RDA Hunter supported the inaugural Australian Falling Walls Lab innovation forum in Canberra in August this year to help find the next big success story in innovation.
The winner of the Lab was Dr Kim van Netten from the University of Newcastle. Dr van Netten will now travel to Berlin where she will represent Australia and compete against academics from around the world at the Falling Walls Lab Finale on November 8.
Falling Walls is a unique international platform for leaders from the worlds of science, business, politics, the arts and society. It was initiated on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Inspired by this world-changing event on
9 November 1989, the question of every Falling Walls gathering is: Which walls will fall next? Falling Walls fosters discussion on research and innovation and promotes the latest scientific findings among a broad audience from all parts of society.
On 8 November, the Finale of the Falling Walls Lab will bring together 100 aspiring innovators from around the world who compete for the title Falling Walls Young Innovator of the Year 2016. 20 science based start-ups, nominated by top universities and venture capital firms, will pitch their business idea to become the Science Start-Up of the Year 2016.
The Falling Walls Finale will be livestreamed on 9 November. It will feature all talks as well as interviews with speakers and guests.
More information: www.falling-walls.com