{"id":610362,"date":"2020-05-29T14:58:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/?p=610362"},"modified":"2020-07-03T14:09:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T18:09:52","slug":"the-power-of-compounding-genomics-and-biotech-innovation-in-the-battle-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/the-power-of-compounding-genomics-and-biotech-innovation-in-the-battle-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Compounding &#8211; Genomics and Biotech Innovation in the Battle Against COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display: block; margin: 1em 2em 1em 2em; padding: 1em; color: #222222; border: 2px solid #08870e;\">This June 3rd webinar is now <a href=\"https:\/\/view.highspot.com\/viewer\/5efcc85ea2e3a906344d2543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">available for viewing<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Innovation thrives in times of crisis.  Join CFA Society Boston <b>this Wednesday, June 3rd<\/b> from 12:00 noon to 1:15 pm as we welcome ArkInvest founder and CEO <b class=\"c\">Cathie Wood<\/b> for a deep dive into multiple innovations that are transforming biotechnology and pharma at a time when we need them most.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cathie-Wood-CFAB.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"280\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-610365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cathie-Wood-CFAB.png 210w, https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Cathie-Wood-CFAB-113x150.png 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A thematic investor since 1990, Cathie was a featured speaker on investing in disruptive innovation at this year&#8217;s (virtual) <b>CFA Institute 73rd annual conference<\/b>.  We are thrilled to have her (virtually) in Boston for a more in-depth conversation and Q&#038;A on innovation in one of the most vital economic sectors in our region. Boston-area institutions are global leaders in biopharma research &#038; development. The Biopharma, medical device and health care delivery generate over $50 billion a year in economic activity for the region.  <\/p>\n<p>Cathie and two of her colleagues will lead a conversation on concurrent innovation in three areas &#8211; next generation sequencing, big data &#038; machine learning, and CRISPR gene-editing &#8211; and the compounding economic impact they can generate in biopharma.  <\/p>\n<p>Our June 3rd CFA Boston webinar, <i><u>Genomics and Biotech Innovation in the Battle Against COVID-19<\/i><\/u> is open to all.  <\/p>\n<p>Registration  through <a href=\"https:\/\/resolutemanagers.webex.com\/mw3300\/mywebex\/default.do?nomenu=true&#038;siteurl=resolutemanagers&#038;service=6&#038;rnd=0.4607124397652277&#038;main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fresolutemanagers.webex.com%2Fec3300%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b0000000407199a7c618b99927c95cf319959d6228e9cb9f397f526e533c018020865f1af%26siteurl%3Dresolutemanagers%26confViewID%3D161523389517822066%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAASy9ZrdtJg27XUFriNUPq6aHNjn8A4WCyrWaUqbCICJiA2%26\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this WebEx link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This June 3rd webinar is now available for viewing Innovation thrives in times of crisis. Join CFA Society Boston this Wednesday, June 3rd from 12:00 noon to 1:15 pm as we welcome ArkInvest founder and CEO Cathie Wood for a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-610362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainable-investing","","tg-column-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610362"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":610369,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610362\/revisions\/610369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}