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The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us the importance of being prepared. Even though this pandemic is not over yet, we must be ready to anticipate and prevent the next one. It´s encouraging to see organizations like the World Health Organization taking the lead to build an inclusive global framework for pandemic preparedness. But one critical element is still required: a comprehensive early warning system to monitor all circulating viruses and bacteria worldwide to detect potential threats before it is too late. That´s why Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is putting €1 million on the table with our 2023 Future Insight Prize. We are looking forward to getting the candidatures that are on the right path to develop a global pathogen surveillance and monitoring system. 

Applications wanted for the Spinoff Prize!

The Spinoff Prize is an award for early stage university spinoff companies from around the world. It gives visibility to academic entrepreneurs and their companies and helps them secure future investment.

We invite applications from spinoffs that translate original, high-quality scientific research into products and services that address market problems and make a positive impact on society. Learn more here.

This week we published the awarding of the Johann Anton Merck Award 2022 to Stephen Jackson, the recordings of the Nature Award Science in Shorts and keynotes by our speaker Özlem Türeci. Visit our media library to watch the videos now!

Watch your favorite Curious2022 talks on-demand! This week we published the awarding of the Future Insight Prize 2022 to Tobias Erb and keynotes by our speakers Leslie G. Valiant and Michael Gorman. Visit our media library to watch the videos now!

We published keynotes by our speakers Daniel Nocera, Sally Rockey, Jörg Tremmel and Janine O’Keeffe. Visit our media library to watch the videos now!

Missed some talks? This week we published keynotes by our speakers Klaus Müllen, Rafael Laguna de la Vera and Phil Baran. Visit our media library to watch the videos now!

This week we published keynotes by our speakers Linda A. Hill, Chihaya Adachi and Jennifer Chan. Visit our media library to watch the videos now!

Watch your favorite Curious2022 talks on-demand! This week we published keynotes by our speakers Peter C. Doherty, Sara Seager and Stefan W. Hell. Visit our media library to watch the videos now!    

This week we published keynotes by our speakers Robert Huber, Robert Boehme, Andrew Dzurak and Jarryd Pla. Visit our media library to watch the videos now!

This week we published the awarding of the Keeling Curve Prize 2022 moderated by Jacquelyn Francis, Lukas Mörchen and Frederique Seidel, the AAAS/Science Roundtable – Can AI Save the World? moderated by Orla Smith and Tim Appenzeller and the panelists Joanna Bryson, Murray Campbell and Catherine Havasi, as well as the keynote by our speaker Ron Naaman. Visit our media library to watch the videos now!

Congratulations to all abstract winners of the Curious2022 Future Insight Conference that presented their research during the Ignite Session! Watch the talks of Fred Phillips, Iuliia Myrgorodska, FaehzanAhmad, Cécile Echalier, Siegfried Schindler, Dragana Savic, Eleonore Eisath, Xin Lai and Marek Checinski now and on-demand: Complete Ignite Session and Winner Ignite Session.

This week we published keynotes by our speakers Jean-Marie Lehn, Johann-Dietrich Woerner and Noam Slonim. Visit our media library to watch the videos now: https://lnkd.in/esxT3Kxe

Keynotes by our speakers Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Martin Rees and Maria Leptin are now live. Visit our media library to watch the videos now: https://lnkd.in/esxT3Kxe

Watch your favorite Curious2022 talks on-demand! This week we published keynotes by our speakers Moritz Helmstädter, Dietmar Harhoff and Christina Smolke. Visit our media library to watch the videos now: https://lnkd.in/esxT3Kxe

Missed some talks? In the coming days and weeks we will make many of the talks available in the media library on this website - stay tuned!

The Wall Street Journal, ChemistryViews, ZEIT and stern report on the 2022 Future Insight Prize Winner.

What a fantastic event, many thanks to all speakers, partners and participants for making the Curious2022 Future Insight Conference so unique. All helpers and organizers thank you for making the conference possible!

Today is the last day of Curious2022 Future Insight Conference! Watch prerecorded keynotes, attend workshops and meet the winner of the 2022 Future Insight Prize. Enter here.

Don't miss information about our future events. Sign up for Curious2024 here!

Congratulations to the Winner of the Ignite Session Eleonore Eisath! Learn more about her company beworm.

Discover the winners of the science communication challenge Science in Shorts from Nature Awards!

Congratulations to the Winner of the 2022 ScienceFluencer Award Clemens Steinek! Explore his videos here.

The second day of the Curious2022 Future Insight Conference begins! Do not miss exciting keynotes and lectures. Enter here.

Congratulation to the 2022 Keeling Curve Prize Winners!

Welcome to the Curious2022 Future Insight Conference! Enter here.

Only 1 day to go until Curious2022 Future Insight Conference! Download the latest agenda as a PDF here.

All participants should have received their ticket now! In case you have not received your ticket please contact info@future-insight.org

The Future Insight™ prize is awarded to honour outstanding achievements in science and technology that help to realize visionary dream products important for humanity.

What are your dream products? Which products or technologies do you think should be developed within the next 35 years? What are your dreams for a bright future where science & technology can contribute to make a difference? Post them on our Dream Board.

Only 7 days to go until Curious2022 Future Insight Conference! Check out the agenda and find exciting talks on your favorite topics!

We are excited to give an overview of the workshops at Curious2022. You want to participate in a workshop? Get your ticket, sign up for the conference and register for a workshop!

Special AMA Circle with our Partner the European Space Agency added: "Introducing AI at ESA: Challenges, current status, lessons learnt and future advancement from a human centric perspective"

Explore the complete agenda for Curious2022 here.

New fantastic speakers added! Explore all our speaker here.

Make Science Not War - looking at the threat of war and growing tensions around Ukraine, sign the Darmstadt science declaration today at curiousfutureinsight.org/darmstadt-science-declaration.

Check out this whitepaper by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and Oxford Economics on The State of Scientific Research Productivity

We wish all participants of the forthcoming Curious2022 – Future Insight Conference a happy new year, best of health, success and happiness and look forward to many exciting days building jointly a better tomorrow united by science.

We are sad to announce the loss of Nobel Laureate Robert H. Grubbs. Robert Grubbs, the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at Caltech, passed away on December 19, 2021. We offer our deepest condolences. 

Congratulations to Benjamin List for winning the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Benjamin was a keynote speaker at the Curious2018 – Future Insight Conference.

Newsweek reports on the 2021 Future Insight prize. Read more here.

Event summary of the 2021 Future Insight days is now available - click here!

Enthusiastic statements from participants of the 2021 Future Insight Days: Read the statements here!

Wall Street Journal reporting on 2021 Future Insight Prize

Nature Outlook the Spinoff Prize 2021 now live! More details here.

Read about our Future Insight Activities in the May / June 2021 edition of The European Business Review!

Almost 1,500 people have already signed up to join the 2021 Future Insight Days and registrations keep coming in. If you have not done it yet, sign up today!

Anja Karliczek, Minister for Education and Research of Germany, will give the laudatory speech for the 2021 Future Insight Prize

Katalin Kariko - mastermind behind the RNA vaccines - has signed the Darmstadt Science Declaration

Agenda of the 2021 Future Insight Days online!

EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel to kick-off 2021 Future Insight Days

At the beginning of the year 2021 the organizer of the Curious- Future Insight^TM Conference Ulrich Betz has been appointed by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, as a member of the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat).

The Future Insight™ Days 2021 will take place July 12-14, 2021, to celebrate excellence in science and technology even in challenging times. The three-day event features the awarding of the Merck Future Insight Prize that comes with a targeted 1.000.000 EUR research grant, the Spinoff Prize as well as the Johann Anton Merck Award. Find out more.

Due to the global SARS-CoV2 pandemic we have made the decision to postpone the Curious – Future Insight Conference to the new date: July 12th – 14th, 2022. The safety and wellbeing of our participants is the number one priority. 

This crisis shows once again that the progress in science and technology needs to be accelerated and Curious – Future Insight Conference – is the place to help achieve that, to solve the challenges of today and to enable the dreams of a better tomorrow. 

The Curious2018, Future Insights in Science and Technology book is among the top used publications on SpringerLink that concern one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Find out more here. 

The Spinoff Prize applications have been extended to  December 14, 2020. Apply here.

This week our new campaign started - United by Science - United for Science. Find out more here.

Science can create a better tomorrow. Today we’re joining UNESCO in celebrating Science for and with Society on World Science Say. Our initiatives are driven by the belief that science can solve the challenges of today and enable the dream of a better tomorrow for humankind. Find out more.

We congratulate Emmanuelle Charpentier, keynote speaker at Curious2018 – Future Insight Conference,  for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020!

The Curious2021 – Future Insight Conference will run as a hybrid on-site/online event.

The Future Insight™ Virtual Event will take place on July 13th, 2020, and it will feature the awarding of the Merck Future Insight Prize and the Nature Research Spinoff Prize. Further information will folllow.

Due to the global SARS-CoV2 pandemic we have made the decision to postpone the Curious – Future Insight Conference to the new date: July 12th – 14th, 2021.

The safety and wellbeing of participants are number one priority and given the high number of COVID-19 infections throughout the world, it is impossible to hold the international gathering in July this year.

This crisis shows once again that the progress in science and technology needs to be accelerated and Curious – Future Insight Conference – Science for a better tomorrow – is the place to help achieve that, to solve the challenges of today and to enable the dreams of a better tomorrow.

Currently the Jury of the Merck Future Insight Prize and the Jury of the Merck-Nature Spin-off Prize are evaluating top candidates and are working on selecting the winners for 2020.

Curious2020 – Future Insight Conference - SARS-CoV2 Update:

At this point in time we plan to run Curious2020 as planned but are monitoring the further pandemic situation daily. In case the situation does not get better and the conference cannot be run as planned we may either virtualize the event or postpone it to a later point in time or move forward with a mixture of both options. In case the event is virtualized or postponed to 2021 tickets for 2020 remain valid. Stay healthy.

Nature will host a set of 3 panels on day one of the Curious2020 Conference discussing several topics revolving the future of food.Find out more here.

Deadline approaching – apply now for the Spinoff Prize a Nature Research award in partnership with Merck.

The agenda is online now! Find out more.

Submit your abstract now and present your current work, projects, and research at the Curious2020 - Future Insight Conference. Find out more here.

Applications are now open for The Spinoff Prize — a new award for early stage university spinoff companies from around the world. Shortlisted spinoffs will pitch in front of a live audience at the Curious Future Insight Conference 2020. Find out more here. 

TICKET SALES is open NOW
Be part of one of the world’s most renowned gatherings of the brightest scientists and most accomplished entrepreneurs to explore the future of science and technology. Get your 3 days conference ticket here.

The Curious2018 book is available now. Order here.

Future Insight Prize: € 1 Million Research Grant Awarded for the First Time. Read more.

A report from curious 2018 media partner Nature: an innovative conference that aimed to create a new future — not just predict one: Read more.

Begin by reading this article: The Darmstadt Science Declaration is described in the Angewandte Chemie Int.

Science / AAAS Webinar "Technology breakthrough of the year: Compelling science driven by curious minds" - Register here to watch the 2-hour recording moderated by News Editor Tim Appenzeller that includes illustrious panelists representing a broad range of fields. 

Congratulations to Frances Arnold, speaker at Curious2018 – Future Insight Conference for winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018

The media gallery is now live with the first videos. Check back soon for more content.

More than 550 signatories to the Darmstadt Science Declaration. Find examples of individuals who signed here.

Participant gave us their fantastic feedback. Read the results of our survey here.

Sign the Darmstadt Science Declaration, a global call to action to devote more resources to the advancement of science & technology.

Science Webinar "Technology breakthrough of the year: Compelling science driven by curious minds" - Now available on request

ChemViews Magazine published an article covering the Curious2018 conference. Read the article here.

Greetings from the Federal Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek. Read her message here.

Thank you for your participation in Curious2018! More than 1.200 participants from all over the world helped to make this a truely unique event! 

Coming to Curious2018? Do not forget to download the app which will help to guide you through the conference! 

Not attending Curious2018? Watch the Science AAAS Webinar here.

Curious2018 is coming closer! Make sure to book your hotel and flights. For your convenience, we have identified preferred hotels in Darmstadt and Frankfurt. Click here to get a list of these hotels.

Huge interest in free tickets for Curious2018. More than 1.000 applications from scientists, entrepreneurs and industry representatives from all over the world!

Media Briefing Deck now available in English. Click here.

Media Briefing Deck now available in German. Click here.

Due to exceptionally high interest, we have decided to extend the application deadline one additional week to May 8th – apply now here.

Is your company active in the fields drug discovery, biotechnology, performance materials, or digitalization?

Book yourexhibition booth at the Curious2018 Conference and present your company’s portfolio to a top audience. Meet and network with 1000+ scientists, innovators, and business developers from businesses and universities throughout the world focusing on the future of science and technology.

The exhibition booths come fully furnished including screens and two participation tickets with access to the full conference.

Interested to join Curious2018? Free slots are available! Apply here.

Preliminary agenda is now live. Take a look here.

One week left! Take your chance and apply now for the Anniversary Edition of the Innovation Cup!

Boldly imagining the next 350 years! Read more in the Science/AAAS Advertorial.

The Curious2018 Team wishes you a successful and happy New Year 2018!

Options to purchase an exhibition space will be made available in Q1 2018.

Curious2018 will host two panel discussion organized together with Nature and Science AAAS on the future of medicine and breakthrough technologies of the year.

Speaker registration will open in Q1 2018. Click here for more details.

Review Paper "Is the Force Awakening" published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.