Neil Koenig, ideaXme Board Advisor and former Senior BBC Series Producer interviews Artist, Anthony McCall. Neil comments: In the face of today’s flood of information from the internet and social media, it can sometimes take courage to retain belief in the strength of self-generated ideas. But for some, it can pay off. As the […]
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Aug
Aug
Neil Koenig, ideaXme board advisor and former Senior BBC Series Producer interviews Christina Keller, CEO Cascade Engineering. Urgent Need to Recycle Existing Plastics Neil comments: As worries about the health of our environment continue to grow, a big concern is the harm caused by plastic waste. Whilst intense efforts to find suitable alternatives continue, […]
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Jul
Jul
Neil Koenig, ideaXme board advisor and former Senior BBC Producer, interviews Gyri Reiersen, Co-founder Tanso. Despite countless warnings from scientists about the dangers that greenhouse gas emissions pose to our environment, it seems that many businesses have still to wake up to the gravity of the situation. “It always surprises me how little companies […]
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Jun
Jun
Loredana Sinardo, BBA student at the University of St. Gallen interviews Bineta Diop, Founder and President of Femmes Africa Solidarité, a non-profit organization which promotes women’s rights in Africa. This interview took place at the St. Gallen Symposium, Switzerland. St. Gallen, Switzerland The ancient town of St. Gallen in Switzerland has been a centre […]
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Jun
Jun
Neil Koenig, ideaXme board advisor interviews Sarah Maria Nordt, Founder of SANOGE. The Planetary Cost of the Fashion Industry Neil comments: The fashion industry might be glamorous, but its allure comes at a cost, since it is widely regarded as being one of the world’s biggest sources of pollution. One entrepreneur who is trying to […]
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Jun
Jun
Neil Koenig, former BBC Series Producer and now ideaXme board advisor and interviewer talks with Dr Jan Goetz, Co-founder of IQM. Neil comments: Proponents of quantum computing claim that the technology has much to offer, saying that it promises to revolutionise many aspects of our lives such as scientific research, finance, healthcare and much more. […]
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Jun
Jun
Neil Koenig, ideaXme board advisor interviews Kristina Lunz, Co-founder Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy. Neil comments: The battle of women for equality has been underway for centuries. But campaigners believe the rewards of success would be great; as Emily Venturi, a speaker at the 1878 International Congress of Women’s Rights in Paris put it, “the […]
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May
May
Andrea Macdonald, founder of ideaXme interviews Stela Solar, Director of National AI Centre, CSIRO Australia. They talk of “Australia’s world first” initiative to develop, roll out and manage AI and how Stela Solar leads it. Biography Stela Solar Director of the National AI Centre, CSIRO Australia Stela Solar is the Director of the National Artificial […]
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May
May
Neil Koenig, former BBC Producer/Director and now ideaXme board advisor interviews Chris Stott, Founder, CEO and Chair of Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. to talk of how data centres on the Moon will fuel human progress. Neil comments: Space entrepreneurs often have grand visions. As the billionaire Elon Musk explained, in a BBC Radio 4 documentary […]
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Apr
Apr
Neil Koenig, former BBC Producer/Director and now ideaXme board advisor interviews artist Shahzia Sikander. Neil Koenig comments: One aim of the ideaXme platform is to Move the human story forward™. Is that something that art can help with? The artist Shahzia Sikander believes it can: “art is something that we learn to tell stories with. […]
