Dr. Martine Rothblatt - Fireside Chat

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DR. MARTINE ROTHBLATT
UVic Honorary Degree Recipient
Nominated by the Chair in Transgender Studies
In 2017, Forbes Magazine named Dr. Martine Rothblatt as one of the “100 Greatest Living Business Minds of the past 100 years.” On Wed., Nov. 13th, 2019, Martine Rothblatt will be receiving an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from the University of Victoria (watch the live webcast).
On the following evening, Thurs., Nov. 14th, 7:30 PM, Martine Rothblatt will join Aaron Devor, Chair in Transgender Studies, for a "Fireside Chat" about her remarkable life and accomplishments.
Martine Rothblatt, PhD, MBA, JD, is a technologist, entrepreneur, lawyer and author, and a leader in communications, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and bioethics.
As an entrepreneur, Rothblatt launched the navigation system GeoStar and the broadcasting company that became SiriusXM. After coming out as transgender she founded the biotech company United Therapeutics (UTHR), to develop a drug for lung disease that ended up saving her own daughter’s life-and those of thousands of others. Projects in development include creating transplantable organs using a 3D-printer and a person’s own cells. She was included in Forbes Magazine’s “100 Greatest Business Minds.”
Rothblatt also supports transhumanism and experiments with robotic and artificial intelligence. Her Terasem Movement Foundation helps people upload records of their lives to computers to prepare for “mind clones” in the future. As part of this exciting work, her team created an intelligent, lifelike robot called Bina48.