Three minutes is all it takes! Falling Walls Lab is a world-class pitch competition, networking forum, and steppingstone that brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary pool of students and early-career professionals by providing a stage for breakthrough ideas both globally and locally. Join the global platform for students and early-career professionals. Submit your application by June 30. Polish Science Contact Agency (PolSCA) in Brussels is among the partners of the event.
Every year in November, students, PhD students, scientists, start-up founders and innovators from around the world talk about the ideas what can demolish walls. Previously, national qualifying rounds are organized in over 70 countries. The first conference was held on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 2009. This year, the event will be held for the fourteenth time. Why is it worth to apply? Falling Walls is the unique global hub connecting science, business, and society.
- Win a trip to Berlin (travel and accommodation included)
- Participate in the global Falling Walls Lab Finale (November 7, 2022) in Berlin
- Receive a ticket to the prestigious Falling Walls Science Summit (November 7-9, 2022), where leaders in science, industry, and policymaking meet and discuss which walls will be the next to fall in science and society
- Take part in an exclusive extended program (the extended program events in past years have included a Springer Nature event on science publishing, an ‘Insights into German Research’ information session and science excursion, a networking dinner, etc.)
- Gain access to inspiring braindates with other Falling Walls Science Summit participants
- Increase your innovative project’s global reach and visibility with a pitch video in the Falling Walls content library
- Join the global Falling Walls community platform Falling Walls Connect
Falling Walls Lab Warsaw will take place on September 15, 2022, at the Warsaw University of Technology. It is organised by pro science, the largest specialist PR agency in Poland dedicated to working with the science, R&D, and education communities. It operates in the space where science, business and society meet because our aim is for these sectors to interconnect. The company’s goal is to bring value to the academic world – better communication that develops science, and to provide companies with inventive thinking and original solutions.
To take part in Falling Walls Lab Warsaw, go to the website. Submit your application via the red ‘Apply’ button by June 30, 2022, at 23:59. Also, make sure to send an email to lab@proscience.pl. In July, pro science will invite you to a free online training in public speaking. The training will be held in July or August.
It is also possible to apply for the competition later – until August 15, 2022. However, participation in the training is reserved for those who do so on the first date.
The initiator of the creation of the network is the Falling Walls Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Berlin. It is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Helmholtz Association, the Berlin Senate, as well as numerous recognized academic institutions, foundations, companies, and NGOs.
