Category Archives: Ambassador Interviews

Rick Bente, CEO Seventh Sense Biosystems

No More Needles with Seventh Sense Biosystems

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Rick Bente, MSc, MBA, BS, CEO of Seventh Sense Biosystems. Ira Pastor Comments: Getting blood drawn is not a fun activity for many. It can be scary for some (especially if you have children); it can be painful for others (especially where frequent blood draws are required). […]

Brigadier General Dr. Loree Sutton Retired New York City Mayor Candidate

Brigadier General Dr Loree Sutton Mayor of New York?

In recent years we have seen the move away from ‘politics as usual’ with non-traditional figures entering the political arena to disrupt the typical entrenched narratives. The election and worldwide popularity of Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand Prime Minister who prioritises national wellbeing and happiness is just one example of a new type of leader. Brigadier […]

Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Credit: US Department of Veteran Affairs

Dr. Rachel Ramoni: Innovation in Healthcare for Veteran

   Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Chief Research and Development Officer at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. Ira Pastor Comments: The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a federal Cabinet-level agency that provides comprehensive healthcare services to military veterans at over 1,000 VA medical centers and […]

Imam Sheikh Dr Usama Hasan with Professor Stephen Hawking. Knowledge in Unity: From Islam and ethics to exponential technology and robotics.

Unity in Knowledge: From Ethics and Islam to Exponential Technology and Robotics

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador interviews Imam Sheikh Dr. Usama Hasan, PhD, MSc, MA, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Research Consultant at the Tony Blair Institute For Global Change. In this interview learn of how Imam Dr Hasan transverses his career from scientist to Islamic Scholar to promote knowledge and build […]

Credit: Vimana Global

Vimana Global: Flying Cars For Cargo and Human Transport

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Mr. Evgeni Borisov, CEO and Co-founder of Vimana Global Inc. Ira Pastor Comments: A flying car is a type of personal air vehicle, or “road able” aircraft, that provides door-to-door transportation by both ground and air, and was a popular theme in fantasy and science fiction stories […]

Shelley Lyford President and CEO West Health and the Gary and Mary West Foundation

Billionaire Philanthropists Pour US$400 Million into Initiatives to Help the Weak and Vulnerable

 Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador interviews Shelley Lyford President and Chief Executive Officer of West Health, the Gary and Mary West Foundation, and the West Health Institute. Growth in Population of Weak and Vulnerable According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world is on the brink of a demographic milestone. Since the […]

Matthew Richardson, historian and primatologist, year 2000

Threatened and Recently Extinct Vertebrates of the World

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Matthew Richardson, Canadian author of “Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World”, primatologist and conservationist. Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World “My forthcoming book, Threatened and Recently-extinct Vertebrates of the World, required me to assess and place some 15,000 species and subspecies within […]

Dr Hiroshi Ishiguro with Geminoid

Dr Hiroshi Ishiguro’s Geminoid: Human-Like Robot

Ira Pastor ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Professor Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro the Director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory, of the Department of Systems Innovation, in the Graduate School of Engineering Science, at Osaka University, Japan. Professor Ishiguro is also the Director of the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), a private company […]

Dr. Patrick Rose Credit: ONR Global

Synthetic Biology Innovations with Dr. Patrick Rose

   Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador, interviews Dr. Patrick P. Rose, Science Director for Synthetic Biology at the Office of Naval Research Global, as well as Program Manager, Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute at United States Department of Defense. The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is an organization within the United States Department […]

Nitendra Rajput VP and Head of Mastercard AI Garage

Exploring the implications of AI with Mastercard’s AI Garage

Amanda Christensen, ideaXme guest contributor, fake news and deep fake researcher, and Marketing Manager at Cubaka, interviews Nitendra Rajput, VP and Head of Mastercard’s AI Garage. Amanda Christensen Comments: Artificial intelligence has become a technological buzzword, often solely referred to AI rather than depicting the possibly infinite amount of practical applications that artificial intelligence can […]