Falling Walls

Meet Theo Anagnostopoulos! After leaving the lab, he dedicated his career to bringing science closer to society. He founded SciCo​ and now leads Falling Walls Engage Hub Greece.

Based in Athens, the Hub connects researchers, educators, and artists from across Greece. Its work focuses on three key goals: making science accessible to everyone, countering misinformation, and inspiring more young people to pursue STEM.

🚀 Less Bureaucracy in Science and Research!
How can research and science administration become faster, smarter and more innovation-friendly?

From funding processes and reporting obligations to procurement, compliance and collaboration across institutions — researchers and administrators alike are calling for systems that enable innovation instead of slowing it down.

At the Creative Bureaucracy Festival on 11 June 2026 at Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin, public leaders, universities, ministries, innovators and practitioners from around the world will explore how to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy while strengthening impact, trust and delivery - not only in science, but across such topics healthcare, cities, migration, resilience and defense, leadership and personnel, and cooperation between federal, state and municipal governments.

💡 This year's programme addresses key challenges shaping public sector transformation — from federal cooperation and digital transformation to resilience and defence, artificial intelligence, migration, cities as innovation labs, leadership, youth participation and new forms of citizen engagement.

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲:
• 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗺, Member of the German Council of Economic Experts;
• 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗵ü𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹, former Federal Chancellor of Austria;
• 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗼𝘂, Rapporteur-General on Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and former Prime Minister of Greece;
• 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲, CEO of the City of Sydney; and
• 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗿, Mayor of Tübingen
• 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗧𝘄𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻, Managing Director, PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand;
• 𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿é 𝗚ö𝗯𝗲𝗹, President of FITKO;
• 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗸 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮, Chief Technology Officer, Bundesdruckerei;
• 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Table.Briefings and incoming first female Publisher of the FAZ; and
• 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘁, Publisher of Tagesspiegel.

𝗜𝗻 90 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 8 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀
✔ Research administration & funding reform
✔ Digitalisation & AI in public institutions
✔ Mission-driven governance
✔ Faster implementation & less red tape
✔ Creative leadership in complex systems

Find the full programme here: https://creativebureaucracy.org/programme
Meet like-minded people working on the future of public administration — from universities and research institutions to governments and innovation labs.

📍 Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin
📅 11 June 2026
Door open: 8.00 h am CET; Programme Start: 9.00 h am CET
Get your ticket here: https://creativebureaucracy.org/tickets

ℹ️ The Creative Bureaucracy Festival is a project of the Falling Walls Foundation.

The Global Call for Science Breakthroughs 2026 has wrapped, with 2,589 submissions from 1,896 institutions across 134 countries. The jury has their work cut out.

Over the coming months, we'll reveal the shortlists, the finalists, and finally – the Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2026.

Be there when they take the stage in Berlin this November at the Falling Walls Science Summit.
Get your tickets now: https://falling-walls.com/science-summit/tickets-2026