Ric was invited to speak at ideacity and gave a riveting talk on the sex and organ trades internationally.
She was introduced by ideacity programmer who said:
Our next speaker is known most recently for a number of startling documentaries she produced. One is about the modern sex slavery situation, and the other has to do with the international trade in organs. There is a en enormous international demand for hearts, lungs and livers, but especially for kidneys. This is Ric Bienstock...
Over the years ideacity has welcomed such distinguished presenters as Deepak Chopra, Margaret Atwood, Romeo Dallaire, and Robert Kennedy Jr. But we’ve also hosted lesser known thinkers who became superstars – like 15-year-old Jack Andraka, who discovered a test for pancreatic cancer.