Cannabis Business Summit-Upcoming Events

Pre-Summit Workshops, Tours and Early Registration: Monday, June 20, 2016

8:30AM - 9:30AM

Workshop Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30AM - 12:00PM

  Morning Workshop A
  Cannabis Nurses: The Role of Nursing in the Cannabis Industry

Heather Manus RN,

President

Genesis Int'l Cannabis Solutions

  Morning Workshop C
  Time to Give Back: Corporate Giving in the Cannabis Industry and the Role of Philanthropy in Growing a Socially Responsible Industry
  

Amanda Reiman

Manager

Marijuana Law and Policy, Drug Policy Alliance

  Morning Workshop D
  Ending the Cannabis Misinformation Epidemic

Mary Smith,

CEO & Co-Founder

Greenito™"

9:30AM - 3:30PM

  Full Day Workshop
  Starting & Operating a Successful Medical Cannabis Dispensary, Cultivation, or Infused Products Company

Karin Lazarus

Author & Founder

Sweet Mary Jane

Robin Hackett

Co-Owner

BotanaCare

Cheri Hackett

Co-Owner

BotanaCare

Bob Hoban

Partner

Hoban & Feola

JB Woods

President

Greenpoint Insurance

10:30AM - 12:00PM

Morning Tour A

Harborside

Limited to 10 people

Morning Tour B

CW Analytical Laboratories

Tour limited to 10 people

Morning Tour C

Berkeley Patients Group

Tour limited to 10 people

Morning Tour D

Steep Hill-Halent Labs

Tour limited to 20 people

Morning Tour E

Morning Tour E: Dark Heart Nurserys

Tour limited to 20 people

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Lunch

1:00PM - 3:30PM

  Afternoon Workshop A
  Innovative Market Solutions as Cannabis Goes Mainstream

Olivia Mannix

CMO & Co-Founder

Cannabrand

Jennifer DeFalco

CMO & Co-Founder

Cannabrand

1:00PM - 6:00PM

Afternoon Workshop C

NCBA at NCIA: Continuing Legal Education for Lawyers

*CLE registration priority for licensed attorneys.

Amanda Conley

Partner

Brand & Branch LLP

  Afternoon Workshop D
  Greening Corporate Cannabis - Sustainable Approaches to Commercial Cannabis Cultivation

Jonathan Valdman

President

Forever Flowering LLC

2:00PM - 3:00PM

Afternoon Tour A

Harborside

Tour limited to 10 people

Afternoon Tour B

CW Analytical Laboratories

Tour limited to 10 people

Afternoon Tour C

Berkeley Patients Group

Tour limited to 10 people

Afternoon Tour D

Steep Hill-Halent Labs

Tour limited to 20 people

Afternoon Tour E:

Dark Heart Nursery

*Scheduled at 2:30; Tour limited to 20 people

3:30PM - 6:00PM

  Late Afternoon Workshop A
  Planning Your Workforce - How to Structure your Team

Kara Bradford

Chief Talent Officer

Viridian Staffing

Danica Noble

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  Late Afternoon Workshop B
  Get the Most Out of Your Digital and Social Media Marketing
  

Alexa Divett

Owner

Alexa Divett, LLC

Keith Roberts

President & Founder

Zenman

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Late Afternoon Tour A

Harborside

Tour limited to 10 people

Late Afternoon Tour B

CW Analytical Laboratories

Tour limited to 10 people

Late Afternoon Tour C

Berkeley Patients Group

Tour limited to 10 people

Late Afternoon Tour D

Steep Hill-Halent Labs

Tour limited to 20 people

Late Afternoon Tour E:

Dark Heart Nursery

*Scheduled at 2:30; Tour limited to 20 people

4:30PM - 8:00PM

Early Registration

5:30PM - 8:00PM

Expo Floor Opens & Welcoming Reception

General Summit Day One: Tuesday, June 21, 2016

9:00AM - 10:00AM

Registration & Breakfast: Explore the Expo Floor

10:00AM - 10:15AM

Opening Remarks by NCIA Executive Director

Aaron Smith

Co-Founder & Executive Director

NCIA

10:15AM - 11:00AM

  Keynote
  Keynote to be Announced Soon!

11:00AM - 11:45AM

  Keynote
  Session Topic to be Announced Soon!

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Lunch

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Explore the Expo Floor

2:00PM - 2:45PM

  Track 1: The Fine Print: Money, Law, and Your Business
  Leveraging Intellectual Property in the Cannabis Industry: Patents, Trademarks & Licensing

Todd Winter

Managing Partner

Winter LLP

Khurshid Khoja

Principal

Greenbridge Corporate Counsel

  Track 2: Cultivation & Processing
  Extractions, Solvents & Methodologies: Leading Cannabis into the 21st Century

Guy Rocourt

Partner & Lead Extraction Artist

Neos

  Track 3: Running Your CannaBusiness
  Operating a Licensed Dispensary Best Practices

Karl Keich

Executive Director

Canna Consulting Group

Justin Jones

Managing Member

Denver Consulting Group

Rhory Gould

CEO & Founder,

ArborSide

  TRACK 4: Policy & Reform
  Putting It To a Vote: A Hard Look at Ballot Measures and Post-Election Predictions

Rob Kampia

Executive Director

Marijuana Policy Project

Art Way

Senior Director of National Criminal Justice Reform Strategy & State Director of Colorado

Drug Policy Alliance

  Track 5: Leading Edge: Emerging Topics in the Cannabis Industry
  Validation of Analytical Methods, Lab Certifications and Standard Methods

Cynthia Ludwig

Director, Technical Services

AOCS

3:00PM - 3:45PM

  Track 1: The Fine Print: Money, Law, and Your Business
  Cannabis Business and 280E: Understanding the 280E Rules for State-Legal Dispensaries

Henry Levy

CPA

Henry Levy Group

James D. Thorburn

Thorburn Walker LLC

Kimberly Simms

Principal

Law Office of Kimberly R. Simms

  Track 2: Cultivation & Processing
  Advanced Growing Techniques: Methods and Design Strategies for Large Scale Commercial Operations

Jennifer Martin

Buds and Roses Collective

Stephen Keen

CEO

Surna

Christopher Wrenn

Vice President of Americas Sales

AEssense Corp.

  Track 3: Running Your CannaBusiness
  Don't be Scared of Compliance: How Compliance Can Help Your Business

Amy Poinsett

Co-Founder & CEO

MJ Freeway

Noah Stokes

CEO

CannaGuard Security

Jessica C. McElfresh

Attorney-at-Law

McElfresh Law, Inc.

  Track 4: Policy & Reform
   Is Pharmaceuticalization the Future of Cannabis?

Sam Tracy

Business Development

4Front Ventures

Noelle Skodzinski

Editor

Cannabis Business Times

Mitzi Vaughn

Managing Attorney

Greenbridge Corporate Counsel

  Track 5: Leading Edge: Emerging Topics in the Cannabis Industry
  New Market Segments: Skincare, Health, Beauty, and Pet Products

Christie Lunsford

Founder

Endocannabinoidology, LLC

4:00PM - 4:45PM

  Track 1: The Fine Print: Money, Law, and Your Business
  What an Investor Wants: Insights from Investors for Securing Financing and Avoiding Risk

Khadijah Adams

Senior Managing Partner, Marijuana Investment & Private Retreat

Marijuana Investment & Private Retreat

Ellen Moy

Greenbridge Corporate Counsel

  Track 2: Cultivation & Processing
  Going Green: Greenhouse Regulatory and Permitting Guidance for Greenhouse Marijuana Production

Eric Brandstad

Manager

Forever Flowering, LLC

  TRACK 3: Running Your CannaBusiness
  The Potential of Seed to Sale Data:  Practical Examples to Better your Business and Advance the Industry

Andrew Livingston

Policy Analyst

Vicente Sederberg, LLC

Adam Orens

Managing Director

Marijuana Policy Group

Jeannette Ward

Director of Data and Marketing

MJ Freeway

  Track 4: Policy & Reform
  All Politics is Local

Kris Krane

President

4Front Ventures

Sam Chapman

Co-founder

New Economy Consulting

  Track 5: Leading Edge: Emerging Topics in the Cannabis Industry
  Cannabis Education, Training and Certification Nationwide

Max Montrose

Founder

Trichome Institute

Maureen McNamara

Founder & Chief Facilitator

Cannabis Trainers

Dr. Aseem Sappal

Provost & Dean of the Faculty

Oaksterdam University

Mark H. Slaugh

Chief Executive Officer

iComply, LLC

Jeff Greenswag

Director of Operations

Trichome Institute

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Networking Reception

8:00PM - 12:00AM

Cannabis Carnival III

General Summit Day Two: Wednesday, June 22, 2016

9:00AM - 10:00AM

Breakfast & Explore the Expo Floor

10:00AM - 10:45AM

Keeping the Soul of the Movement Alive in the Industry

Steve DeAngelo

Founder

Harborside Health Center

10:45AM - 11:15AM

Morning Networking Break, “Meet the Author” & Explore the Expo Floor

11:15AM - 12:00PM

  TRACK 1: The Fine Print: Money, Law, and Your Business
  Product Liability and Mass Tort Litigation: Will the cannabis industry be next?

Carl Rowley

Partner

Thompson Coburn LLP

Bryna Dahlin

Partner

Rollman & Dahlin LLP

Hilary Bricken

Attorney

Canna Law Group

  TRACK 2: Cultivation & Processing
  The Wild West of Marijuana Pesticides

J. Chandler

Vice President of Cultivation Technologies

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Chad Tribble

Co-Owner

Mountain High Suckers

  TRACK 3: Running Your CannaBusiness
  Inclusion Pays Off: How to Get the Business Benefits of Diversity

Carole Richter

Principal

CRichter~HR Consulting

Shaleen Title

Partner

THC Staffing

Kara Bradford

Chief Talent Officer

Viridian Staffing

Corey Barnette

Owner & Operator

District Growers

  TRACK 4: Policy & Reform
  Best Approaches to Federal Legalization

John Hudak

Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Deputy Director of the Center for Effective Public Management

Brookings Institute

Sarah Trumble

Senior Policy Counsel

Third Way

Michael Correia

Director of Government Relations

National Cannabis Industry Association

  TRACK 5: Medical Applications of Cannabis
  The Endocannabinoid System

12:00PM - 1:15PM

Lunch & Explore the Expo Floor

1:15PM - 2:00PM

  TRACK 1: The Fine Print: Money, Law, and Your Business
  Mergers and Acquisitions in the Marijuana Industry

Hilary Bricken

Attorney

Canna Law Group

Charles Smith

Attorney

The Law Offices of Charles Sanford Smith, P.C.

  TRACK 2: Cultivation & Processing
  The Changing Regulations Surrounding Packaging & Labeling

Julie Dooley

President

Julie's Natural Edibles

  TRACK 3: Running Your CannaBusiness
  Lessons Learned from Past Enforcement Actions

Amanda Ostrowitz

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer,

CannaReg§

  TRACK 4: Policy & Reform
  Money Talks: Updates on the Marijuana Banking Issue

Jacque Riordon

Founder

Riordon Consulting LLC

Amy Margolis

Attorney

Emerge Law Group

  TRACK 5: Medical Applications of Cannabis
  Delivery and Dosage of Cannabis Medicine

Nancy Whiteman

Co-Founder

Wana Brands

Mara Gordon

Founder

Aunt Zelda's

2:15PM - 3:00PM

  TRACK 1: The Fine Print: Money, Law, and Your Business
  FDA Regulatory Compliance

Diane Romza-Kutz

Partner

Thompson Coburn LLP

Bryna Dahlin

Partner

Rollman & Dahlin LLP

Mica Gross

Director of Operations

Wana Brands

Mitzi Vaughn

Managing Attorney

Greenbridge Corporate Counsel

  TRACK 2: Cultivation & Processing
  Under the Microscope: State Oversight for Cannabis Labs

David Lampach

Co-Founder & Chairman

Steep Hill Labs, Inc.

  TRACK 3: Running Your CannaBusiness
  What's Hot and What's Not? -  Using Data Analytics to Drive Sales, Profitability and Customer Loyalty

Roy Bingham

CEO

BDS Analytics

  TRACK 4: Policy & Reform
  Developing Political Allies

Meg Collins

Vice President of Business Development

Good Chemistry

  TRACK 5: Medical Applications of Cannabis
  Introduction to 20th Century Cannabinoid 

3:00PM - 3:45PM

Golden Opportunity: The Industry's Role in California Legalization

3:45PM