Your Attendance: Falling Walls Science Summit 2026 | 6–9 November

Hello,

from this Friday on, we welcome you to the Falling Walls Science Summit 2026.
As a representative of the media, your ticket is valid for all four days of the Falling Walls Science Summit (6–9 Nov). To make your attendance as convenient and productive as possible, please read the following information carefully.

1. Arrival & Registration

• The locations is Falling Walls Science House (Café Moskau on Google Maps/Apple Maps), Karl-Marx-Allee 34, 10178 Berlin, reachable by U5 (Schillingstr.).
• Keep your personal ticket with QR code ready at the entrance.
• Your badge will be printed and issued at the registration counter.
• You are invited to meet the press team at the press desk (yellow circle in the attached floor plan). This is not mandatory. The press desk is open from 08:30–18:00.
• If you intend to bring technical equipment (cameras, microphones), it will need to be checked by a security officer. Please arrange for an extra ten minutes.
  
• Please note that bags larger than A4 must be left at the cloakroom. We provide totebags if needed.

2. Special Invitations

• As an accredited journalist, you are officially invited to join the invite-ony media lunch hosted by Boston Consulting Group:
  BCG Media Lunch on Saturday, 7 November, from 12:00 to 13:00 (Room Elion).

  Michael Brigl, Senior Partner and Head of BCG Central Europe, and Jacob Schrot, Partner and Public Sector expert at BCG, will jointly present key findings for the first time from our new study on Europe's technological competitiveness and its ability to scale innovation, including the following questions:

  • Science vs. industry: How differently do researchers and industry leaders view Europe's technological future?
  • Technology leadership: In which key technologies is Europe already strong, and where does it have the potential to become a global leader?
  • From lab to market: What is holding European innovations back from scaling, and what needs to change to turn research breakthroughs into commercial and industrial success?
    
    
  Dr. Johanna Puetz, Partner and Head of Climate & Sustainability for Central Europe at BCG, will share insights on the circular economy and materials innovation. Dr. Tilman Buchner, Partner & Director and Global Leader of BCG's Innovation Center for Operations, will discuss Physical AI and its implications for industrial manufacturing.
  As a participant, you will receive exclusive advance access to the final study findings ahead of the Falling Walls Science Summit. Please write to Simona Gulich at BCG (Gulich.Simona@bcg.com) if interested.
  
  
• You are also invited to join the session hosted by our media partner Table.Briefings:
  International Science Journalists: Can Open Science Survive Geopolitics?, 7 November, 10:30 to 11:30 (Room Elion).
  This panel gathers decision-makers from politics, researchers and science journalists to discuss the implications for an open science in the face of geopolitical tension, security issues and the race for strategic advantages between political actors.
  Guests: Robbert Dijkgraaf (ISC), Christian E. Rieck (University Potsdam), Alicia Hennig (ISDP), further guests tba.
  Moderated by: Maximilian Gleich & Moritz Hohmann (Table.Briefings).

3. Interviews & Quotes

• Should you wish to interview someone you meet or see on a panel during the Falling Walls Science Summit, you can schedule an interview and use our dedicated interview room. Please meet us at the press desk to book the room.
• If you have scheduled an interview with us in advance, please be at the press desk approximately five minutes before it starts and we will accompany you to the interview room ("Presse" in the attached floor plan).
• Quotes from the Managing Director of the Falling Walls Foundation, Andreas Kosmider, can be requested at the press desk.

For further questions please write to press@falling-walls.com
We are looking forward to welcome you at the Falling Walls Science Summit 2026.

Your Falling Walls Press Team