can present their innovative scientific ideas in 3 minutes. After the competition in Fribourg on April 21, 2026, the winner wins a ticket (which includes travel costs and accommodation) to present their idea in the prestigious global finale in Berlin on November 6-9, 2026 (https://falling-walls.com/science-summit/), where the international Lab winners interact and network with the world’s movers and shakers in science, business, and policymaking.
Join us at the Adolphe Merkle Institute at 14.00 on 21 April 2026 and listen to the pitches!
| When? | 21.04.2026 14:00 - 17:00 |
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| Where? | PER 18 C322 Auditorium Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg |
| speaker | Vanessa Matos Gonçalves: Breaking the Wall of Aging, Resilience, Sweat
Reza Darooei: Breaking the Wall of Medical Education Giona Segat: Breaking the Wall of Ethics in Smart Farming Prabhu Prasad Swain: Breaking the Wall of Surface Limits in AFM Yiting Liu: Breaking the Wall of Isolated Risk Modeling Alexander Biewald: Breaking the Wall of Dynano Anna Lytvynova: Breaking the Wall of Good Technology Negin Ghamsarian: Breaking the Wall of Dark Surgical Data Giulia Biagi: Breaking the Wall of Women’s Plastic Exposure Navadheer Yalamanchili: Breaking the Wall of Molecular Mirror Images Davide Scandella: Breaking the Wall of Tumour Margins in Surgery Santiago Martinez: Breaking the Wall of Physiological Tremors |
| Contact | NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials Sofia Martin Caba sofia.martincaba@unifr.ch Chemin des Verdiers 4 1700 Fribourg |
| More on | Website |
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