Young researchers present their ideas at ETH Zurich
Last Wednesday evening 15 young researchers presented their projects at the Falling Walls Lab in Zurich. The winners were Etienne Jeoffroy (Empa), Denis Schapiro (UZH) and Joshua Urieli (ZHdK). They will all present their projects at the final in Berlin at the beginning of November. The lab is organised by ETH Zurich.
Three minutes, three PowerPoint slides, one goal: impress the jury with your research project. Young innovators from various countries took up this challenge last week at the Falling Walls Lab in Zurich. An interdisciplinary jury assessed the presentations while the audience selected their favourite: Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
Etienne Jeoffroy impressed the jury with his project to significantly improve road surfaces, Denis Schapiro was a hit with his new technology for more targeted and effective treatment of cancer, and Joshua Urieli wants to make clean toilets around the world a reality.
On 8 November, the three will present their projects again at the final of the external page Falling Walls Lab in Berlin to a distinguished jury made up of high-calibre experts from academia and industry, competing against the other 93 finalists from all over the world. The three young researchers with the best ideas will receive a cash prize and the opportunity to present their project again the next day at the international Falling Walls Conference in front of around 600 guests.
The Falling Walls conference has been held every year since 2009, on the day of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event is organised by the Falling Walls Foundation. The goal is to promote academic and entrepreneurial vision and spur on and encourage the exchange of ideas between young researchers and young professionals across different disciplines.
