Obatala's CEO, Dr. Trivia Frazier, gave a keynote address at the 2021 Convergence Conference, which brought together industry and academia to discuss how to successful translate technologies out of universities and into the market. The conference was hosted by Tulane University, LSU Health Sciences Center, and the New Orleans BioInnovation Center. The event was held at the BioInnovation Center and also featured presentations by Walter Isaacson and others.