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The Falling Walls Science Summit 2026 brings together groundbreaking research, innovative ideas, and international thought leaders from science, business, politics, media, and civil society. Since 2009, the format has brought together interdisciplinary stakeholders to break down boundaries and develop visionary solutions to global challenges.

This year’s participants include, among others, Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt, CERN Director-General Mark Thomson, former NASA Chief Scientist Thomas Zurbuchen, as well as Federal Minister Dorothee Bär and Karsten Wildberger. SPRIND is also represented at the summit again this year.

The Drop in Malmö, one of Europe's leading climate tech conferences, brings together international climate experts, investors, startups, and scientists every year.

At this year's event, Till Moldenhauer (SPRIND) and Maxi Pethö-Schramm (HV Capital) will host a Ripple – The Drop's roundtable discussion format – on the topic of the European Sovereignty Playbook. They will explore whether European startups building strategically sovereign technologies and infrastructure can tap into both European public funding and global private capital – or if they ultimately have to choose.