Report

Falling Walls Lab Sendai

Date: August 28, 2020
Time: 14:00 –
Venue: Online

Falling Walls Lab Sendai gained a huge success with a plenty of outstanding presentations.
Among 20 presenters, we are delighted to announce the 3 winners of Falling Walls Lab Sendai.

1st Winner
　Xinyi Yang
　Department of Frontier Science for Advanced Environment, Applied Environmental Chemistry, Tohoku University
　Presentation title: Breaking the Wall of Abandoned Mine Wastewater

2nd Winner
　Jonas K. H. Fischer
　JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Tokyo
　Presentation title: Breaking the Wall of Energy-Efficient Data Storage

3rd Winner
　Sangeetha Ratnayake
　Information Technology, Division of Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, Hokkaido University
　Presentation title: Breaking the Wall of Computer-Aided Therapeutic Design

Our winners Ms. Yang and Dr. Fischer are going to present their ideas in the virtual Falling Walls Remote 2020 event.
We would like to send the best wishes to the winners of Sendai Lab!

Falling Walls Lab Sendai 2020 [Video]

 

Falling Walls and Berlin Science Week: The Science Breakthroughs of the Year

Falling Walls 2020 Remote: The Breakthroughs of the Year

 

Press Conference
Date: October 14, 2020
Location: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
Website : https://falling-walls.com/event/press-conference/

 

Emerging Talents Day
FALLING WALLS WINNERS SESSION: EMERGING TALENTS
Date: November 4, 2020
Website : https://falling-walls.com/remote2020/finalists/filters/emerging-talents/

More than 900 nominees from 111 countries were on their way to winning the "Science Breakthrough of the Year" award in their respective categories. In this session, the Top 10 winners in the Emerging Talents category presented their groundbreaking achievements and significant impact on science and society.

 

Falling Walls Day
Breakthrough Winners of the year awards ceremony (Online)
Date: November 9, 2020

Dr. Jonas K. H. Fischer, one of the winners of FWL Sendai, was selected as 1 of 10 Winners in the Emerging Talents category by the distinguished jury. Jonas and his project were highlighted during the virtual event on November 4, 14:15 CET (22:15 JST), in front of a global audience and was invited to participate in the Q&A and Community Session afterwards.

 

Berlin Science Week (Online)
Date: November 1-10, 2020
Website : https://berlinscienceweek.com/

 

Public Lecture Event in Berlin Science Week 2020
Date: November 2, 2020
Title: Learning from disasters for a resilient society: Experiences from the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami and COVID-19 pandemic
Time : 10:00-11:30 (CEST) / 18:00-19:30 (JST)
Link: https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/berlin_science_week_2020_final.html

 

Berlin Science Week 2020 Final Report [Mar. 01, 2020 Updated]
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