2023 SPEAKERS

Saturday – Room 1

Saturday 10:15am –10:50am

Photogrammetry: The Secret Sauce for Digital & Physical Convergence

Learn how this technology can support valuable customer data collection and retention, drive more strategic marketing campaigns, elevate ambassador and influencer strategies, and optimize omnichannel experience design.

David Morris
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Saturday – Room 1

Saturday 11:00am – 11:45am

Choosing Effective Cannabis Products

As the retail sale of cannabis begins to sweep across the nation, consumer education is needed to help them choose quality products for their desired result. Patients and consumers will be empowered with tools to have the best experience.

Takisha Carter
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Saturday – Room 1

Saturday 12:00pm – 12:45pm

Growing connoisseur grade cannabis at home/ The cost of Hydroponics

Growing quality cannabis at home and the cost of hydroponics vs regenerative gardening.

Robert Waldeck

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Saturday – Room 1

Saturday 1:00pm – 1:45pm

Organic Cultivation basics and sustainable cannabis practices

Explain the use and importance of sustainable agriculture practices and tertiary cannabis cultivation avenues i.e composting and bio remediation.

RYAN VASSAR

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Saturday – Room 1

Saturday 2:00pm – 2:45pm

BURN N’ LEARN EDUCATION CENTER

Panel Discussion

PANEL

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Saturday – Room 1

Saturday 3:00pm – 3:45pm

Hemp’s Past, Present and Future

Hemp’s history is explored as are its current uses for building materials, food, fuel, plastic and body care products. Attendees will learn what they can do to help hemp reach its full potential as an environmentally friendly and profitable crop.

JOHN DVORAK

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Saturday – Room 1

Saturday 4:00pm – 4:45pm

PTSD: Things They Don’t Tell You and Why Cannabis Works So Well

Information and education about PTSD causes, symptoms, and treatments. Ways to cope with the stigma of cannabis use as well as mental health in general.

DR. ERIN DOOLITTLE

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Saturday – Room 1

Saturday 5:00pm – 5:45pm

Cost Structure- Resolving the Market Access Dilemma

The Cost Structure analysis shows attendees how to array competitors under the supply curve, how to identify which competitors are of most concern, and provides a specific list of actions that regulators can take in support of small entrepreneurs.

STEVEN YERGAN

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Saturday – Room 2

Saturday 10:45am – 11:30am

Building a Budding Business 101

Tips and easy tricks to successfully establish your canna-business in the space.

CHRISTINA De GIOVANNI

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Saturday – Room 2

Saturday 11:45am – 12:30pm

Cannabis Licensing and Implementation

A review of license types in CT, limitations of license types, social equity licensing, entity structure, 208E, and operational efficiencies.

BRIAN SILVA

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Dylan Lowery

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Michael McQueeny

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Saturday – Room 2

Saturday 12:45pm – 1:30pm

CT Medical Program vs CT Adult-Use

Describe the differences between the Medical Cannabis Program in CT and the Adult-Use program.

BRIAN ESSENTER

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MICHELE VALLEE

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Ann Marie Luisi-Rosado

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Saturday – Room 2

Saturday 1:45pm -2:30pm

Panel discussion with approved and provisionally licensed individuals in the CT Adult Use Cannabis Industry.

Join us for a panel discussion with approved and provisionally licensed individuals in the CT Adult Use Cannabis Industry. Learn from DIA Cultivators, AU and Hybrid Retailers, Delivery and Food and Beverage Licensees about the process to become licensed, progress they have made to becoming fully operational and what they see for the future of Adult Use Cannabis in the state of CT.

KEBRA SMITH-BOLDEN

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LUIS VEGA III

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TIANNA HERCULES

JOSEPH JONES

Saturday – Room 2

Saturday 2:45pm -3:30pm

Cannabis – Natures Medicine

Panel and open discussion on medical marijuana education and Cannabinoid Therapeutics: PTSD, Terpenes, & Insomnia

DR. ERIN DOOLITTLE

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DR. UZMA ZAKIR

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PAULINA MIKLOSZ

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ANDREW MERCADO

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Saturday – Room 2

Saturday 3:45pm -4:30pm

Preparing Your Cannabusiness for Connecticut’s Market in 2023

Connecticut’s cannabis industry has been on a roll the past year, quickly transitioning to an adult-use market only 1.5 years after legalizing. Over 37,000 cannabis business license applications were submitted in the first round of lotteries and adult-use sales officially launched in January 2023.

Are you ready to jump into this market? Attend this session for reflections on the Nutmeg State’s 2022 licensing lottery process, guidance for applying in 2023, and insight into what’s might be coming during this year from the legislature, Dept of Consumer Protection, and the Social Equity Council.

MICHELLE BODIAN

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Saturday – Room 2

Saturday 4:45pm -5:30pm

Creating Winning Financial Presentations that Investors Love!

Explore how to create a winning presentation and review an actual case study where the operator struck out several times until they found the obstacle and adjusted their approach to become oversubscribed. It was more following a plan than magic.

DAVID RABINOVITZ

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Sunday – Room 1

Sunday 11:00am – 11:45am

Launching a Non Plant Touching Brand in the Regulated Market

Inform attendees on the steps needed to successfully launch a brand and/or product in the Recreational/Medical Marketplqce without needing to go through the headache or overhead of maintaining a state licence or location.

MIKE BRAIS

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Sunday – Room 1

Sunday 12:00pm – 12:45pm

Keys to Raising Capital In Cannabis & Preparing for Investments

Overview and tips or Cannabis companies looking to raise capital.

LEE GENEROUS

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JI KIM

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MATTHEW McCARTHY

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Sunday – Room 1

Sunday 1:00pm – 1:45pm

UConn’s Cannabis Horticulture Education in Action

Providing scientific-based education for the cannabis industry is needed. The goal is to take plant science-based information and connect it to the production of cannabis.  Panel with Kiera Ulmer

MATTHEW DeBACCO

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Sunday – Room 1

Sunday 2:00pm – 2:45pm

Growing Autoflowers Indoors and Outdoors

This Session will cover growing auto flowering cannabis indoors as well as outdoors, from seed to harvest, including growing equipment/tools, soil, environment, cultivation, IPM, and harvesting.

Corey Finke

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Sunday – Room 1

Sunday 3:00pm – 3:45pm

CT Cannabis Legislation

Discuss how Policy, Banking, & Legislation have negatively impacted communities, but Reinvestment can also bring them back!

ERIN GORMAN KIRK, ESQUIRE

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LUIS VEGA III

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JASON ORTIZ

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ANNE HUGHES

Sunday – Room 1

Sunday 4:00pm – 4:45pm

Understanding The Current State Of The Cannabis Industry – Cannabis 2.0

Cannabis industry becoming more competitive, small operators need to focus on niche areas, organic growth and proprietary products to succeed.

ALEX MAZIN

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Sunday – Room 2

Sunday 10:30am – 11:15am

Cannabis Financing Grows Up: Managing Today’s Options

Sweet Leaf Madison Capital will be discussing the evolution of cannabis financing and provide a baseline of information for business owners to help make financing decisions.

KEVIN BUSH

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Sunday – Room 2

Sunday 11:30am – 12:15pm

The history of Cannabis

Jeff’s presentation covers the colorful history of cannabis across the ages., Jeff will cover the origin of cannabis, names, uses and legal vs illegal times combining historical educational information.

JEFF ELEVELD

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Sunday – Room 2

Sunday 12:30pm – 1:15pm

How to save taxes and build your financial future

You will learn some unique tax codes and how to build a tax free pension for your business and family.

JOSEPH LOMBARDI

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Sunday – Room 2

Sunday 1:30pm – 2:15pm

Health Tips for Cannabis Smokers & Having  clean smoking accessories

The way that most of us take a hit of pot needlessly takes a hit on our health. Learn how to smoke cannabis in ways that reduce its health risks. Based on solid science, Braunstein will offer advice on every phase of the cannabis smoking experience.

MARK BRAUNSTEIN

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SAM CLAYTOR

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Sunday – Room 2

Sunday 2:30pm – 3:15pm

Employing regenerative, sustainable farming practices in cannabis cultivation

In this session I will provide an overview of different organic, natural, sustainable, regenerative farming practices, and how they can be applied to the home garden or cannabis grow.

SHAWN MAGILL

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Sunday – Room 2

Sunday 3:30pm – 4:15pm

What can we learn from the Massachusetts cannabis consumer?

Starting in 2020, MassLive Media and Cannabis360 began asking cannabis shoppers in Mass what they buy, where they buy it, why they buy it, and what they might buy next. We’ve asked for 3 consecutive years and now have trends and insights to share.

ROBIN THOMPSON

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