Victoria Grow Up Speakers
Below are speakers and advisory board members for Grow Up Conference, Victoria, BC – June 20-22, 2022. Speakers are being added as they are confirmed. Please re-visit this page to view speakers as we added them.
Ed Rosenthal
, The Guru of Ganja
Jim Belushi
Farmer, Belushi’s Farms
Simon Smit
Founder / Breeder, Serious Seeds
Aaron Anderson
VP of Sales - Western Canada & Wholesale, BZAM Cannabis
Adam Temple
CEO, Evolved Extraction
Adam Clarke
CEO, Stratus Designs Ltd.
Adolfo Gonzalez
Seminar Leader and Co-founder , CannaReps
Alannah Davis
Chief Executive Officer , Dabble Cannabis Co.
Albert Eppinga
Owner, BC Cannabis Inc
Alex MacKay
, Cedar Organics
Alexandre Gauthier
Master Grower, Origine Nature
Alexzander Samuelsson
Founder and Chief Research Officer, Havn Life Science
Alison McMahon
Founder & CEO, Cannabis at Work
Amit Nagi
Business Development , Aja labs
Andrea Dobbs
Bloomer, Village Bloomery
Andrea Keddy
Technical Coordinator, Koppert Canada Ltd
Andrew Robinson
Founder , Robinsons Cannabis
Angela Fulton
Grow Manager, Whistler Medical Marijuana Corporation
Annaliese Kibler
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Aurora Cannabis
Anne-Marie Fischer
Research, Education & Content Development Specialist, CannaWrite
Anuraga Mandava
Chief Consultant, Qualium Consulting
Arka Lwin
Lead Solventless Extractor, Old Growth Collective / Slurmmm Melts
Dr. Av Singh
PhD, PAg, Lav & Kush
Axel Holin
Business Development and Marketing Manager, CannaReps
Ben Miner
Host/Comedian, Joint Ventures Cannabis Radio on SiriusXM
Bradie Sparrow
Sales & Education, Joint Ventures
Branden Walle
Senior Manager, Research and Development, Kapoose Creek
Brennan Roher
Master Grower - extractor , Brindle Farms Inc
Brian Coutts
Biz Dev Manager "Food & Pharma", A&L Canada Labs
Bridget Hoffer
Co-Founder, Marigold Marketing & PR
Bryan Grasdal
Master Grower, Rocky Mountain Farms
Brytany Melville
Founder, Cannabis Retail Strategist, The Grown Group
Cameron Lutz
Marketing Manager, Reliable Controls
Cameron Scott
Plant Pathologist, Simon Fraser University
Casey Hiltemann
CEO, Budtenders Association
Che LeBlanc
Founder, Rosebud Cannabis Nursery Ltd.
Christina Michael
Founder & CEO, Marigolds Cannabis/The Entourage Collective
Christina Clark
CEO , Songhees Development Corporation
Colin Davison
President, McIntyre Creek Cannabis
Collier Queinten
Co-founder and Master Grower, Weathered Islands Craft Cannabis
Cory Firth
Executive Director, Canadian Psychedelic Association
Cy Williams
CEO, Psychedelic Canada Magazine
Dale Sky Jones
Executive Chancellor, Oaksterdam University
Dallas Devam
President CEO, CROPSIFY LTD.
Dan Sutton
CEO, Tantalus Labs
Daniel Penny
COO, Sugar Cane Cannabis
Danny Motyka
, Psygen
Darwin Douglas
CEO & Co-Founder, All Nation
Daryl Patterson
Manager, A&L Canada Laboratories
Dave Auger
CEO, My Fungi Inc.
David Brown
Founder, StratCann
Dean Jessop
CEO, D’Anterior Corp
Dominique Laverdure
Vice-President of Marketing, Origine Nature Inc.
Donna Johannson
Founder , Canadian Women in Cannabis (CWIC)
Dr. Anita Sanan
Medical Team, Entheomed
Dr. Brigitte Simons
President and CEO, Safari Flower Co
Dr. Earl Oliver
CEO, GrowTech Labs
Dr. Hyder Ali Khoja
Chief Scientific Officer, Serenus Global, Inc
Dr. Lucas McCann
CSO & Co-Founder, CannDelta Inc.
Dr. Pamela Kryskow
Founding Board Member, Canadian Psychedelic Association
Dustan McLean
Master Grower, Chief Grow Officer Consulting
Dylan Sherlock
Director of Policy, BC Cannabis Secretariat
Ehren Richardson
Owner , Sunrise Cannabis
Eric Janusson
Lead Chemist, Delic Labs
Fraser Johnston
CEO & Co-Founder , Entheo Tech
Gary Abbott
Founder/CEO, Thunderbird Spirit
Geeta Passi-Shourie
Founder & CEO, Mantra Cannabis
Genevieve Newton
Head Grower & Director of Cultivation, Stewart Farms
Gillian Vandermeirsch
Director of Research, Development & Lab, Pure Sunfarms
Gina Rodriguez
Senior Consultant, Deloitte
Harpreet Kaur
Vice President- Research , PharmAla Biotech
Harry Resin
COO, Chroma Global/Western Extraction
Hovan Baghdassarian
Executive Director, BC Cannabis Secretariat
Jacqueline Menezes
Advocacy Consultant , Cannabis Council of Canada
Jameson Welbourn
Founder, The Banyan Tree
Jamie Shaw
Chief Strategy Officer, Charlie’s Pharmacy
Janeen Davis
National Director of Sales , Joint Venture Craft Cannabis Inc
Jeff Hayward
The Organic Mechanic, MIIM Horticulture
Jeff Tek
Cannabis journalist
Jesse Lavoie
Founder, Toba Grown
Jesse Cole
Vice President , Cannametrics
Josh Udala
Director/CEO , Organnicraft
Josh Beckett
, Magi Cannabis
Katy Connelly
Co-Owner & Master Grower, Sea Dog Farm
Kaya Arai
Senior Account Manager, Nine Point Agency
Keri McBrien
, She Whispers to Plants
Kevin Lee
VP of Business Development, ND Supplies
Kieley Beaudry
President, Alberta Micro Cannabis licence Association
Kirk Tousaw
CEO, Great Gardener Farms, Ltd.
Kirk Dressler
Director of Legal and Corporate Services/CEO, Williams Lake First Nation/Unity Cannabis
Kyra Horvath
Founder/Master Grower, Pineapple Buds
Laurie Zuber
, Niagara College - Commercial Cannabis Program
Liam Buirs
IPM Specialist, Pure Sunfarms
Logan Dunn
CEO, DUNN CANNABIS INC
Mandesh Dosanjh
President & CEO, Pure Sunfarms
Marcus (bubbleman) Richardson
Founder and Head of Extraction , Embarkhealth inc
Markus Roggen
President, CSO, Delic Labs
Martin Boerema
Plant Specialist Cannabis, Signify
Mat Beren
Chief Cultivating Officer, Great Gardener Farms
Matthew Jerome
Founder & Chief Consultant, Meristem Cannabis Consulting
Maxime Guérin
Partner, Groupe SGF
Michael West
QAP, Antidote Processing
Mike Hofman
, BZAM
Natasha Raey
, Skye Cannabis
Necole Hines
Founder & CEO, Faded Living
Neill Dixon
Co-Founder, Grow Up Cannabis Conference & Expo
Oana Cappellano
President , Eggs Canna
Otis Jasper
Founder, Sacred Circle
Patrick Page
Master Grower, MTL Cannabis
Paul Gonzalez
Sales & Marketing Manager - Greenstar Brands , Hydrofarm Canada
Paul Dhillon
National Sales Director, Adastra Labs
Phil Floucault
President & CEO, Costa Canna & United Greeneries Ltd.
Philippe Lucas, PhD
President, SABI Mind
Philippe Henry
Chief Medicated Officer, Propagation Station
Randy Rowe
President, Grow Up Cannabis Conference & Expo
Remo Colasanti
President, Remo Brands
Renee Gagnon
Founder Exec Chair, Freedom Energy Holdings
Rich Navarro
Manager Budtender Education & Engagement , Canopy Growth Corporation
Rob Baldwin
VP, Cultivation & Greenhouse Operations, Pure Sunfarms
Robert Laurie
President, Barrister and Solicitor, Ad Lucem Law Corporation
Ron Herrington
Head of genetics @ Parkland Flower , Wildwood Cannabis Consulting
Ron Sam
Chief, Songhees Nation
Rosy Mondin
CEO & Director, World Class Extractions Inc.
Ryan Wankel
Grower Liaison, Heliospectra
Sabine Schwirtz
Senior Marketing Manager, BZAN
Sabrina Ramkellawan
, MAPs
Samantha Roman
President, Credible Cannabis Consulting
Sami Micelli
H.E.R. & #PsilliMicelli at THeCo.Space, THeCo.Space
Sarah Campbell
Director, Craft Cannabis Association of BC
Sarah Dawson
Head of Cultivation, Living Soil Collective
Scott Locke
Senior Director of Licensed Partner Sales, The Valens Company
Scott Swail
, Boveda
Scott Bernstein
Executive Director, MAPS Canada
Shane Christopher Neal
Radio Personality & Television Host
Shaye Donald
Technical Services Manager - Horticulture, Hawthorne Gardening Co.
Spencer Hawkswell
CEO, TheraPsil
Srinivasa Reddy
CSO, Cube Psytech Corp
Stephanie Ostrander
International Sales Director, Flow Scientific
Steven Tan
Principal Consultant, 4Plant Corporation
Sylvain Gaudreau
Master Grower, CANASYGA
Tanner Stewart
CEO, Stewart Farms
Taylor Kirk
Horticulture Service Specialist, Fluence
Taylor King
Cultivation Manager, Otoka Holdings
Ted Smith
Founder and Executive Director, Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club
Terry Roycroft
President & CEO, SevenPoints Clinic & Founder of MCRCI
Thomas Rothmeier
Founder, The Different Collective
Tim Powers
, Cannabis Tolling Solutions
Tyler Rumi
CEO, Good Buds Company Inc.
Vikram Sachdeva
CEO/Founder, Seed & Stone
Wacky Willy
, Wacky Willy
Wayne Sarak
Owner, Brindle Farms
Yvan Guy Larocque
Lawyer, Miller Titerle + Company
Zach Walsh, PhD, RPsych
Professor l Psychology , The University of British Columbia
Zachary Lawrence
Investor, Vine Ventures
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