by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Panel Discussion
With falling liquor sales, brewers are infusing cannabis into de-alcoholized beer. Pharma firms, hurting from cannabis’s toll on prescribed medicines for pain and sleep, are buying in. Tourism and service industries are re-structuring to accommodate exploding demand for cannabis-infused products. Consumer demand was always assumed to be a sleeping giant, but it is bigger behemoth than anyone expected. This session on the rising opportunity curve will look at new and growing demand for dried flowers, oils, edibles, concentrates and topicals, and how it’s shaking up the market landscape in all directions.
Moderated By: David Hyde
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Separate Ticketed Event.
Yes, there’ve been growing pains, but mostly there’s been growth, and busy – you might even say caffeinated – market activity. This breakfast session will offer market analysts who’ll make sense of a year in which raised capital doubled to more than $3.2 billion, while merger-and-acquisition deals almost tripled in number. These experts will analyze where this could lead, how the state-by-state rush to legalization in the U.S. will affect our commerce, and how the push-and-pull between big-players and small-players will play out. What new investment paths are the most promising? Is the big money in supply or retail? We’ve got answers over-easy.
Moderated By: Tony Chapman
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Keynote Presentation
Where are we headed with cultivation and how will that impact the industry.
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Keynote Presentation
For the French wine industry, it all came together in 1855, when the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and the region’s Vintners Association established a method of evaluation that emphasized quality over quantity after 13,000 years of mass production. The cornerstone of the transformation was the creation of a hierarchic classification of quality that listed the best red wines of the region based on three attributes:
1. A long-standing reputation for quality in the producing region
2. Consistent characteristics that defined the wine from the specific domains in the region
3. Public recognition of the wine’s ability to maintain this identity over time
This system has seen only two official changes in over 160 years; it has been replicated in every wine-producing country in the world and is the foundation of today’s multi-billion-dollar wine industry.
This marketing approach, centered on origin, quality, heritage, and tradition, literally transformed the viticulture industry. Join Frenchy as he explains why this blueprint should be used for the Emerald Triangle cannabis industry.
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Panel Discussion
The Netherlands is hiking its cannabis exports. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is cultivating its first licensed medical marijuana crops. Italy has put out its first tender for medical cannabis to a German subsidiary of Canada’s Aurora. All over the planet, agri-business is retooling to accommodate world markets, and the sources and practices are as varied as the world itself. This international panel of growers will share collective wisdom, challenges and common concerns – and maybe even forge some global bonds.
Moderator: Av Singh
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Fireside Chat
Arjan Roskam is the self-styled “King of Cannabis,” who’s circled the globe seeking rare strains for his Green House Seed Company and Green House coffee shops. Just two guys with heavily-stamped passports, taking a deep dive into the subject they know better than almost anybody. This is a momentous meeting of marijuana minds with insights to share.
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Presentation
Hear from Adam Coates, Chief Commercial Officer at Westleaf Inc. about how the company’s retail banner, Prairie Records is setting the bar high in the cannabis retail space by redefining the in-store experience, changing consumer perceptions with breakthrough content and building strong brand affinity through storytelling.
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Keynote & Panel Discussion
Looking around us on a map, an optimist sees nothing but upside. Latin America is coming around to both medicinal and recreational marijuana. Europe is following suit. Meanwhile, across the border, 11 states plus D.C. are on the “legalized” ledger. Even the World Health Organization is recommending decriminalization. And ours is the only country prepared to supply cannabis on a global scale. But with great sales comes great responsibility. The push is on to standardize industry-wide to meet global regulations. The supply chain is being shored up. Most of our responses to the pull of demand involve spending more money to accommodate it. And the advent of legal edibles and oils is pushing us to diversify. It’s been a crazy year, and we’re here to predict what comes next.
Moderated By: Tony Chapman
by Grow Up Conference | Jun 18, 2019
Keynote Interview
If he did nothing else, Bruce Linton would be a cannabis industry hall of famer for founding the production giant Canopy Growth Corp. But the company’s erstwhile Chairman, CEO and Founder is seeking literally greener pastures these days, and is set to write the next chapter in the global governance of marijuana. Bruce will do a sit-down interview with Tony Chapman that will shine a light on what we’ll all be talking about in 2020.
Featured Speaker: Bruce Linton
Interviewer: Tony Chapman
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