Each year, institutions around the world organise their own Falling Walls Labs to showcase the quality, diversity, and passion of their region’s most innovative minds. In three minutes each, participants pitch their solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time to a high-calibre jury of experts. The breakthrough factor and potential impact of the presented work helps determine the eventual winner, who qualifies for the global Finale in Berlin on 7 November and wins a ticket to attend the Falling Walls Science Summit, where they get to interact with the world’s movers and shakers of science, business, and policymaking.