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Falling Walls
The Falling Walls Conference is an annual science event in Berlin, Germany, that coincides with the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall (9 November 1989). The one-day scientific conference showcases the research work of international scientists from a wide range of fields. The Falling Walls Foundation After the inaugural 2009 conference organized by the Einstein Foundation, an independent non-profit institution by the name of the Falling Walls Foundation was established through the support of the German Ministry of Education and Research and the Berlin Senator for Education, Science and Research. The foundation is managed by Tatjana König. She is supported by Prof. , a Berlin entrepreneur and publisher of the Tagesspiegel, who serves at the board of trustees of the foundation. Jürgen Mlynek is the current chair of the board of trustees. Conference format Every speaker presents a talk of maximum 15 minutes, explaining how their scientific research helps to break down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Chuan Poh
Lim Chuan Poh is a Singaporean civil servant, diplomat and former lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Defence Force (Singapore), Chief of Defence Force between 2000 and 2003. After leaving the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 2003, Lim served as Ministry of Education (Singapore), Permanent Secretary for Education until 2007 before serving as Chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore), Ministry of Trade and Industry. After his retirement in 2019, Lim was appointed Chairman of the Singapore Food Agency. Education Upon his graduation from Raffles Institution, Lim was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1980. Lim graduated from St John's College, Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (later promoted to Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), Master of Arts by seniority) degree in mathematics. He subsequently attended Camberley Staff College in 1988 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
