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of numerous professional committees and academies, including the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Acatech – the German Academy of Science and Engineering, the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina and Academia Europaea.

reinharD F. hÜttl Professor, President, Acatech – German Academy of Science and Engineering, Berlin, Germany Reinhard Hüttl’s efforts at Acatech are inspired by the urgence to solve pressing global socio-economic questions through a sustainable management of the Earth’s resources and the development of future-oriented technologies. He received the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

matthias kleiner Professor, President, DFG German Research Foundation, Bonn, Germany Matthias Kleiner has played an instrumental role in a number of international and interdisciplinary research projects and research networks, and in 1997 was awarded the DFG’s Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. Professor Kleiner is a member 4 Falling Walls Conference 2011

jÜrgen mlynek Professor, President, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Berlin, Germany Jürgen Mlynek, an experimental physicist in quantum optics, winner of the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, moved from teaching to research management, serving as Vice-President of the German Research Foundation and later as President of Humboldt-Universität in Berlin. Since 2005, he has been President of Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

helga nowotny Professor em. of Social Studies of Science, ETH Zürich, President, European Research Council (ERC) Helga Nowotny is President and founding member of the European Research Council. She received several prizes and awards like the J.D. Bernal Prize, for her life-long achievements in the social studies of science. Helga Nowotny is a Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and a long standing member of the Academia Europaea.for her life-long achievements in the social studies of science.

Dennis snower Professor of Economics , Chair of Economic Theory, University of Kiel, President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany Together with Assar Lindbeck, Dennis J. Snower developed the "insider-outsider theory" explaining the dynamics of unemployment and has advised numerous international organisations and governments. He is the current President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, where he also initiated the Global Economic Symposium.

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breaking the wall oF sustainable Chemistry how moDern alChemy Can leaD to inexpensive anD Clean teChnology

paul Chirik

rofessor of chemistry Paul Chirik and his research group at Princeton, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry, are on a mission to turn lead into gold� Or, to be more precise, to make lead act like gold� Precious metals are instrumental to some of the most widespread and important chemical processes in our world, such as the osmium needed to synthesise fertiliser and the platinum needed to make jeans bendable, shoes sturdy and envelopes sticky� The problem is that precious metals are expensive and subject to rampant speculation� Chirik is developing ways to get cheap metals, such as iron, work like platinum and replacing the more expensive in common industrial reactions� The

is personalizeD meDiCine going to Cure all human malaDies?

aaron CieChanover

Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, USA

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Distinguished University Professor, Tumor and Vascular Biology Research Center, The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate 2004 in Chemistry, Israel

technique offers huge advances for sustainable chemistry. Paul Chirik’s projects in this field have been recognised by institutions like the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Chemical Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which granted him the Research Award 2011�

www.falling-walls.com/lectures/paul-chirik

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re we soon going to dispose of the cheap (US$ <1,000) and fast (a few minutes) sequencing and processing of our genomes to have highly tailored treatments? The challenge in elaborating a new medical model that overcomes the limits of standard care is providing affordable practices that take into account the genetic variability of the patient, going beyond traditional reactive approaches to individual care based on the study of family history, social circumstances, environment and behaviours� Aaron Ciechanover is leading an interdisciplinary study at Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) in Haifa that in the future might allow for the identification and characterisation of new disease-specific mo-

lecular markers and drug targets necessary to the design of novel, mechanism-based drugs to modulate the activities of these targets� At Falling Walls, Ciechanover, who won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Research Award 2011 from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, explained how far we are from leaving “one size fits all” medicine to entering a “personalised” one. “We are going to profile patients initially based on their DNA, but we need to go further, on to the proteins.” A revolution involving scientific, ethical, legal and social challenges�

www.falling-walls.com/lectures/aaronciechanover

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robert Darnton mary kalDor

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Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor Professor of Global Governance, Director,and Civil Society and University Librarian, Harvard USAof Economics, UK Human Security Research Unit,University, London School

ProfessorHead in Mathematics, Duke Director, of AttosecondandUniversity; High-Field Physics Division, Max Planck Institute for Quantum President of theChair International Mathematical (IMU), USA Optics Munich; of Experimental Physics,Union Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

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andForeign Princeton, is today Professor University on Relations� Analysing theand recent events Librarian at Harvard, a Bahrain trustee of the New York in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, natPublic Library,like thethe founder of the Gutenberg-e ural disasters Japanese earthquake and program, sponsored Foundation, and less publicised eventsbyinMellon countries such as Cote an international electronicRepublic publishd’Ivoire, Somaliaauthority and the on Democratic ing, with articles featured the New York Times� of Congo, at Falling Walls,in Kaldor highlighted the Darnton security brought deficit to Berlin experiences growing duethe to latest the use of anachfrom hisclassic research group at Harvard, which an is ronistic military tactics and proposes studying the legal,security financial, technological innovative human approach based on and the political implications related to a contemporary new model of protection of individuals against digital challenges� public library, which would provide digital global books free of charge to readers� www.falling-walls.com/lectures/ www.falling-walls.com/lectures/ mary-kaldor robert-darnton

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we could through the issues of n hat epicifjump in our see ability to produce innovaeveryday lives, them into numbers tion will come fromturn the real-time observation and a computer find the solution? To what of thehave movement of matter in the atomic-scale� A extent can mathematics depict reality and be the new technology at our disposal is enabling guiding light inmeasurement the face of complexities, in generation and of bursts of even light at unrelated disciplines? Daubechies’ apthe speed humanistic of attoseconds (10−18 s) – the natural proach to the research is based on wavelets, scale for motion of electrons, thus functions bringing thatinto allow of mathematical probus thethe eraabstraction of attophysics, where the fastest lems underlying science, engineering and finance, physical events can be studied with unprecedentamong and In the2001, subsequent study of ed time others, resolution� Ferenc Krausz anda solution, through Thisthis Belgian mathhis team were the analysis� first to make possible by ematician and at Rutgers generating and physicist, measuringwho the taught first isolated light and Princeton, is duration currently and a subsequently professor at pulses of attosecond Duke University andapplications is the first in woman everobto demonstrating their real-time lead the International Mathematical Union and servation of electron motion� For these achieve-

be awarded theawarded US National of Sciences ments, he was the Academy Wittgenstein Award Medal mathematics, which she received in and theinGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the 2000� At Falling Walls, Ingrid Daubechies introhighest science honours in Austria and Germany, duced her latest efforts heading aimed at aimproving flaws respectively� Currently team of more in the100 available computational systems brain than researchers at the Max Plancklike Institute scanning in neuroscience or to determine the unof Quantum Optics and the Ludwig Maximilian der-drawingMunich, classifications, hence the authorship, University at Falling Walls Ferenc of paintings� Krausz presented, with the help of stunning visual supports, how these breakthroughs provide www.falling-walls.com/lectures/ unprecedented insight into microscopic processingrid-daubechies es relevant to our life and constitute the basis for advancing information and medical technologies�

www.falling-walls.com/lectures/ ferenc-krausz

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breaking the wall to a new europe

breaking the wall oF global Debt

how eConomiCs Can reshape the Development moDels oF europe, the u.s. anD China

keynote on the anniversary oF the Fall oF the berlin wall

liu olin

angela merkel

Executive Director, Research Department, China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), China

Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

s the latest market revolutions expose the competitive weaknesses of Europe and the U.S. through their fiscal and debt issues, they also demonstrate to newcomers like China that the fast pace of globalisation could give rise to unintended consequences, including an inter-connected financial system that could lead to its selfdestruction if unfettered, a sharp rise in savings and capital imbalances at the global level and a worsened income and wealth inequality at home� It highlights the need for China to reshape its strategies for economic development and foster reforms to reduce its imbalances. Liu Olin, having held leading roles in missions at the International Monetary Fund, heads the macroeconomic re-

search at CICC, China’s first joint venture investment bank, to provide both institutional and private investors a guide in turbulent markets with an international perspective� In Berlin, Dr� Liu discussed what solution would better suit the big national debts in the U�S� and EU� Rather than external support, she remembers the importance of the market as having a long-term vision, therefore the need not only of liquidity, but a road map for growth� No more treaties as gentlemen’s agreements, but real rules enforced to lead the old economies to the future�

www.falling-walls.com/lectures/liu-olin

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ngela Merkel, voted several times “the most powerful woman of the world” by Forbes Magazine, has a profound background in the research of power� Merkel holds a Ph�D� in physics. After completing her studies in Leipzig, she became a researcher at the Central Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Academy of Science in Berlin Adlershof – until the Berlin Wall fell� The young scientist then joined one of the newly founded democratic parties that merged into Helmut Kohl’s centre-right CDU� Within ten years, she was party chairwoman, within another five, German Chancellor� At the inaugural Falling Walls conference in 2009 Merkel explained the political breakthroughs she envisions for the 21st century�

In her widely publicised speech at the Falling Walls Conference 2011 Merkel calls for a breakthrough to a new Europe� Solving the dept problem of many Western countries requires an analysis of the real cause of the problem: Societies decide about todays issues without taking into account their future cost� The dept problem is only one indicator of non-sustainable policies�

www.falling-walls.com/lectures/angela-merkel

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breaking the wall oF FooD inseCurity

how agriCultural sCienCe minimises nematoDe Damage in sub-saharan aFriCa

breaking the wall oF resistanCe to Change how behavioural DeCision theory enhanCes teChniCal anD soCial innovation

waCeke wanjohi

elke u. weber

Dean and Professor of Plant Nematology, School of Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Kenyatta University, Kenya

Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business, Director, Center for Research On Environmental Decisions, Director, Center for the Decision Sciences, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA

hen we refer to somebody as a worm, we are not exactly celebrating his or her relevance in our world. Learning something about nematodes could change this� With approximately 1,000,000 species, nematodes, aka roundworms, are the most numerous multi-cellular animals on earth, having successfully adapted to almost every ecosystem� In agriculture a nematode may be beneficial or detrimental: the pest-nematodes attack plants and spread viruses, causing a global crop yield loss of $125 billion annually� For 20 years, Waceke Wanjohi has taught nematology in universities, developed academic programs and labs, published internationally and established and led projects like the Nematology Initiative of

East and Southern Africa (Niesa), which is effectively improving crop yields in smallholder farming systems in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe� Waceke Wanjohi presented the benefits of her approach: by interspersing corn with legumes one season, and incorporating the “green manure” from the legumes into the soil before planting corn the next season, the corn yield increases by more than 50 percent� Other non-chemical strategies like mixing crops, incorporating organic soil amendments have generated similar results� www.falling-walls.com/lectures/ waceke-wanjohi

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eople dislike change. Like it or not, individual and collective histories have showcased human aversion, and in some cases, inability, to change course and learn from our mistakes� Why do we continue to smoke cigarettes or burn fossil fuels in the face of abundant evidence of the negative consequences? The irrationality behind these examples and others forms the inspirational core of Elke Weber’s work, whose contributions lie at a crossroads between psychology and economics, shedding new light on behavioural models of judgment and decision-making under risk and uncertainty� Her uniquely diverse academic career has led her to assume multiple leadership roles at Columbia University, on editorial boards

of numerous journals across disciplines, and on advisory committees of national and international organisations related to the human dimensions of global change� With numerous awards to her name for her research on how basic psychological processes like attention, emotion and memory influence perceptions of risk, preference and choice, Elke Weber presented some of her breakthroughs in Behavioural Decision Theory, with the intention of breaking the wall inherent to our aversion to change and linking it to technical and social innovation�

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Falling walls leCtures 2009/2010

Alain Aspect Institut d´Optique, Palaiseau

Doug Guthrie The George Washington University, DC

watCh anD reaD all leCtures: www.Falling-walls.Com

breaking the wall oF quantum weirDness

breaking the wall oF eFFiCient innovation

Dipesh Chakrabarty University of Chicago

Rolf-Dieter Heuer Cern

Jean-Michel Borys Epode

Michel Brunet Collège de France

breaking the wall oF ChilDhooD obesity

breaking the wall oF the seCrets oF our origins

Dalton Conley New York University breaking the wall oF nature anD nurture

Matthias Drieß Technische Universität Berlin breaking the wall oF limiteD resourCes

breaking the wall oF “two Cultures”

breaking the wall oF the hiDDen universe

Yael Hanein Tel Aviv University

John-Dylan Haynes Charité Berlin

breaking the wall oF blinDness

breaking the wall oF the human minD

Norbert Holtkamp Iter / Stanford University

Olga Holtz Berkeley / Technische Universität Berlin

breaking the wall oF Fusion

breaking the wall oF Complexity

Ichiro Inasaki Keio University / Chubu University Japan

Harold James Princeton University

breaking the wall oF manuFaCturing

breaking the wall oF FinanCe

Frederick Cooper New York University

Helmut Dosch Deutsches ElektronenSynchrotron Desy

breaking the wall oF national history

breaking the wall oF quantum Cinema

breaking the wall in global maternal / ChilD health

Detlef Günther ETH Zürich

Stefan Kaufmann Max Planck Institute Berlin

Joachim Knebel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT

breaking the wall oF timing our history

breaking the wall oF unequally DistributeD Diseases

breaking the wall oF high level nuClear waste

Olafur Eliasson Universität der Künste Berlin / Studio Olafur Eliasson breaking the wall to the Future

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Wolfgang Holzgreve Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin

Gerhard Knies Desertec breaking the wall oF the Fossil age

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100 young acaDemics anD Professionals share their Breakthroughs in 3 minutes each

n the day prior to the Falling Walls Conference, 100 outstanding young academics and professionals presented their groundbreaking ideas within 3 minutes at the Falling Walls Lab for the first time. Professionals, entrepreneurs or academics enrolled in a Master’s, PhD or Post Doctoral Programme, who are about to tear down walls in their studies or in their professions, were invited to apply� The 100 scholars, coming from 37 different nations shared new approaches from the fields of medicine and health care, humanities and social

sciences, engineering, economics, mathematics and natural sciences, law, agriculture and forestry, cultural sciences as well as art and design� A distinguished jury from academia, research institutions and business chaired by Ernst Theodor Rietschel, member of the board of trustees of the Falling Walls Foundation and President em. of the Leibniz Association, and Martin Sonnenschein, Managing Director Central Europe of A.T. Kearney awarded the scholars with the best presentations� All participants were granted an A.T. Kearney Scholarship for the Falling Walls Conference� The jury’s choice and the winner of the Audience Award was Dr. Shuo Zhang of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen

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with his presentation on magnetic resonance imaging� Second place went to Tom Bieling of the Berlin University of the Arts who has been doing research into other people’s interpretation of disabled persons and/or disabilities� He was followed in third and fourth places by the American students Eileen Diskin and Jennifer Jordan, who are currently studying at Trinity College Dublin and the University of Groningen respectively� The Falling Walls Lab and the A.T. Kearney Scholarships are made possible by A.T. Kearney, the global management consulting firm.

Design Dörte matzke – Visuelle kommunikation, Berlin Photo creDits all illustrations: © ronny träger, p. 3 landesbildstelle / p. 21 Bundesregierung / guido Bergmann (strüngmann, von haller) © 2011 falling Walls foundation Berlin and the authors all rights reserved. reprint only with written permission. this publication is supported by

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falling walls welcome reception 8 November 2011, Staatsbibliothek, Potsdamer Strasse

Georgis Ailamakis; Prof. Anastasia Ailamaki, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Cornelia Quennet-Thielen, German Ministry of Research; below: Poddar Prem, University of Southampton (left)

Nermeen Azzam, GUC Cairo; Carolina Domínez Alarcón, Freie Universität Berlin; Steffen Abel, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry

“Breakthrough research which (klein) could dramatically transform liFe globally.”

Above: Barbara Schneider-Kempf, Staatsbibliothek left: Wolfgang Leoni, Sal. Oppenheim

Xinhua News Agency 2 Falling Walls Conference 2011 �� Welcome Reception

3 Falling Walls Conference 2011 �� Welcome Reception

Below: Claudia Obmann, Handelsblatt; Nithya Vishwanath Gowdru, Humboldt Universität; Niko Söllner, A.T. Kearney

Jörg Hacker, Leopoldina

“If you are a forward-looking von Braun entrepreneur – that is what Uschi Steigenberger, and Technology you want to be ScienceFacilities Council looking at.”

“This conference unites the avant-garde of the world.” Corriere della Sera

Christoph-Friedrich von Braun A. v. Braun Foundation

Andrea Rosslenbroich, Aquila Capital; Anneliese Langner, Dimicare Foundation

Above: Hans Gerhard Hannesen, Academy of the Arts; Manfred Kurz, Würth Group; right: Christian Bode; Gunter Pleuger, Viadrina

Andreas Möller, Acatech

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falling walls conference 9 November 2011, Radialsystem Berlin

“This conference format is brillIant.” Angela Merkel German Chancellor

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Stefan v. Holtzbrinck, Verlagsgruppe v. Holtzbrinck; Nina and Martin Vasarvsky, Fon; Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer

“Great enrichment” Mathias Döpfner

“Most exceptional science conference in the world”

Handelsblatt

“A superb concept”

Stefan von Holtzbrinck Ina Schieferdecker, Fraunhofer

“Intellectual and charming” Elke Schmitter Spiegel 12 Falling Walls Conference 2011 �� Conference

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falling walls festive dinner

Narayani Ganesh, Times of India

Moritz Koch, Henschel+Ropertz; Louisa Hölker

9 November 2011, Museum for Communication

”Falling Walls is one of the very few meetings one leaves in the evening with new hope.“

Detlef Löhe, KIT; Burkhard Reuss and JeanFrançois Minster, Total

Mathieu J. Weiss Embassy of France

Lehmann

Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, Goethe-Institut

Hubertus von Dewitz, Siemens

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Antje Nötzold, TU Chemnitz; Christian Thiel, LMU; Liselotte Kugler, Museum for Communication

Birgit Leiblein, Die Zeit; Sabine Jung, German Scholars Organization Matthias Drieß, Technische Universität Berlin

David Fahy, Esof; Daniela Ovadia, Agenzia Zoe

Ernst Theodor Rietschel

Above: Christine Küspert; Herlinde Koelbl; left: Cédric Villani

“at the intellectual frontier”

Scientific American

Christoph Drösser, Die Zeit

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“This conference stimulates scientists to act like friends. This is the future of science communication.” Past President Leibniz Association

“The place to be for scientists” Jürgen Zöllner Berlin Senate, with Kõji Omi Axel Kufus, Berlin University of the Arts

Sabine Kunst, Minister of Science, Research and Cultural Affairs, Brandenburg 31 Falling Walls Conference 2011 �� Festive Dinner

falling walls lab 8 November 2011, Kaiserin Friedrich Building supported by a.t. kearney

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breaking the wall of ... … Facebook Usage by Arab People Safa’a Abujarour, Palestinian Territories

… Global Inequality in Higher Education Tom Baden, Germany

… Knowledge Sharing Esra Bektas, Turkey

… Misinterpreting Dis/ability Tom Bieling, Germany 2. Prize

… Music and Emotions by a Historical Approach Linda Braun, Germany

… Museums Khadija Carroll La, Australia

… Limited Senses of Belongingness Charles Collet, France

… Poverty in Africa through Forest Carbon Projects Tolulope M. Daramola, Nigeria

… Smart Chemistry for a Sustainable Future Judith Delius, Germany

… Vectors of Chagas Disease Stéphanie Depickère, France

… Antibiotic Resistance Eileen Diskin, USA 3. Prize

… Complexity in Earth System Analysis Jonathan Friedemann Donges, Germany

… Invasiveness Ahmed El Hady, Egypt

… Privacy Considerations Zekeriya Erkin, Turkey

… Bad Sound Ginetta Fassio, Germany

… Inconceivable Futures Ann-Kristina Simon, Helge Fischer, Germany

… Sensing What We Need Mara Florea, Romania

… Conflicts Between Firms and its Customers Thomas Funke, Germany

… Oblivion: Safeguarding Audiovisual Cultural Heritage Elena Gómez Sánchez, Spain

… Reflexivity and Science Sally Hancock, United Kingdom

… The Digital World Fabian Hemmert, Germany

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… Inequality on Education Vania Ramos Ponce, Mexico

… Foreign Aid Dynamics Bernhard Reinsberg, Germany

… Urban Geography Julie Ren, USA

… NGO Funding Julian J. Rossig, Germany

… Educational Disadvantage Martin Ruppert, Germany

… Bringing Biophilia Into Our Society Soozin Ryang, Republic of Korea

… Silo-Mentality Christine Tesche, Germany

… Economic CrimeNikolaos Theodorakis, Greece

… Conventional Computation Malte Christopher Tichy, Germany

“It is fantastic to get this wealth of ideas across nations.”

… the Internet Manuel Scheidegger, Switzerland

… Selling Music in a Streaming Era Gary Schultz, USA

… Easy Promises and False Hopes Sandra Selmanovic, Germany

… Security Policy Somdeep Sen, India

… HIV ... Getting to Zero Carolin Silbernagl, Germany

… Human Prosociality Anya Skatova, Russia

Karl Ulrich Mayer, Leibniz Association and Martin Sonnenschein, A.T. Kearney

… Traditional Medicine Shuang Song, China

… Around Myth Johanna Sprondel, Germany

… Spectrum Scarcity Stergios Stotas , Greece

… Outdoor Advertisement Jose Subero-Diaz, Dominican Republic

Karl Ulrich Mayer

… Information Management Katarzyna Swiatkowska, Poland

Shuo Zhang, Max Planck Göttingen, received the first prize of the jury and the audience award

… Vertical Solar Cells Ranaporn Tantiwechwuttikul, Thailand

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… Poverty Perception Andre Wegner, United Kingdom

… Multilingual EFL Teachers’ Mindsets Katharina Weis, Germany

… Plant Immunity Roland Willmann, Germany

… Ageing and Age-Related Diseases Toni Todorovski, Republic of Macedonia

… Limited Access to Health Care in Rural China Stefanie Turber, Germany

… Space Debris Derek Valles, USA

… The Post-Political Vasavi Vishen, India

… Asymmetric Wars Lukas von Krshiwoblozki, Germany

… Stroke Therapy Anna-Sophia Wahl, Germany

… Mental Illnesses Esther Walton, Germany

… Personalised Medicine Yize I. Wan, United Kingdom

… Regional Cooperation Outside Europe Pei-Chen Wang, Taiwan

… Financing with Private Equity in China KaWai Yiu, The Netherlands

… Business Strategy in Times of Globalization Pia Christin Zappe, Germany

… Magnetic Resonance Imaging Shuo Zhang, China 1. Prize and Audience Award

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