Collective[i] Forecast: Featuring Safi Bahcall. January 28 at 4:00pm ET.

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Post-pandemic life: How science, medicine, and innovation will never be the same

During this interactive discussion, Safi will touch on how innovation has been impacted by COVID-19, including how the pandemic has altered the development cycle of future scientific and medical advancements. He will explore this topic in the context of a theory put forth in his bestselling book, Loonshoots, How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. Loonshots was the #1 most recommended book of the year in 2019 (Bloomberg annual survey of CEOs and entrepreneurs) by leaders including Bill Gates, Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink and Susan Cain.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from Safi’s unique perspective. A former McKinsey consultant, Safi founded and took public the Boston-based biotech company Synta Pharmaceuticals and was named the 2011 E&Y New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. Safi also worked with President Obama's council of science advisors on the future of national research.

Key Learning Objectives

01 What we learned in 2020 –– the expected and the unexpected

02 Why “science is back,” and how the recent announcement of Eric Lander to chief scientist and elevation to a cabinet position plays a role, (for context read Safi’s WSJ op-ed)

03 What the past year means in the context of 5,000 years of medicine, explained through vacuum robots and tennis balls

Featuring

Safi Bahcall

Physicist, bioscience entrepreneur, and bestselling author

Safi is a physicist, a former public-company CEO, the founder of a biotechnology company specializing in cancer drugs, and the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. An instant WSJ bestseller, Loonshots has been translated into 18 languages; selected as a best business book of the year by Bloomberg, Financial Times, Forbes, Inc., the Washington Post, and others; and recommended by Bill Gates, Daniel Kahneman, Ed Catmull, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and Malcolm Gladwell. Loonshots was the #1 most recommended book of the year in Bloomberg’s annual survey of CEOs and entrepreneurs.

Safi received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard, completed his PhD in physics at Stanford, and served for three years as a consultant at McKinsey and Company. In 2001, he co-founded Synta Pharmaceuticals. He led the company's IPO and served as its CEO for 13 years. In 2008, he was named E&Y New England Biotechnology Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2011, he worked with President Obama’s council of science advisors (PCAST) on the future of national research.

Safi currently advises CEOs and leadership teams on strategy and innovation, and is working on his next book. He lives with his wife and two children in Cambridge, MA

Heidi Messer

Co-Founder and Chairperson, Collective[i]

Heidi Messer currently serves as Co-Founder and Chairperson of Collective[i]™. Collective[i] (short for Collective Intelligence) hosts a network and AI/ML powered application that helps companies predict, manage, and grow revenue. Prior to Collective[i], Ms. Messer co-founded and served as President of LinkShare, host to one of the world’s largest online affiliate networks until its sale to Rakuten for USD $425m. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Forecast ft. Safi Bahcall