Grow Up Toronto Speakers
Below are speakers and advisory board members for Grow Up Conference, Expo and Awards – May 27-28, 2025 AND CannaVision ’25 Global Executive Summit – May 26, 2025. Speakers are being added as they are confirmed. Please re-visit this page to view speakers as we added them.
Alex Revich
Director, Partner Development, Loosh Brands
Alexandre Gauthier
VP of R&D, Director of Cultivation, Origine Nature
Allen Benjamin
Managing Director & National Lead, Emerging Industries, BMO Financial Group
Andrea Keddy
Technical Coordinator, Koppert Canada Ltd
Andrew Kain
Principal & Founder, AMK Advisory Services
Andrew Nunez-Alvarez
Project Lead Developer, LEGACYTEK Medical
Arek Kuich
Chief Development Officer, Cannabis Poland
Atiyyah Ferouz
Founder, AgCann Consultancy
Dr. Av Singh
Executive Director, Scotian Cannabis Alliance
Benjamin Lind
Chief Science Officer & Owner, Humboldt Seed Company
Bernie Yeung
CEO, Budbase | Montu
Brad Acton
Head Grower, Frost Cannabis
Brendan Schlosser
General Manager, Sensi Brands Inc.
Bronwen Ward
VP, Insights, Upwards Inc.
Caitlin Fell
Restructuring Lawyer, Reconstruct LLP
Chief Claire Sault
Ogimaa-Kwe (Chief) , Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations
Chris Johnson
Coach, Big League Genetics
Chris Allard
Marketing Design Manager, Biofloral
Christian Butt
Director of Manufacturing , JointCraft™
Claude Robert
Supervisor Cannabis Division, Anatis Bioprotection
Clifford Tindall
Owner/Manager, Spiritleaf (Little Italy)
Daniel Joly
Production/Account Manager, ApolloGreen
Dan Pomerantz
Founder / CEO, Rebel Grown
Daniel Torres
Master Grower, TorrCann Craft Cannabis
Daniel Assayag
Founder & CEO, Reefer
Danya Dixon
VP Programming, CannaVision, Grow Up Conference
Darwin Douglas
CEO & Co-Founder, All Nation
Dave Auger
The Commissioner, Big League Genetics
Dave Paterson
President - Canada, Canopy Growth
Dave Bow
CEO, Origine Nature
David Hyde
CEO, Hyde Advisory and Investments / CannaNavigators
David Brown
Founder, StratCann
Deepak Anand
Cannabis Industry Management Advisor, ASDA Consultancy Services
Dia Friedman
GTA Sales Manager, Woody Nelson Inc.
Greg Patterson C.C.A., P. Ag
CEO & Founder, A&L Canada Laboratories
Dr. Sherry Boodram
CEO & Co-Founder, CannDelta Inc.
Ed Rosenthal
, The Guru of Ganja
Edward Woo
VP International Business Development, Pure Sunfarms
Erin Butler
Chief Financial Officer, Canadian Cannabis Exchange
Erin Kelly
CEO, Advanced Symbolics Inc.
Finn Hänsel
Founder & Managing Director, Sanity Group
Hannah Treadway
Territory Sales Manager, FIGR
Howard Steinberg
Founder & Principal, Steinberg Advisory Corp.
Ian Scott
VP Operations, Plantlife Cannabis
Imran Rashid
Founder, Extractwise
Jamie Blundell
Chief Executive Officer, Segra International Corp.
Jason Stanley
National Sales And Marketing Director, Biofloral
Jason Bent
Director of Policy Research, Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA)
Jay Schwartz
Chief Operating Officer, Mendo Medical
Jeff Hayward
The Organic Mechanic, MIIM Horticulture
Jeff Tseng
Founder, Roots Collective
Jennifer Maccarone
Consultant, Total GxP Inc.
Jennifer Butt
Quality Assurance, Auxly
John Fowler
President, Muskoka Grown
John Slaughter
Founder & CEO, High North, Inc.
Josh Wong
President, RGB Cannabis
Kate Holste
International Sales, Boveda Inc.
Katy Perry
Owner, Toke Cannabis
Keanan Stone
Co-owner, Stone Farms
Keith Bao
Managing Partner, AVEO Vapour Devices
Kevin Jodrey
Founder, One Log Cookies R & D Facility
Kevin Lee
VP of Business Development, ND Supplies
Kirk Tousaw
CEO, Great Gardener Farms, Ltd.
Kostas Andrianopoulos
President, Imperial Gro Corp.
Landon McDowell
President, Aelius LED
Lorenzo Briñez
Founder, Greenpack Solutions Inc
Martin Johnston
CEO / Co-Founder, Lune Rise Farms
Mathieu Aubin
VP Marketing and New Business, Rubicon Organics™
Michael Forbes
Chief Executive Officer, Adastra
Michael Perron
CEO, MTL Cannabis
Michael McTaggart
Partner/Financial Restructuring & Turnaround Professional, PwC
Michele Romanow
Dragon | Co-Founder and Executive Chair, CBC'S Dragons' Den | Clearco
Nathan Mison
President, Diplomat Consulting
Nathan Turner
Regional Manager, Lolly Cannabis
Nayyir Sunderji
Director of Sales, CannSell
Neil Manning
National Director, Transport Logistics
Patrick Page
Master Grower, Great White North Growers
Philip Spearman
Qualitative Market Research & Consumer Insights Consulting , CRC Research Inc.
Randy Rowe
President, Grow Up Cannabis Conference & Expo
Remo Colasanti
President, Remo Brands
Ryan Wankel
Grower Liaison, Heliospectra
Stacey Hickman
Entomologist, Natural Insect Control
Stephanie Pow
Founder & Head of Global Recruitment, Emerald Lane Recruitment
Stephen Duff
Chief Economist, Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA)
Steve Clark
CEO, Canadian Cannabis Exchange
Steve Abboud
Chief Horticulturist , Trichome LTD
Susan Seto
Senior Vice President, Market Strategy, Environics Research
Taylor Kirk
Horticulture Service Specialist, Fluence
Tony Chapman
Media Personality - Podcast Host , Chatter that Matters
Travis McIntyre
President/ CEO/ Co-Founder, Stigma Grow
Trevor Dayton
Vice President, Merchandising and Inventory Management , Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS)
Wayne Black
National Sales Manager, A&L Canada Laboratories
Xavier Gaya
Principal Consultant, Avitas Global
Zachary George
CEO, SNDL Inc.
Speaker Submissions
If you are in the cannabis growing industry and would like the opportunity to speak at Grow Up Conference and Expo, please click here to apply.
