Considerations when Choosing a Lab: Accreditation, Specialization & Reputation
Presentation
Accreditation, specialization, reputation, recommendations from the sector.
Culinary Cannabis: Micro-Dosing the Future
Cooking Demonstration
When prohibition ended, an opportunity was born: the exploration of culinary cannabis in private Canadian kitchens. In this session the CCA (Culinary Cannabis Association) explores Micro-dosing cannabis infused dishes, and the potential market for them in the future. There are thousands of cannabis strains, waiting to be paired. A demonstration will be given by CCA-certified chef Patrick Newton, founder of Munchy Brothers, who will also dive into his experience as a culinary cannabis professional, and where he sees micro-dosing taking his business.
Pricing and Availability Averages in the Legal Cannabis Market Versus the Grey Market
Fireside Chat
An analysis of cannabis listing datasets from various legal and grey area stores, previous to, and after Canada’s Cannabis legalization. Topics include operator counts, pricing, bulk discounts, product type availability and genetic variety.
Interviewed By: Maxim Zavet
BC Northern Lights Demonstration
Product Demonstration
BC Northern Lights (BCNL) has been an industry leader in fully self-contained indoor grow boxes for the last 20 years. At this year’s Grow Up conference, BCNL will be featuring our new, feature-packed four plant RoomMate Pro grow box. Myles from BCNL will go over the features and functions of the new Roommate Pro as well as be available for any questions.
What To Do Today – Getting Ahead of Competitors
Presentation
With advertising and marketing regulations restricting what you can and can’t say – reaching your target audience is full of challenges. Is TV an option? Radio? Print? Knowing where to spend your marketing dollars and how to establish a reach plan across multiple media platforms is the key to success!
BC Northern Lights Demonstration
Product Demonstration
BC Northern Lights (BCNL) has been an industry leader in fully self-contained indoor grow boxes for the last 20 years. At this year’s Grow Up conference, BCNL will be featuring our new, feature-packed four plant RoomMate Pro grow box. Myles from BCNL will go over the features and functions of the new Roommate Pro as well as be available for any questions.
Sanitation Spotlight: A Guide to Optimizing Your Sanitation Program
Presentation
Chemical surface disinfectants are a key element of the biosecurity programs in licensed producer facilities. While biocidal efficacy and spectrum of activity are arguably the main factors in chemical disinfectant selection, other factors are being increasingly taken into consideration. These factors include occupational safety profile, compatibility with surface materials, simplicity and ease of proper use, environmental profile and ease of disposal.
At the end of the seminar, participants will be able to: identify the desired traits of disinfectants, develop a greater understanding of disinfectant product labels, ensure that the method of application will meet the facilities needs and delve into practices for using disinfectants to minimize occupational health and safety concerns. This session will be of interest to anyone involved in the selection of products and implementation of cleaning and disinfection programs.
Getting Grow Rooms Right: Understanding HVAC Requirements for Growing Cannabis
Presentation
Recent HVAC innovations can change the way cultivators approach environment control in their grow facilities. Equipment breakthroughs mean greater control over their crop, leading to increased quality and fewer plants lost to mold or disease.
But growers can’t get the best quality equipment for their grow rooms if they don’t have access to the crucial information necessary to ask the right questions and make the right decisions. Out-of-date thinking has impeded the industry so far from taking full advantage of the choices available to them.
In this session, Geoff Brown reviews the science and math behind smart HVAC decisions and equips you with the knowledge needed to achieve maximum return on your investment.
Brought to You By: Agronomic IQ
Lunch Break
Defining Your X-Factor: The Cannabis Marketing Panel
Panel Discussion
Selling legal cannabis remains a work in progress, with several marketing hurdles to overcome. Not least of these is that its main competition, the black market, also operates freely online at sales levels equal to its legal counterparts. So the question remains: with such a thriving illicit market, how do we, the legal ones, attract our customers back? Is thought-leadership content the way to go? Or is social media going to be our saving grace? This panel of marketing experts will look at the road ahead and seek answers to these questions and more.
Moderated By: Corey Herscu
Recent Comments