Falling Walls Lab Australia: event information 2017

About the Lab

The second Falling Walls Lab Australia will take place on 12 September 2017 at the Shine Dome in Canberra, hosted by the Australian Academy of Science in partnership with the Embassy of Germany in Canberra, the German–Australian Chamber for Industry and Commerce, the Royal Society Te Apārangi and the Embassy of Germany in Wellington.

Falling Walls Labs take place globally throughout the year. The winners of each international Falling Walls Lab qualify for the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin, which is held every year on 8 November.

Falling Walls Lab Australia will be an inspiring innovation forum, and will provide a platform for 25 excellent young researchers and social scientists, academics, entrepreneurs and professionals, from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Nations, across all disciplines, to present their research work, business model, innovative project, social initiative or idea in front of peers and a distinguished audience from academia and business. It is fast-paced and challenging: each participant has just 3 minutes on stage.

The panel of seven eminent judges from academia, business, government and finance will select the winner of this event. This distinguished jury will be chaired by Dr Charles Day, CEO of the Office of Innovation & Science Australia.

Who can attend

This event is open to anyone, and entry is free. However, we suggest you book early as seats are limited and will fill quickly. Deadline extended to 5pm Thursday 7 September.

Book here

The speakers

• Vera Klemm, The Kirby Institute
• Radhika De Silva, Monash University
• Peni Hausia Havea, Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development
• Amy Moss, The University of Sydney
• Masaba Gofran, The Australian National University
• Guilherme Tosi, UNSW Australia
• Federico Tomasetto, AgResearch Ltd
• Michael Widjaja, University of Technology Sydney
• Yousef Alquaryouti, The University of Queensland
• Vini Guatam, The Australian National University
• Madison Paton, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
• Christopher Petrie, University of Canterbury
• Jagmohan Chauhan, CSIRO
• Zhong Xiang Cheah, The University of Queensland
• Srilakshmi Srinivasan, Queensland University of Technology
• David Schmidtke, Griffith University
• Saeidi Mehdi, Auckland University of Technology
• Jonathon Mascorella, The University of Notre Dame Australia
• Lizzy Lowe, Macquarie University
• Ya Ou, The University of Queensland
• Sunil Gopaul, University of the South Pacific
• Mitchell de Vries, The Australian National University
• Meghna Talekar, The University of Queensland
• Sarah Hanieh, The University of Melbourne
• Mortaza Rezae, Curtin University

Program

10.30–11.00 am — Arrival and registration of guests

11.00–11.15 am — Welcome and introductory remarks

11.15–12:30 pm — Presentations (scholar presentations 1-13)

12.30–1.30 pm — Lunch break

1.30–2.45 pm — Presentations (scholar presentations 14-25)

2.45–3.45 pm — Jury evaluation session / Questacon show / afternoon tea

3.45–4.15 pm — Award ceremony, group picture and closing remarks

4.15–6.00 pm — Reception