FALLING WALLSLAB TOKYO
2019
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Mishima Hall, Earth-Life Science
Institute at Tokyo Institute ofTechnology

CONCEPTLearn, share and communicate about research!
Based on the idea of "breaking down various walls" around the world,
this event provides aspiring researchers, entrepreneurs andprofessionals of all disciplines and nationalities an opportunity topresent their research work, business model, innovative project or idea
in front of their peers and a distinguished jury from academia andbusiness – in 3 minutes each.
The winners from the Falling Walls Labs from around the world including the Falling Walls Lab Tokyo - will gather for the Falling Walls
Lab Finale in Berlin on November 8, 2019. The Falling Walls initiative
was founded to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Falling
Walls Lab Tokyo is co-organized by the German Centre for Research andInnovation Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo) and EURAXESS Japan.

TIMELINE
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Mishima Hall, Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo
Institute of Technology
18:15

Door open

18:30

Welcome Address
Dorothea Mahnke
Director, German Centre for Research and Innovation in Tokyo (DWIH Tokyo)
Matthieu Py
Representative, EURAXESS Japan
Introduction about the organisersMatthieu Py (Representative, EURAXESS Japan)
Konstanze Lang (Program Coordinator, DWIH Tokyo)

18:50

First batch of FWL Tokyo 2019 contestants(1 – 7)

19:30

Second batch of FWL Tokyo 2019 contestants(8 – 14)

20:15

Catch & Tell

20:45

Results announcement and prize ceremony

21:00

Networking & reception

THE JURY
Prof. Dr. Izumi Ohno

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Dr. Joerg Schneider
German Research Foundation

Prof. Akemi Yokota
Chiba University

Prof. Dr. Yoshiaki Maeda
Tohoku University

Prof. Dr. Mary Voytek
ELSI/Tokyo Institute of Technology

Sabine Schenk

Heidelberg University Office, KyotoDr. Kazuhiro Sakurada
RIKEN Medical Innovation HubLuca Escoffier

EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

THE SPEAKERS
1. Ward Peeters

Kanda University of International Studies l Breaking the Wall ofcollaborative learning on social media

2. Riku Yamada

Grubin l Breaking the Wall of food loss

3. Meiling Sun

Tokyo Institute of Technology l Breaking the Wall of Terahertz-basedindustrial inspection

4. Ryogo Utaki

Tokyo Institute of Technology l Breaking the Wall of non-invasive
health care monitoring

5. Collin Stecker

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology l Breaking the Wall ofaffordable, flexible, renewable energy

6. Momoko Obuki

Osaka Prefecture University l Breaking the Wall of cancer membranes
for drug delivery

7. Koki Sakita

Okayama University l Breaking the Wall of disaster prevention

THE SPEAKERS
8. Alannah Paulina Prondzinsky

Tokyo Institute of Technology l Breaking the Wall of understanding
life's limits

9. Yu Tokumoto

Tokyo Institute of Technology l Breaking the Wall of wearable
biological monitoring

10. Likhith Manjunatha

Kyushu University l Breaking the Wall of experimental search time

11. Kou Li

Tokyo Institute of Technology l Breaking the Wall of ubiquitousinspection robot

12. John Martin

NanoCarrier l Breaking the Wall of cancer drug ineffectiveness

13. Go Takahashi

Waseda University l Breaking the Wall of green governance in
Myanmar community

14. Xiu Zhao

Waseda University l Breaking the Wall of humans and robots working
together