Category Archives: Guest Interviews

Dr Jan Goetz, Co-founder IQM in the ideaXme studio

Quantum Computing | Challenges and Opportunities | Dr Jan Goetz, Co-founder IQM

 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. […]

Kristina Lunz Co-founder Centre For Feminist Foreign Policy

Kristina Lunz | Centre For Feminist Foreign Policy

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 […]

Chris Stott, founder Lonestar Data Holdings on ideaXme

Data Centres on the Moon to Fuel Human Progress | Chris Stott, founder Lonestar Data Holdings

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 […]

Mohammed Afkhami

Rebel Jester Mystic Poet | Contemporary Persians | The Mohammed Afkhami Collection

Neil Koenig, ex BBC producer and current ideaXme board advisor and guest interviewer, interviews Mohammed Afkhami, philanthropist and art collector. If asked to name a country associated with modern art, few people today might think of Iran. The collector Mohammed Afkhami is working hard to change that perception. In recent years he has amassed a […]

David Roche, Founder Independent Strategy

The Truth About Cryptocurrencies

Neil Koenig, Producer, Journalist and ideaXme board adviser interviews David Roche, Founder of Independent Strategy and Quantum Economics. The Truth About Cryptocurrencies The news today is full of stories of fortunes made or lost through investment in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. But what exactly are these new digital currencies? How did they come about, […]

Grinspoon

David Grinspoon: Human up to tackle climate change!

Amanda Christensen, ideaXme guest interviewer and Strategist at Cubaka, speaks with David Grinspoon, PhD., Astrobiologist, Senior Scientist at the Planetary Institute and award-winning author. Amanda Christensen Comments: This June, NASA selected the DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble-gases, Chemistry and Imaging +) mission as part of its Discovery program – the first spacecraft to […]

David Roche, Founder Independent Strategy

From Communist Russia To Quantum Economics

Neil Koenig TV Producer and Journalist interviews David Roche, Founder of Independent Strategy. Neil Koenig comments: From Communist Russia To Quantum Economics The great financial crisis that began in 2007 mostly took the world by surprise. And the main reason why so few experts saw it coming, says the global investment strategist David Roche, is […]

Keith Clarke, Chair, Constructionarium.

Keith Clarke, CBE: Decarbonise At Speed. Embrace It, Or Get Left Behind!

 Neil Koenig, TV Producer, Journalist and ideaXme board advisor interviews Keith Clarke CBE, a senior construction industry figure shaping the modern sustainably built world and a passionate environmental campaigner. Keith is currently Chair of Constructionarium, Member of Advisory Board, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University and Director Women in Property Network. Moreover, until recently he was […]

Lenka Petrakova, Award-Winning Designer and Architect of the 8th Continent.

The 8th Continent: Award Winning Design Concept to Clean the Oceans

There is a pressing need to clean up the world’s oceans. Both the health of our oceans and climate change are linked as oceans play a vital role in absorbing carbon dioxide. Plastic pollution, 8 million tons of plastic every year, threaten all marine life. Ocean species are facing a bigger danger of extinction than species on land. It […]

Dr Christian Busch, author of The Serendipity Mindset.

The Art and Science of Creating Good luck: Serendipity

Ali Jawad, Paralympian powerlifter and ideaXme guest interviewer talks with Dr Christian Busch ,PhD, Full-time Faculty and Director, CGA Global Economy Program at New York University and author of The Serendipity Mindset. They discuss the art and science of creating good luck, the subject of Christian’s new book, and what we all can do to […]