2025 Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand Programme and Presentations
Hōtaka programme and participants for Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand 2025.
Hōtaka Programme
Te Rā When: Rāpare Thursday 7 August 2025
Te Wāhi Where: Royal Society Te Apārangi, 11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
| 9.30 am | Arrival and registration for presenters |
| 10.30 | Presenters briefing |
| 11.00 | Jury briefing |
| 11.30 | Mihi welcome and introductory remarks |
| 11.45 | Pitch presentations 1-11 |
| 12.45pm | Kai a te rānui Lunch |
| 1.45 | Pitch presentations 12-22 |
| 2.45 | Networking break / Kaiwhakawā Jury evaluation session |
| 3.45 | Award ceremony / Group photo and closing remarks |
| 4.15–6.00 |
Networking and connecting reception Karakia whakamutunga event closing blessing |
Participants
Pitch presentation order
| Order | Name | Organisation |
| 1 | Priyanshi Negi | University of Waikato |
| 2 | Xinya Wang | Massey University |
| 3 | Lizhao Zhu | Univerisity of Waikato |
| 4 | Manochitra Loganathan | Unitec Institute of Technology |
| 5 | Cervantée Wild | The University of Auckland |
| 6 | Upulanka Premasiri | University of Canterbury |
| 7 | Sam Collins | University of Waikato |
| 8 | Sachini Weerasinghe | Massey University |
| 9 | Jacqueline Theis | University of Otago |
| 10 | Kavishan Ranatunga | The University of Auckland |
| 11 | Jonah Taugi Anton | Papua New Guinea University of Technology |
| 12 | Matthew Howes | Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) |
| 13 | Indira Venkatraman | University of Canterbury |
| 14 | Ankit Parikh | Auckland University of Technology |
| 15 | Ellie Johnson | University of Otago, Wellington |
| 16 | Catherine Mahima Singh | The University of the South Pacific (USP) |
| 17 | Asma Khan | Lincoln University New Zealand |
| 18 | Zarar Rasheed | Victoria University of Wellington |
| 19 | Mindula Irugalbandara | The University of Auckland |
| 20 | William Allouche | University of Waikato |
| 21 | Erica Sue-Tang | Lincoln Argitech |
| 22 | Patrick Mazzocco | University of Otago |
Kaitautoko Partners
Falling Walls Lab Aotearoa New Zealand is hosted by Royal Society Te Apārangi with support from the German Embassy in Wellington, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and EURAXESS Australia & New Zealand.
