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.
Adam Hanscom
Director of Retail and Commercial Sales, Biofloral
Adam Brockest
Partner, Flavour House
Adam Marcus
Partner, Steinberg Advisory Corp.
Alex Revich
Director, Partner Development, Loosh Brands
Alexandre Gauthier
VP of R&D, Director of Cultivation, Origine Nature
Allesen Skead
General Manager, The Reef Store by the Lake
Andrew Kain
Principal & Founder, AMK Advisory Services
Andrew Baukham
Founder & CEO, Leven Therapeutics Inc.
Arek Kuich
Board Advisor, Cannabis Poland
Ashley Coco
Cannabis Brand Execution Manager, TeaPot and The Boston Beer Company
Atiyyah Ferouz
Founder, AgCann Consultancy
Dr. Av Singh
Executive Director, Scotian Cannabis Alliance
Brendan Schlosser
General Manager, Sensi Brands Inc.
Bronwen Ward
Vice President, Insights, Upwords Inc.
Brooke Silversides
Co-Founder, 1922
Chief Claire Sault
Ogimaa-Kwe (Chief) , Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations
Chris Crosbie
COO, Atlantic Cultivation
Chris Johnson
Coach, Big League Genetics
Christian Butt
Director of Manufacturing , JointCraft™
Christopher McGrath
Co-Leader and Chief-of-Staff, Deloitte Centre for Cannabis
Claude Robert
Supervisor Cannabis Division, Anatis Bioprotection
Clifford Tindall
Owner/Manager, Spiritleaf (Little Italy)
Clint Younge
Executive Chair and Founder, Charlie’s Cannabis Co / Charlie’s Pineapple Reserve
Cody Funderburk
Cannabis Retail Strategist, The Joint Seattle
Coleman Retzlaff
National Director of Sales - Agriculture, Quest Climate
Dalton Higgins
Publicist/Author/Award-Winning Journalist
Dan Pomerantz
Founder / CEO, Rebel Grown
Daniel Kain
COO, GrowerIQ
Daniel Torres
Master Grower, TorrCann Craft Cannabis
Daniel Joly
Production Manager, ApolloGreen Nursery
Daniel Assayag
Founder & CEO, Reefer
Dave Auger
The Commissioner, Big League Genetics
Dave Bow
CEO, Origine Nature
Dave Iacovelli
Director of Grow Eyewear, Method Seven
David Hyde
CEO, Hyde Advisory and Investments / CannaNavigators
Deepak Anand
Cannabis Industry Management Advisor, ASDA Consultancy Services
Dia Friedman
Ontario Sales Manager, Woody Nelson Inc.
Dr. Daniel Bear
Director, Humber College Centre for Social Innovation | Drugs Policy Researcher | Cannabis Policy Consultant, Humber College
Dr. Greg Patterson
CEO & Founder, A&L Canada Laboratories
Dr. Sherry Boodram
CEO & Co-Founder, CannDelta Inc.
Edward Woo
VP International Business Development, Pure Sunfarms
Eric Coulombe
North American Sales Agent, Grow-Genius North America
Erin Butler
Chief Financial Officer, Canadian Cannabis Exchange
Erin Kelly
CEO, Advanced Symbolics Inc.
Finn Hänsel
Founder & Managing Director, Sanity Group
George Kandaharian
Director of Cultivation, Imperial Gro Corp.
Staff Sergeant Gerrit Brouwer
Operations Manager, Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team (PJFCET)
Hannah Treadway
Territory Sales Manager, FIGR
Henrique Dias
CEO, BudTrainer
Imran Rashid
Founder, Extractwise
James Easter
Commercial and Retail Sales, Biofloral
Jami-Lee Baxter
Chief Commissioner, Six Nations Cannabis Commission
Janani Nadesananthan
National Director of Retail Sales, Independent Retail Cannabis Collective
Jason Moscovici
President, IP and Regulatory Affairs Attorney/Biochemist, Provisions Legal Services Inc.
Jason Stanley
National Sales / 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.
Jessica Lee
Master Grower, Treez Botanical Inc.
John Slaughter
Founder & CEO, High North, Inc.
Justine Richard-Giroux
Cannabis Research Scientist, Université Laval
Kate Holste
International Sales, Boveda Inc.
Katy Perry
Owner, Toke Cannabis
Keanan Stone
Vice Chair | Owner, Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance | Valley Bio Ltd.
Keith Bao
Managing Partner, AVEO Vapour Devices
Kevin Jodrey
Founder, One Log Cookies R&D Facility
Kirk Glendining
International Sales Manager, Athena Nutrients
Kori Ainsworth
VP of Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Cannabis Co-pack
Kostas Andrianopoulos
President, Imperial Gro Corp.
Landon McDowell
President, Aelius LED
Laurra Wills
Team Lead of Irrigation and Integrated Pest Management, MSFTS Cannabis
Leigh-Ann Clarke
Director of Sales (Canada), HC Companies x CHG
Leslie Powless
Commissioner, Six Nations Cannabis Commission
Lisa Campbell
CEO, Mercari Agency
Mark Morrison
CEO/Founder, Valor Wellness
Martin Johnston
CEO / Co-Founder, Lune Rise Farms
Mathieu Aubin
VP Marketing and New Business, Rubicon Organics™
Michael Elkin
Founder, The CannaBrokr
Michael Perron
CEO, MTL Cannabis
Michael McTaggart
Partner/Financial Restructuring & Turnaround Professional, PwC
Michael Colbourne
Founder & CEO, Neobi Technology Corp.
Michele Romanow
Dragon | Co-Founder and Executive Chair, CBC'S Dragons' Den | Clearco
Nathan Turner
Operations Manager, Lolly Cannabis
Nayyir Sunderji
Director of Business Development, CannSell by WKT
Neil Manning
National Director, Transport Logistics
Nick Lovalente
Head Grower, Cannadiana
Nigel Koo
Owner & Head Grower, Licensed Micro Facility (GTA)
Patrick Pagé
Director of Cultivation, Great White North Growers
Philip Spearman
Qualitative Market Research & Consumer Insights Consulting , CRC Research Inc.
Pierre Killeen
Executive Director, Cannabis Standards Alliance of Canada
Rebecca Duff
General Manager, Green Joy
Remo Colasanti
President, Remo Brands
Rick Simpson
, Pheonix Tears
Riel Roussopoulos
Head of Marketing, Breadstack
Rob Cherry
Vice President, Merchandising and Commercial Planning, OEG (Tokyo Smoke)
Rob Smallman
Vice President, Global Cannabis Exchange
Robyn Rabinovich
VP Marketing, Aurora
Rory Isaaks
Global Director of Cultivator, Advanced Nutrients
Ryan Wankel
North America Technical Sales Manager, Cultiwool
Sameer Padamsey
Founder, ufeelu
Sanela Jovic
Territory Manager, Auxly
Sasha Przytyk
In-House Breeder, Neptune of the North Ltd
Scott Golem
Research Facilities Manager, Niagara College
Shawn Dym
Managing Director, York Plains Investment Corp.
Shay Vitonsky
Sales & Marketing Director, DYNOMYCO
Sjoerd Visser
Owner, The Plant Opinion
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 Lobel
CEO/Partner, Lobel Music Group/Rolling J's Worldwide
Susan Seto
Senior Vice President, Environics Research Group
Inspector Tara Murphy
Program Manager, Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team (PJFCET)
Taylor Kirk
Cultivation Advisor, Fluence
Teskey Baldwin
Cannabis Researcher and Genetics Breeder, University of Guelph
Thomas Esufali
Owner, Cannabis Hut
Tiki Madman
Owner, Tiki Madman
Tim Balogh
CEO, Farmaira Cannabis
Tony Chapman
Media Personality - Podcast Host , Chatter that Matters
Trevor Dayton
Vice President, Merchandising and Inventory Management , Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS)
Trina Fraser
Co-Managing Partner, Brazeau Seller Law
Tyler Stanley
Sales & Business Development, CANNA Canada Corp.
Veronica Hayter
Director of Operations, Canadian Cannabis Exchange
Vincent Gagné
Specialized Sales Rep & Tech Support, Biofloral
Wayne Black
National Sales Manager, A&L Canada Laboratories (AALP Class 14)
Yasas Weerasingha
CEO, High Society
Zachary George
CEO, SNDL Inc.
Zachary Tietolman
CEO, Tiki Madman Canada
Zaira Gaudio
Co-Founder/Creative Director, Curious Cannabis Co.
