The world’s highest paid female CEO is a lawyer, a pharma industry tycoon, founder of Sirius radio and a leading innovator in the emerging field of “transhumanism.” She was also born a man.
The woman, who prefers not to be called even that, is Martine Rothblatt and she’s coming to Durham next May, for what we expect will be an enlightening discussion about her experience as a transgender person in business and her visions of a future in which humans live after death as digital beings.
Welcome to Moogfest, where fascinating individuals and controversial topics take center stage in an international-in-scope festival all about the future and intersection of music, art and technology.
News of the lineup is starting to trickle out after six months of preparation by the Moog team and local fundraisers. It was only in May that the festival announced plans to move from the hometown of Moog Music, Asheville, to the tech and startup-centric town of Durham, where organizers hoped more corporations would get behind the event and help make it profitable for the first time.
For much more, read Baverman’s full report at:
http://exitevent.com/article/moogfest-2016-daytime-lineup-151208
