{"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": "", "dates": [{"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", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "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": "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": "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": "Imagining European Quantum Futures", "start": "2026-11-07T17:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T18:30:00+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": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/physics/quantum-technology", "art"], "description": "\"Imagining European Quantum Futures\" is a workshop where participants jointly imagine alternative futures for quantum technologies. It brings together perspectives from the arts, quantum research and technological reflection, building on the Q-Narratives project. Using artistic and participatory methods, dominant narratives are examined and new visions developed that connect quantum technologies with social values, cultural meaning and responsibility. Adrian Schmidt is among those taking part. The event is held in English in the Teresia Teaiwa Room, entry is free, places are limited and registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/imagining-european-quantum-futures-8362/", "official_url": "https://www.hkw.de/en/programme/berlin-science-week-2026/imagining-european-quantum-futures", "image": ""}, {"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": ""}, {"title": "The Deep Tech Gap: Who Takes The Risk?", "start": "2026-11-07T09:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T10:00:00+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/innovation", "society/business/entrepreneurship"], "description": "A hybrid round-table discussion on the 03 Franklin Stage about deep-tech growth: what happens when a technology is ready but the market is not? Organised by Falling Walls, leaders from entrepreneurship, public investment and industry examine where responsibility should sit, how regulation can balance trust with competitiveness, and whether Europe can turn its industrial base into an advantage for scaling technologies into globally competitive companies. Speakers include Philipp Lill (Siemens AG), Michiel Scheffer (European Innovation Council), Silvia Lenaerts (Eindhoven University of Technology) and Barbara Bachus (ExoMatter). The event is in English and available as a livestream.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-deep-tech-gap-who-takes-the-risk-72406/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/deep-tech-gap-who-takes-risk", "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": "Rethinking Transfer: Research Excellence to Industrial Scale", "start": "2026-11-08T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T13:00:00+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": "\"Rethinking Transfer: Research Excellence to Industrial Scale\" is an English-language panel discussion. It is led by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft with board member Constantin Häfner; the panel also features Thomas Schinecker (Roche Group), Anna-Katharina Wittenstein (WITTENSTEIN SE) and Monika Jones. It asks how scientific breakthroughs become industrial value creation: through the early integration of research, industry, regulation and market perspectives, co-development, pilot infrastructure, standards, market access and shared risk. The panel explores how Europe can scale what it invents while preserving the scientific freedom that drives discovery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/rethinking-transfer-research-excellence-to-industrial-scale-72426/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/rethinking-transfer-research-excellence-industrial-scale", "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": "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": "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": "From Lab to Leader: Scaling Europe's Tech Champions", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T11:00:00+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": ["society/economics"], "description": "An English-language panel discussion on the Curie Stage at Falling Walls, also streamed as a livestream. Boston Consulting Group brings together founders, deep tech investors and industry leaders. The topic is how Europe can regain global tech leadership: anchor customers from state and industry committing early via off-take and supply deals. While the US counts nearly 700 unicorns, Germany has just 30 – not for lack of talent, but of committed early demand.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/from-lab-to-leader-scaling-europes-tech-champions-72392/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/lab-leader-scaling-europes-tech-champions", "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": "Innovative Funding: Foundations Driving European Research", "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 round-table discussion on innovative funding models for European research. It is hosted by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller as part of Falling Walls. It asks whether greater collaboration between private, national and international funders could open up new opportunities for researchers. Drawing on lessons from Impulscience, it explores how such models could strengthen research ecosystems across Europe.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/innovative-funding-foundations-driving-european-research-72424/", "official_url": "https://falling-walls.com/programme/innovative-funding-foundations-driving-european-research", "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": ""}]}