The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, the JINR Association of Young Scientists and Specialists and the Dubna State University organize an event of a new type in Dubna – Falling Walls Lab Dubna.

What is it?

The Falling Walls Conference is an annual global gathering of forward thinking individuals from 80 countries organized by the Falling Walls Foundation. Each year on 9 November – the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – 20 of the world’s leading scientists are invited to Berlin to present their current breakthrough research. The aim of the Conference is to identify trends, opportunities and solutions for global challenges and discover international breakthrough research, as well as to connect outstanding researchers from different disciplines and support the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas internationally. More information…

Who attends?

With the slogan “Share Your Idea!” the Falling Walls Lab offers hundreds emerging talents, entrepreneurs and innovators a stage to pitch their research work, initiatives to their peers and a distinguished jury from academia and business. If you are a young scientist (BA-student, MA-student, PhD-/ doctoral candidates and post-docs), scholar, researcher, entrepreneur, engineer or young professional you may participate!

If you have a fresh and promising idea that can help to solve some problems or achieve some goals and you are able to present this idea in 3 minutes you should apply for the regional Falling Walls Lab Dubna selections.

How to participate?

Those willing to participate can apply until 18 September 2017 at falling-walls.com/lab/apply

If you have any questions you can contact chizhov@theor.jinr.ru or use Twitter #FallingWalls17.

A face-to-face round will be held on 2 October 2017 at 2.30 PM in the JINR Visit Centre (5 Molodezhnaya str.).

The winner of the Falling Walls Lab Dubna will travel to the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin on 8 November 2017.