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Bay Area Innovation Program

GUILD Women in Entrepreneurship Program

DWIH San Francisco welcomed an inaugural cohort of 100 women who took part in an eight-week hybrid program (April 1, 2024 – May 24, 2024) for entrepreneurship that focused on German researchers. The ten finalists were invited to San Francisco in September for an in-person summit.

Policy Report

Fostering Entrepreneurship in Higher Education

DWIH San Francisco commissioned a report for senior policymakers working in German higher-education institutions and relevant legislative bodies. This report provides a detailed analysis of both the Silicon Valley and German ecosystems, current practices, and policy recommendations for fostering innovation transfer and entrepreneurship at German universities and research institutions. The goal of the report is to identify solutions to strengthen Germany’s competitiveness in fostering entrepreneurship, enhancing research-to-industry pipelines, and attracting top-level talent from all over the world. 

Science Slam

Falling Walls Lab Seattle

Our first Falling Walls Lab in Seattle was a success! DWIH San Francisco was delighted to host the Falling Walls Lab, a world-class pitch competition and networking forum for students, researchers, and early-career scientists of all disciplines. This year, we received twenty applications from participants around the country, and invited fourteen finalists to pitch their innovative ideas. Finalists were judged based on three categories demonstrating a breakthrough that has a positive impact on science and society. Congratulations to all the finalists who came out to pitch their ideas! Our Lab took place at CoMotion, University of Washington. We invited five jury members to assess the pitches and select the winners. The first-place winner received an all-expenses-paid trip to participate in the Berlin Science Week in November 2024. The 2nd prize winner received a complimentary one-month membership to CoMotion Labs. Finally, the 3rd prize and audience award winners received gift certificates.

Science Slam

Falling Walls Lab San Francisco 2024

Three minutes was all it took! DWIH San Francisco was delighted, for the third iteration, to host the Falling Walls Lab, a world-class pitch competition and networking forum for students, researchers, and early-career scientists of all disciplines. This year, we received twenty applications from participants around the country, and invited fourteen finalists to pitch their innovative ideas. Finalists were judged based on three categories demonstrating a breakthrough that has a positive impact on science and society.

Inaugural Innovation Program

CITRIS Health Innovation Intensive 2024

Our inaugural cohort of eight German participants attended the CITRIS and the Banatao Institute‘s Health Innovation Intensive in the Bay Area to learn all about cutting-edge health, tech and innovation. From Monday, March 4 to Friday, March 8, they visited the University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of California, Merced, and University of California, Davis to take part in discussions and panels on topics ranging from assistive tech, nutrition, AI, robotics, and community health.

Research Security

National Academies Roundtable

DWIH San Francisco was delighted to attend the twelfth meeting of the National Academies’ National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable on January 23, 2024 at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. This Roundtable featured an opportunity to engage with members of government and the academic, law enforcement, and national security communities.

Science Slam

Berlin Science Week 2023

DWIH San Francisco was delighted to support our Falling Walls Lab San Francisco winner, Teena Bajaj, from November 7-9th, 2023 at the Berlin Science Week! The week, coinciding with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, celebrates new “walls” that fall in relation to advancements in scientific discovery, knowledge, and cutting-edge innovation.

Transatlantic Partnership

UCSF-CAU Advances in Artificial Intelligence & Novel Imaging Methods

On October 5th, DWIH San Francisco was delighted to support an international conference that convened researchers from UCSF Radiology and Biomedical Imaging; Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany (CAU); and UCSF’s Hyperpolarized MRI Technology Resource Center (HMTRC). Participants heard from imaging experts on the latest advances in artificial intelligence and novel imaging methods.

Science Diplomacy

Science Communication – Changes in the Relationship between Science and Society

Open access, integrity in research, and best practices for communication were among the array of topics explored at the Symposium on Science Communication, which took place on Friday, September 15th at the University of California, Berkeley. Moderated by Julia Schaletzky, Executive Director of the Harry Wheeler Center for Emerging & Neglected Diseases (CEND) at UC Berkeley, the symposium began with a keynote by Nobel laureate Randy Schekman (Medicine, 2013). Consul General Oliver Schramm also greeted attendees, highlighting the importance of science communication for the development of our society.

Transatlantic Cooperation

New Partnership Between DWIH San Francisco and BSI

The DWIH San Francisco is delighted to announce that the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), an agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), has joined our network of supporters. We held a ceremony on Friday, September 8th at the residence of the German Consul General Oliver Schramm to mark the start of many fruitful years of cooperation in the Bay Area.