Falling Walls competition showcase for university students’ business ideas

Germany is a short pitch away for one enterprising Manitoba student or recent graduate.

Come November, the academic will jet to the Falling Walls Lab Finale — a science and business-focused pitch competition that, when grouped with other events, draws some 60 nations across the globe.

“Because we are facing global problems, having global partners around the world is a good thing to have,” said Hans-Joachim Wieden, the University of Manitoba’s associate vice-president of partnership, knowledge mobilization and innovation, microbiology.

The University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg and Brandon University didn’t collaborate on sending a pupil to Germany because of the world’s shifting trade ties.

The Falling Walls Lab Finale occurred last year and years prior. This time, however, the