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The Falling Walls Conference is an annual global gathering of forward thinking individuals from 75 countries, held in Berlin. Each year, the world’s leading scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and Nobel laureates attend the conference and share their current breakthroughs. Among the 20 speakers last year was Awa Marie Coll Seck (Senegal’s Health Minister) and Hal Varian (Chief Economist at Google Inc.). In September this year, Falling Walls Qualifying Labs will take place in Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow and Sao Paulo. The Qualifying Labs will offer the opportunity to young academics and professionals to present their outstanding ideas, research projects and initiatives in 3 minutes. In November, the Falling Walls Lab Finale will be held in Berlin and will gather 100 participants, among them all winners of the Qualifying Labs. The University of Cape Town is recognized globally for its research and academic excellence. The Falling Walls Conference will be a great platform for UCT students and young professionals to share their research and breakthrough innovative ideas with international decision makers in politics, business, science and culture. A.T. Kearney and The Falling Walls Foundation would like to encourage participation. Deadline is 5 August 2013.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:48:25 +0000

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