Jetzt anmelden!-Innovation Lab Shanghai 2016

Outstanding researchers, entrepreneurs and professionals can as of now apply for the Innovation Lab Shanghai 2016 on 28 September 2016 to present their research work in 3 minutes. Applications are due by 15 August 2016.

In 2016, international Falling Walls Labs take place all over the world and call for the application of Bachelor and Master students, postdocs, young professionals, entrepreneurs and junior professors whose latest university degrees do not date back more than 5 years. Ground-breaking research projects, initiatives, ideas and business models from all disciplines are welcome. The Innovation Lab Shanghai is an offshoot of the Falling Walls Lab Berlin.

The winner of every international Falling Walls Lab will be awarded a slot for the Falling Walls Lab Finale in Berlin on 8 November 2016 and an A.T. Kearney Scholarship for the Falling Walls Conference on 9 November 2016. In total 100, applicants qualify for the Finale in Berlin. Each finalist will receive the opportunity to present their research work, initiative or business model within three minutes in front of a high-calibre jury from academia, research and business. The three winners receive a cash prize and give their talks again on the grand stage of the Falling Walls Conference before 800 guests on the next day.

Additional prizes include internships at German companies, vouchers for German restaurants and lots of other prizes.

The aim of the Falling Walls Lab is to foster scientific and entrepreneurial innovations and to promote the exchange between outstanding scholars and professionals emerging from different fields of expertise.

The Innovation Lab Shanghai 2016 takes place on 28 September 2016 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Applications can be submitted online until 15 August 2016. The Innovation Lab Shanghai 2016 is hosted by DAAD and Shanghai Jiao Tong University and supported by the Falling Walls Foundation and A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm (Founding Partner) and Festo, worldwide supplier of pneumatic and electrical automation technology (Global Partner). SAP, world leader in enterprise applications in terms of software and software-related service revenue, is the local sponsor.

Contact:

 DAAD Information Center Shanghai
 Julu Road 628
 200040 Shanghai, PR China
 Email: shanghai@daad.org.cn
 Phone: +86 21 3222 0316 – 106
http://www.daad.org.cn/