{"title": "AI Ecosystem Europe: Building the Coalition", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "\"AI Ecosystem Europe: Building the Coalition\" is a discussion format by Falling Walls, open to invited participants only. It centres on federated AI ecosystems in which companies retain data sovereignty while collaborating on standards, architectures and industry-proof foundation models. It examines how initiatives such as Manufacturing-X and the European cloud-edge infrastructure initiative 8ra can mature into a shared industrial ecosystem. Europe's competitive edge, the argument goes, may depend less on individual technologies than on its ability to operate as one industrial ecosystem.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ai-ecosystem-europe-building-the-coalition-72445/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/ai-ecosystem-europe-building-coalition-invitation-only", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Industrial AI Ecosystems: Europe's Competitive Edge", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/politics"], "description": "An English-language discussion at the Falling Walls congress, held as a hybrid plenary table and also available via livestream. It is hosted by the VDI Technologiezentrum, with speakers including Axel Deniz of Bosch Business Innovations, State Secretary Thomas Jarzombek, Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes of Stateful Robotics, Jayson Myers of NGen and Daniel Senff, moderated by Anna-Lena Kümpel. The topic is how Europe can turn its world-class industry and vast data resources into value. It examines federated ecosystems that democratise access to AI while preserving sovereignty, and how to turn political ambition into aligned investment and start-up strategies.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/industrial-ai-ecosystems-europes-competitive-edge-72394/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/industrial-ai-ecosystems-europes-competitive-edge", "image": ""}, {"title": "Europe's Tech at Scale: Critical Mass for Global Leadership", "start": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T11:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "An English-language panel discussion in the Plenary Table format, held hybrid on site and via livestream. The session is organised by the EuroTech Universities Alliance as part of Falling Walls. It examines how cross-border alliances of science, industry and policy can unite Europe's fragmented deep-tech capabilities into critical mass to compete globally. University presidents along with industry and policy leaders discuss how such ecosystems act as a force multiplier and accelerate lab-to-market.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europes-tech-at-scale-critical-mass-for-global-leadership-72399/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/europes-tech-scale-critical-mass-global-leadership", "image": ""}, {"title": "Europe Needs a Plan: Science & Arts in the AI Age", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00+01:00", "place": "Haus der Kulturen der Welt", "address": "John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/europe", "science/ai"], "description": "\"Europe Needs a Plan: Science & Arts in the AI Age\" is an English-language talk and panel with free entry in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, the Festival Centre of Berlin Science Week. Taking part are Francesca Bria, José Luis de Vicente, Tommaso Calarco, Bettina Kames and Ólafur Elíasson. It asks whether Europe can build its future on rented intelligence, addressing sovereignty, AI infrastructure, and the role of the arts, as Europe imports most of the digital technology its research and democracy run on. It discusses whether Europe's emerging AI Factories and quantum hubs could carry the Bauhaus idea forward as an Archipelago of Ateliers, spaces where artists and scientists shape technology together in the public interest.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europe-needs-a-plan-science-arts-in-the-ai-age-8361/", "official_url": "https://www.hkw.de/programme/berlin-science-week-2026/europe-needs-a-plan-science-arts-in-the-ai-age", "image": ""}, {"title": "EU Quantum Sovereignty: Commercialising Quantum Applications", "start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:30:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/physics/quantum-technology"], "description": "An „Executive Table“ format within the Falling Walls programme, limited to invited guests. Hosted by the Bundesdruckerei, it addresses how Europe's promising quantum applications often remain stuck between scientific discovery and commercial deployment. The discussion: scaling quantum technologies requires coordinated ecosystems that connect research, industry, investment and regulation. Europe's technological sovereignty may depend not on who invents first, but on who succeeds in bringing quantum innovation to market.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/eu-quantum-sovereignty-commercialising-quantum-applications-72449/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/eu-quantum-sovereignty-commercialising-quantum-applications-invitation-only", "image": ""}, {"title": "Building Trusted Ecosystems for Biomedical Innovation", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine", "society/health"], "description": "\"Building Trusted Ecosystems for Biomedical Innovation\" is a round table discussion in the Falling Walls programme. It is organised by the University of Oxford, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité and the Berlin University Alliance. It explores how innovation ecosystems connect academia, healthcare and industry to accelerate translation in biomedicine while ensuring responsible data use. Particular attention is given to transnational collaboration as a foundation for scalable and sustainable biomedical innovation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/building-trusted-ecosystems-for-biomedical-innovation-72413/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/building-trusted-ecosystems-biomedical-innovation", "image": ""}, {"title": "Europe's Next Chapter: Visions for Tech Races beyond AI", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T15:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/technology", "society/economics"], "description": "A discussion at Falling Walls Science House where researchers, entrepreneurs and policymakers talk about the coming wave of breakthrough technologies. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is behind it, with Falling Walls organizing the event. It asks how Europe and Germany can turn their strong research and industrial foundations into faster innovation, scalable companies and global markets, as quantum technologies, advanced robotics and biotechnology reshape economies. Funding, regulation, infrastructure and talent are examined so that Europe shapes the next wave of breakthroughs rather than follows it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europes-next-chapter-visions-for-tech-races-beyond-ai-72455/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/europes-next-chapter-visions-tech-races-beyond-ai", "image": ""}, {"title": "Research Networks of the Future: Building Global Impact", "start": "2026-11-07T18:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T19:15:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "An English-language Plenary Table session at Falling Walls, also available as a livestream, on the research networks of the future. It is presented by the Helmholtz Association, with speakers from among others Tohoku University, DESY, CIFAR, the Max Delbrück Center and Planet Labs PBC. It asks how different AI initiatives can join into powerful ecosystems, what partnerships need to move beyond initial stages, and how international collaboration can thrive in a changing world. Trust, shared infrastructures and common missions are explored as the way to turn scientific excellence into societal impact.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/research-networks-of-the-future-building-global-impact-72397/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/research-networks-future-building-global-impact", "image": ""}, {"title": "Governing Innovation Ecosystems: Europe’s Coordination Gap", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T13:30:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "An English-language discussion session within the Falling Walls programme, accessible by invitation only. It is hosted by the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation – SPRIND and the EIT Higher Education Initiative. It asks how Europe can build coordinated innovation systems when support remains fragmented across institutions, borders and priorities, and how innovation agencies evolve from funders into architects of ecosystems as speed becomes a strategic advantage. The debate also explores where coordination should begin when national agendas, regional ecosystems and European ambitions all compete to shape innovation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/governing-innovation-ecosystems-europes-coordination-gap-72441/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/governing-innovation-ecosystems-europes-coordination-gap-invitation-only", "image": ""}, {"title": "Europe's Research Alliances: Keeping Collaboration Strong", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "A round table on the future of European research collaboration in the face of geopolitical and economic shifts. It is held by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation and the German Physical Society, in partnership with Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. Experiences from the physical sciences highlight how enduring cooperation builds innovation capacity and trust. The discussion asks how Europe can remain an attractive, open and reliable research partner – especially for young researchers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europes-research-alliances-keeping-collaboration-strong-72429/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/europes-research-alliances-keeping-collaboration-strong", "image": ""}, {"title": "From Wendelstein to Industry: Europe's Fusion Race", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T12:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/physics"], "description": "A round table on the 03 Franklin Stage within the Falling Walls programme, held in English. It features Proxima Fusion together with speakers such as Patrick Cramer (Max Planck Society), Michael Bolle (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung), Bettina Martin (minister from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) and Francesco Sciortino, co-founder of Proxima Fusion. The discussion asks whether Europe can turn its world-leading foundation in fusion research – from Wendelstein 7-X to emerging fusion companies – into a globally competitive industry. It looks at the alliances between science, industry, investors and policymakers, and at the technologies, partnerships and frameworks Europe is building to compete globally.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/from-wendelstein-to-industry-europes-fusion-race-72409/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/wendelstein-industry-europes-fusion-race", "image": ""}, {"title": "KI & Nachhaltigkeit: Zwischen Zielkonflikt und Zukunftschance", "start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "frizzforum", "address": "Friedrichstraße 23 10969 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "50.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://visitberlin.reservix.de/p/reservix/event/2567247", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/sustainability"], "description": "\"KI & Nachhaltigkeit: Zwischen Zielkonflikt und Zukunftschance\" is a meetup with talks, a panel discussion and a networking session at frizzforum on Friedrichstraße. It is organised by frizzforum and explores how companies can bring AI and sustainability together. It looks at the ecological and social impacts of AI use, conflicts between goals, and how sustainability can be integrated into AI strategies. It is aimed at professionals and managers and those responsible for sustainability, tech, HR, organisational development and DEI.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ki-nachhaltigkeit-zwischen-zielkonflikt-und-zukunftschance-16767/", "official_url": "https://www.eventbrite.de/e/ki-nachhaltigkeit-zwischen-zielkonflikt-und-zukunftschance-tickets-2001311507593", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f67bdcbccf826d39f8d44e7b36c6fb6be3e1a66567264420f4a67616c0f8d36f-600.webp"}, {"title": "Rewiring Innovation: Next Generation Research Organisations", "start": "2026-11-08T09:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T10:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "\"Rewiring Innovation: Next Generation Research Organisations\" is a Plenary Table on the Curie Stage, held in English and also streamed live. It is presented by the Max Planck Society as part of Falling Walls, with its president Patrick Cramer joined by, among others, French research minister Philippe Baptiste and European Innovation Council board president Michiel Scheffer. The speakers discuss how fundamental research and the notion of scientific excellence are being reshaped by deep tech and artificial intelligence. New funding models, public-private partnerships and cross-sector collaboration take centre stage, with Europe's global competitiveness in research at stake.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rewiring-innovation-next-generation-research-organisations-72398/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/rewiring-innovation-next-generation-research-organisations", "image": ""}, {"title": "Security Innovation: Research & Industry Across Borders", "start": "2026-11-06T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T13:30:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "A discussion in the „Executive Table“ format under the title „Security Innovation: Research & Industry Across Borders“, taking place by invitation only. It is run by Falling Walls together with the Stifterverband. The topic is how security- and defence-related research and innovation is reshaping industrial policy in Germany, Europe, Canada and beyond – from aerospace, cyber security and AI to quantum and sensor technologies. The discussion examines how German-European-Canadian cooperation can align regulation, procurement and investment to accelerate cross-border innovation and strengthen a credible mid-power alliance. The event is a „Circle“ held in the Newton Room and takes place in English.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/security-innovation-research-industry-across-borders-72437/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/security-innovation-research-industry-across-borders-invitation-only", "image": ""}, {"title": "Frontier Research for Europe’s Strategic Resilience", "start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T15:30:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy"], "description": "A discussion on “Frontier Research for Europe’s Strategic Resilience” as part of Falling Walls, held by invitation only. It is backed by the European Research Council. The discussion examines how open, curiosity-driven research can strengthen Europe’s resilience, competitiveness and strategic autonomy, since Europe’s economic security depends on generating new knowledge before its strategic value is known. It takes place at the Executive Table in the Darwin Room, in English, on the topic of geopolitics, security and science diplomacy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/frontier-research-for-europes-strategic-resilience-72451/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/frontier-research-europes-strategic-resilience-invitation-only", "image": ""}, {"title": "KIWi Policy Talk: Secure science. European perspectives", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House, Tsukamoto Café", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/science-policy", "society/politics"], "description": "A round table discussion in the KIWi series, held as a hybrid event and conducted in English. Behind it is the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), with Deputy Secretary General Michael Harms speaking. The topic is knowledge security, which is becoming increasingly institutionalised across Europe, with developments at EU and national level shaping expectations for more standardised and partly mandatory approaches. The discussion asks how responsibilities can be proportionately distributed across system levels to balance openness, autonomy and risk mitigation and enable secure international collaboration, highlighting risk literacy as a prerequisite for sensitive risk assessment and decision-making.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kiwi-policy-talk-secure-science-european-perspectives-72417/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/kiwi-policy-talk-secure-science-european-perspectives", "image": ""}, {"title": "Manufacturing Renaissance: Europe's Physical AI Opportunity", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:50:00+01:00", "place": "Falling Walls Science House", "address": "Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/ai", "society/economics"], "description": "A round table at Falling Walls devoted to Physical AI and the opening it offers European industry. The Boston Consulting Group brings it together, uniting industry leaders, innovators and researchers. Complex handling tasks resisted automation for decades, pushing manufacturing toward low-cost economies; Physical AI now expands automatable work by up to 50 percent and cuts robot deployment costs by over half. The speakers discuss how to deploy this technology on the shopfloor at scale so Europe can rebuild its industrial base and compete on its own terms.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/manufacturing-renaissance-europes-physical-ai-opportunity-72416/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/manufacturing-renaissance-europes-physical-ai-opportunity", "image": ""}]}