The Falling Walls Foundation is a charity organization founded in 2010 in Berlin. It serves as a unique international platform for pioneers in academia, industry, politics, the arts, and civil society. The Falling Walls Foundation promotes groundbreaking ideas across borders and disciplines – and brings together pioneers and innovators form all over the world. In commemoration of the peaceful fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it focuses on the question: Which are the next walls to fall? The World Science Summit with the Falling Walls Conference and the Berlin Science Week are organised by the Falling Walls Foundation every year.

IAU supports this initiative and sits on the Jury of the “Digital Education” category of Falling Walls call for breakthrough initiatives.

 THE SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGHS OF THE YEAR - 1–10 NOVEMBER 2020
 Falling Walls and Berlin Science Week.
 The World Science Summit online. Registration is free https://falling-walls.com/remote2020/
 The Falling Walls Foundation: https://falling-walls.com/