Victoria Grow Up Speakers
Below are speakers and advisory board members for Grow Up Conference, Victoria, BC – October 1-3, 2023. 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
Adam Clarke
CEO, Stratus Designs Ltd.
Alannah Davis
Chief Executive Officer , Dabble Cannabis Co.
Albert Eppinga
Owner, BC Cannabis Inc
Alexandre Gauthier
VP of R&D, Director of Cultivation, Origine Nature
Alexis Dickson
Founders, Blunts&Beans
Andrea Dobbs
Bloomer, Village Bloomery
Andrew Hand
, Formerly Aurora/MedReleaf
Andrew Freedman
CEO/Co-Founder, Cannabis Tolling Solutions
Andrew Scott
Director, International Brokerage, Canadian Cannabis Exchange
Annaliese Kibler
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Aurora Cannabis
Antonio Tiergarten
Western Canada Sales Manager, Rubicon Organics
Antuanette Gomez
CEO, Peak Pharm Labs
Atiyyah Ferouz
Founder, AgCann Consultancy
Dr. Av Singh
Chief Science Officer, PhD, PAg, Adonis Living Soils
Beth Rider
Director of Quality & Compliance, Serenus Global (Conscious Compounds)
Brishna Kamal
President, Whistler Therapeutics
Cameron Gallacher
Co-Founder, Latched
Che LeBlanc
Founder, Rosebud Cannabis Nursery Ltd.
Chris Crosbie
COO, Atlantic Cultivation
Christina Clark
CEO , Songhees Development Corporation
Claude Robert
Supervisor Cannabis Division, Anatis Bioprotection
Colin Bambury
Founder, ADCANN
Cory Russell
Grower - Nursery, Resinate Cannabis
Cory Waldron
, Retail Cannabis Council of BC (RCCBC)
Cy Williams
CEO, Psychedelic Canada Magazine
Dan Heaton
Hash Maker + Dab Master
Daniel Penny
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sugar Cane Cannabis
Darwin Douglas
CEO & Co-Founder, All Nation
David Hyde
CEO, Hyde Advisory and Investments / CannaNavigators
David Brown
Founder, StratCann
David Hume
Assistant Deputy Minister and General Manager, Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch, Public Safety and Solicitor General, Province of British Columbia
David Moses
, Six Nations Cannabis Commission
David Ward
, Gastown Genetics
Dr. Sherry Boodram
CEO & Co-Founder, CannDelta Inc.
Dustan McLean
Master Grower, Nine Lions
Gagan "GG" Rakhra
, Gasgodz
Gord Nichol
Owner and President, North 40 Cannabis Limited
Harpreet Kaur
Vice President- Research , PharmAla Biotech
J.J. Murray
Farmgate Manager, Victoria Cannabis Company
Jaclynn Pehota
Executive Director, The Retail Cannabis Council of BC
Janeen Davis
National Director of Sales , Joint Venture Craft Cannabis Inc
Jarred Hollingworth
Key Accounts Manager, BC Black
Jeff Curtis
Owner / CEO, Boro and Beyond
Jen Meyers
CEO + Co-Founder, Zelca Ltd
Jesse Norsworthy
Founder, Symphony Co.
Jodee Dick
CEO, Khowutzun Development
Jodie Giesz-Ramsay
Owner, Cannabis Culture and Jodie’s Joint
John Slaughter
Founder & CEO, High North, Inc.
John Kaye
CEO & CoFounder, Burb
John Berfleo
CEO, I Green Planet Store Ltd / BERFELO
Joshua Reynolds
Partnership Director, We Can Capital Inc.
Joshua Beckett
Director/Master grower, Magi Cannabis
Julie Domingo
CEO, CannaReps
Katy Perry
Owner, Toke Cannabis
Kaya Arai
Senior Account Manager, Nine Point Agency
Kevin Jodrey
Founder, One Log Cookies R & D Facility
Kevin Lee
VP of Business Development, ND Supplies
Kevin Varner
Founder, Royal Harvest
Kirk Tousaw
CEO, Great Gardener Farms, Ltd.
Kyra Horvath
Founder/Master Grower, Pineapple Buds
Liam Buirs
IPM Specialist, Pure Sunfarms
Lindsay Dawson
Lead Cultivator and Soil Consultant, Blue Fox Soil Solutions
Mackenzie Bentley
, Marigold
Marco Fretes
Co-Founder / Sales and Marketing Director, Cannapulse Magazine / Partake Cannabis
Marcus "BubbleMan" Richardson
Founder and Head of Extraction , Embark Health inc
Mat Beren
Chief Cultivating Officer, Great Gardener Farms
Matthew Scallion
Master Grower / B2B Sales, Palm Gardens
May Khatib
CEO, Merit Compliance
Mike Schilling
President & CEO, Community Savings Credit Union
Mike Farnworth
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Deputy Premier, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Deputy Premier
Nafisa Subedar
Director of National Sales - Canada, Canna Brand Solutions - Authorized CCELL Distributor
Nick Sanders
Founder & CEO, Highdeal Solutions Inc
Niki Nickel
Compliance Manager, Remo Brands Inc.
Otis Jasper
Founder, Sacred Circle
Owen Smith
Founder, Ethical Growth
Paul Farrell
Co-Founder, Afterglo Wellness Society Ltd
Philippe Lucas, PhD
President, SABI Mind
Randy Rowe
President, Grow Up Cannabis Conference & Expo
Remo Colasanti
President, Remo Brands
Ro Fernando
Director, Heavenly Daze
Rob Sealey
Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist, Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist
Robert Laurie
President, Barrister and Solicitor, Ad Lucem Law Corporation
Ron Herrington
Founder, Goldhatseeds
Ron Sam
Chief, Songhees Nation
Rosy Mondin
Director, CannaWorld Ventures Inc.
Samantha Scagliotti
Director of Operations, Toke Cannabis
Sasha Millette
Store Manager, Kiaro Cannabis
Sean Macdougall
Master Grower, EastCann
Sean Curley
Director of Sales, All Nations
Shan Mei Young Tai
Clinical Director / Nurse Practitioner, Charlie’s Pharmer’s Market
Shane Beltramo
Co-Founder and Director of Sales, Life Cycle Botanics
Shannon Dames
Chair of Psychedelic Therapy Programming, Vancouver Island University and Roots to Thrive
Sharan Sidhu
VP, Scientific Research, Innovation and Laboratory Operations, Numinus Bioscience
Siobhan McCarthy
CEO, Blyssful ALCHEMY
Spencer Hawkswell
President & CEO, TheraPsil
Spensir Sangara
President, THC Canada
Stacey Duff
Director of Retail, All Nations
Steve Clark
CEO, Canadian Cannabis Exchange
Steve Gaul
Head Grower, Jazz Cabbage
Taylor Kirk
Horticulture Service Specialist, Fluence
Ted Smith
Founder and Executive Director, Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club
Terra Maibach
Owner, Violet Wild Cannabis Co
Thomas Rothmeier
Chief Visionary Officer (CVO), Urbanistic
Todd Neault
Founder / Chocolatier, Rosin Heads
Tzvi Lefler
CEO, K&K Consultants Ltd.
Vikram Sachdeva
CEO/Founder, Seed & Stone
Walker Macleod
Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Speaker Submissions
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