Cannabis Sustainability Symposium
Schedule
Monday, October 5, 2020
Welcome
Ben Gelt
Cannabis Certification Council, Chair
Drew Emmer
Boveda, Inc, Strategic Relationships
The Cannabis Health Equity Movement
Rachel Knox
Doctors Knox, Inc., Endocannabinologist & Certified Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist
Design Charette/Identifying Sustainable Building /Operational Strategies
Jeremy Hatfield
Alpha MEP Inc, President
Anthony Papavero
Current Renewables, Partner
Cultivating Quality: The Science Behind Sustainable Medicine
Karyemaitre Aliffe
Ethicannons, Praxigen Biomedia, Executive Officer
Eleanor Kuntz
LeafWorks, Chief Executive Officer
Samantha Taylor
The Grow-Off, CEO
Damian Solomon
Plant Geek Consulting, LLC, Founder
Social Equity from the Operator's Viewpoint
Hilary Black
Canopy Growth, Chief Advocacy Officer
Chanda Macias
Ilera Holistics, Chief Executive Officer
Victor Guadagnino
Keystone Canna Remedies, Chief Business Development Officer
Cannabis Waste Recycling into Sustainable Products
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Welcome
Corinne Wilder
Fluence, Vice President of Global Commercial Operations
Policy Challenges in Sustainable Cannabis Enterprise
Michael Wheeler
Flow Cannabis Company, Vice President of Policy Initiatives
Adam Smith
Craft Cannabis Alliance, Founder & Executive Director
Shanita Penny
Budding Solutions, Founder/ Principal
Ean Seeb
State of Colorado, Governor's Special Advisor on Cannabis
Stakeholder Capitalism Applied to the Cannabis Industry
Marc Ross
Needle Consultants, LLC, Chief Instigator
Annie Davis
Growing Impact & Care By Design, Founder & VP Sales & Marketing
Geoff Trotter
Regennabis, Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer
Matt Lindsey
Charlotte's Web, Director of Social Responsibility
The Challenges and Opportunities of Energy Codes
Thao Chau
California Energy Commission, Electrical Engineer
Jen Amann
ACEEE, Buildings Program Director
Derek Smith
Resource Innovation Institute, Executive Director
Environmental Standards and Regulations
Ben Gelt
Cannabis Certification Council, Chair
Jackee Riccio
Cannabis for Conservation, Executive Director
Margaret Mantor
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist)
Harry Etra
HXE Partners, CEO
Social Equity Best Practices for the Cannabis Industry
Ernest Toney
BIPOCANN, Founder
Amanda Reiman
Flow Cannabis Company, VP of Community Development
Gia Moron
Women Grow, President
Kevin Ford Jr.
The Uplift Companies, CEO
Sustainable Cannabis Packaging
Cole Gibbs
Dama Distributing, Founder & CEO
Tarek Moharram
Moharram Ventures Inc., Founder & President
James Eichner
Sana Packaging, Co-Founder & CSO
The New Green Revolution
Winona LaDuke
Honor the Earth, Executive Director
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Welcome
Chris Walsh
Marijuana Business Daily, CEO & President
What Cannabis Can Learn from the Good Food Movement?
Sara Brito
Good Food Media Network, Inc., Co-Founder & President
Best Practices: Energy, waste, water, design
Kyle Lisabth
Silver Bullet Water Treatment, Director of Operations & Business development
Nick Collins
ERS, Associate Director
Brandon Rhea
Native Roots Cannabis Co., Sr. Compliance Officer & Sustainability Program Coordinator
Rebecca Spence
The Rodman Law Group, Associate Attorney
Restorative Justice in Cannabis
Evelyn LaChapelle
Vertosa, Community Engagement manager
Sarah Gersten
Last Prisoner Project, Executive Director & General Counsel
Hemp and Sustainability
Langdon Brown
Southern Cross Hemp Oil, CEO
Austin Stevenson
Vertosa, Chief Innovation Officer
Nicholas Huminski
High Falls Hemp NY, Business Development & Farming
Lets Talk Trash
Steve Peterson
WasteTrakr, COO
Arman Zeytounyan
EcoWaste Services, Inc, CEO
Trey Riddle
Sunstrand LLC, CEO & Founder
The Future of Cannabis Medicine
Karyemaitre Aliffe
Ethicannons, Praxigen Biomedia, Executive Officer
Jessica Knox
Doctors Knox, Inc., American Cannabinoid Clinics, and ADVENT Academy, Co-Founder
Golan Vaknin
ESEV R&D
Janice M Vaughn-Knox MD
American Cannabinoid Clinics, Co-Founder
Open Q & A with Fluence
Brady Nemeth
Fluence, Utility Rebate Coordinator
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Welcome
Tyler Ammerman
Gannett Fleming, Inc, Sr. Project Manager, Business Development
Certifications in the Cannabis Industry
Josh Sarvis
Dragonfly Earth Medecine/ DEM Pure Certification, Owner/Founder
Ben Gelt
Cannabis Certification Council, Chair
Josh Wurzer
SC Labs, President & Co-Founder
Casey O'Neill
HappyDay Farms, Co-Operator
Insights from the Global Cannabis Market
Jessica Steinberg
The Global C & entOURage Network, Founder
Douglas Gordon
CanEx, Founder
James Brobyn
American Fiber Co., CEO
Pathways towards Regenerative Cannabis
Alison Grantham
Grow Well Consulting, Principal
Suehiko Ono
EOS Farm LLC, Co-Founder/ COO
Jacob Policzer
The Cannabis Conservancy, Director of Science and Strategy
What are the challenges to Sustainable Business in Cannabis?
Edward Dow
Solar Therapeutics, CEO
Mark Johnson
Gannett Fleming, Inc., Senior Vice President, Director Private Sector Services
Zachary Carson
Imaginal, CEO
The Factors that Drive Water Consumption and Advance Efficiency
John Kagia
New Frontier Data
Rob Eddy
CEA Consultancy LLC, Principal Consultant
Derek Smith
Resource Innovation Institute, Executive Director
Cannabis Carbon Capture and VOC Releases
Amy George
Earthly Labs, Founder & CEO
Kaitlin Urso
CDPHE, Environmental Consultant
Sungrown Cannabis: Stories from the Fields
Johnny Casali
Huckleberry Hill Farms, Owner operator
Daniel Stein
Briceland Forest Farm, Owner
Zachary Carson
Imaginal, CEO
Implementing the Safe and Circular Economy Design into the Cannabis Industry
Howie Fendley
Avocado Sustainability Advisors, Co-Founder
Jackee Riccio
Cannabis for Conservation, Executive Director
Kate Christian
EcoCycle, Corporate Sustainability Manager
Friday, October 9, 2020
Welcome
Cody Hitchcock
Smokey's Cannabis Co, Horticulturist & Grower
Energy Efficiency in Cultivation
Ryan Wankel
Heliospectra, Cannabis Plant + Light Expert/Grower Liaison
Corinne Wilder
Fluence, Vice President of Global Commercial Operations
Social Benefit Programs in Cannabis
Luna Stower
Luna Stower Marketing, LLC, Owner, CEO
Ryan Miller
OpEVAC, Founder
Alex De La Campa
A Future for Vets Foundation, Managing Director
Ramon Garcia
Original Equity Group, Sanctuary Farms LLC, Co-founder, President
Sustainable Cannabis Investment Markets
David Hess
Tress Capital, Co-Founder and President
Emily Paxhia
Poseidon, Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Coleman Beale
CEO and Board Member
Marketing Sustainable Cannabis
Lisa Buffo
Cannabis Marketing Association, Founder & CEO
Gagan Levy
Founder/ CEO, Guru
Zack Darling
CannaCraft, Vice President Marketing
Ru Johnson
Roux Black Consulting, Founder
Seeding Sustainability: Seeds vs Clones
Nathaniel Pennington
Humbolt Seed Co, CEO
Betsy Samuelson
Seed & Soil, Co-Owner & Seed Integrity Specialist
Sarah Schuette
Dirty Business Soil, Co-Owner & COO
