We invited the President of the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association, Bruce Sharpe, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the future of the electric vehicle.

We asked Genome BC Chief Science Officer Catalina Lopez-Correa to join us for a Conversation That Matters about how genomics is reshaping our lives.

We sat down with Etienne Farreyre and Patrick Pennefather for a real Conversation that Matters on video about virtual reality.

For Eaves, there are no limits. “We are going for world domination and it’s all working out nicely.”

When Dr. Roni Zieger left his role as Google’s Chief Health Strategist, he wanted to create Smart Patients, an online network of what he calls “micro-experts.”

"We use science every day for everything." That is according to Scott Sampson, PhD, of Science World on the role of science in our lives and our economy, and the opportunity British Columbia has to be a global leader in research and development.

The promise of fusion energy is now tantalizingly close. That is according to Nathan Gilliland, CEO of General Fusion. This means there is about about 5 years to go to reach proof of concept.

In 2000, the world of medicine and research was all aflutter with possibility. The human genome project was about to wrap up and we were promised huge health benefits. That was 16 years ago and so far, reality has come up short of the promised potential.

What if you can capture your healthy immune cells, freeze them and then get them back later if you get cancer or some other life threatening disease? That is the vision of Jeff Schulz, who is spearheading a Vancouver based company that wants to do that.

Big businesses are doing such a good job of thwarting the efforts of hackers they have turned their attention to small business. That is according to cyber security expert Dominic Vogel.

The percentage of women in computing sciences is exceptionally low and many experts point to the introduction of the Personal Computer as the culprit.

"It is encouraging. No one has ever done anything quite like this before." That is Dr. Kevin D'Amour's take on a device designed to change lives.

Are changes in behavior and the advances in alternative energy production opening up new possibilities? Professor Tim Flannery, the former Australian Climate Commissioner, thinks so.

Dr. Michael Dixon and his team have figured out how to grow tomatoes in space and anywhere on earth, including the Canadian high arctic.

Alan Bernstein, the President and CEO of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, points out that Canada accounts for five per cent of the world’s scientific literature so it’s important to team up with the best in the world.

2015 is the year genomics gets real. That is according to Dr. Corey Nislow. From his lab at UBC, he is working on a pilot project with the BC Pharmacy Association and Genome BC that moves us one step closer in the promise of personalized medicine.

British Columbia was the first jurisdiction in the world that would make HIV/AIDS treatment free. That is according to Dr. Julio Montaner of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.