Digital Workshop 2 - Cannabis Economy

Leaders in Science, Policy and Business come together again for the next digital workshop.

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POLICY

SCIENCE

BUSINESS

Past Featured Speakers

POLICY

Lori Ajax

Chief, CA Bureau of Cannabis Control

Betty Aldworth

Executive Director, SSDP

Carlos Curbelo

Former US Congressman

Maj. Neill Franklin (Ret.)

Law Enforcement Action Partnership

Andrew Freedman

Former Colorado Marijuana Czar

Steve Hawkins

Executive Director, MPP

Josh Hendrix

President, US Hemp Roundtable

Kayvan Khalatbari

Amendment 64; Initiative 300; Colorado Village Collaborative

Yuval Landschaft

Israel Medical Cannabis Agency, Ministry of Health

Ethan Nadelmann

Founder, DPA

Dr. Pavel Pachta

Former Deputy Secretary (INCB), United Nations

Shanita Penny

President, Minority Cannabis Business Association

Jeffrey Rhoades

Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Governor, Oregon

Catherine Sandvos

Office of Medicinal Cannabis, Netherlands

Diane Savino

NY State Senator

Steph Sherer

President, ASA

Aaron Smith

Executive Director, NCIA

Derek Smith

Executive Director, Resource Innovation Institute

Shaleen Title

Massachusetts Cannabis Commission

David Zuckerman

Lt. Governor, Vermont

SCIENCE

Professor Gil Bar Sela

Head, Cancer Center in Emek Medical Canter

Professor Zvi Bentwich

Ben Gurion University

Dr. Einav Gati

Ministry of Agriculture, Israel

Dr. David Gorelick

University of Maryland

Professor Hinanit Koltai

Volcani Center, Israel

Dr. Ethan Russo

Research Director, ICCI

Dr. David Schubert

Salk Institute

Dr. Ryan Vandrey

Johns Hopkins

BUSINESS

Charlie Bachtell

CEO, Cresco (US / MSO)

Adam Bierman

CEO, MedMen (US / MSO)

Boris Blatnik

CEO, KannaSwiss (Switzerland / Global)

Julianna Carella

CEO, Treatibles

Tjalling Erkelens

CEO, Bedrocan (Netherlands / Global)

Jessica Geran

Partner, Altar Rock Capital

Mike Gorenstein

CEO, Cronos (Canada / Global)

Saul Kaye

CEO, iCAN

Ben Kovler

CEO, GTI (US / MSO)

Ben Larson

CEO, Nanogen

Emily Paxhia

Managing Director, Poseidon Asset Management

Tahira Rehmatullah

Hypur Ventures; T3 Ventures; MTech Acquisition Corp.

Amanda Reiman

Flow Kana

Karan Wadhera

Casa Verde

Nancy Whiteman

CEO, Wana Brands

Roei Zerahia

CEO, Canndoc (Israel)

A QUICK OVERVIEW OF CANNABIS ECONOMY

Cannabis Economy has over 400 podcast episodes up with over 800K downloads featuring interviews with leaders in Government, Science and Business
A new feature is Cannabis Economy Community Columns showcasing further direct insight from the cannabis economy.

GOVERNMENT

US DAG James M. Cole
US Senator Cory Gardner
CO Governor John Hickenlooper (in office)
WA Governor, Jay Inslee
Israel Regulator, Yuval Landschaft
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (as US Congressman)
Canadian Cannabis Task Force, Dr. Mark Ware

US House of Representatives

US Congressman Earl Blumenauer
US Congressman Steve Cohen
US Congressman Joe Courtney
US Congressman Carlos Curbelo (in office)
US Congressman Matt Gaetz
US Congressman Tom Garrett (in office)
US Congressman Raul Grijalva
US Congressman Denny Heck
US Congressman David Joyce
US Congressman Ro Khanna
US Congresswoman Barbara Lee
US Congressman Thomas Massie
US Congressman Tom McClintock
US Congressman Seth Moulton
US Congressman Ed Perlmutter
US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (in office)
US Congressman Darren Soto
US Congresswoman Dina Titus
US Congressman Don Young

SCIENCE

Professor Raphael Mechoulam (Israel)
Dr. Arnon Afek, Sheba Academic Medical Center (Israel)
Dr. Marcel Bonn-Miller, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Einav Gati, Ministry of Agriculture, (Israel)
Professor Hinanit Koltai, Volcani Center, (Israel)
Dr. Nehama Lewis, University of Haifa (Israel)
Professor Mauro Maccarone, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (Italy)
Professor Dedi Meiri, Technion University (Israel)
Dr. Sue Sisley, FDA Approved PTSD Veterans Cannabis Trial
Dr. David Schubert, Salk Institute
Dr. Dadi Segal (Israel)
Dr. Ryan Vandrey, Johns Hopkins University

BUSINESS

Charlie Bachtell, CEO, Cresco (US / MSO)
Adam Bierman, CEO, MedMen (US / MSO)
Tjalling Erkelens, CEO, Bedrocan (Netherlands / Global)
Hadley Ford, CEO, iAnthus (US / MSO)
Mike Gorenstein, CEO, Cronos (Canada / Global)
Hagai Hillman, Founder, Breath of Life (Israel)
Brendan Kennedy, CEO, Tilray/Privateer
Ben Kovler, CEO, GTI (US / MSO)
Kris Krane, President, 4Front (US / MSO)
Bruce Linton, CEO, Canopy Growth (Canada / Global)
Dr. Dadi Segal, CEO, Panaxia (Israel)
Roei Zerahia, CEO, Canndoc (Israel)

Available on Spotify, in iTunes on the iTunes podcast app, in google play music, podcast services such as Overcast or wherever you currently get your podcasts.

Cannabis Economy is a Real-Time History of Cannabis which provides information from elected officials, regulators, scientists, business leaders, advocates and activists on cannabis as medicine, wellness and economic opportunity. Who you are informs what you do. Business is Personal.

Here’s a peek at our top content

Interview with U.S. Senator Cory Gardner

Senator Cory Gardner talks about the path of the STATES Act, which has been surprisingly, and perhaps ironically, cleared by the helping hand of Jeff Sessions.

How Retail Informs the Industry

Touchpoint and chokepoint; they sound like they might be very different. One’s very aggressive. One’s very soft. But they’re both relevant to what retail means for the space.

CBD Science Circa 2011

2011 was when I really started looking into cannabidiol, or CBD. There was a group of parents that were talking about this in a little social media group.

Michael Gorenstein, Cronos Group

Michael Gorenstein shares Cronos’ goals for expanding reach: “For us it’s about creating a global platform, and innovating products so that we can pilot these out, we can get the products in Canada.

About Cannabis Economy

Cannabis Economy is a trusted source of content, where Host Seth Adler provides a thoughtful and highly knowledgeable approach to engage listeners and present unique and differentiated insights of the inner workings of the Cannabis Industry.

Seth Adler is a host, moderator, producer and unlicensed anthropologist. Seth quickly and effectively turns ideas into results. He has a dynamic background including 20 years of production experience of international events, podcasts, video, and text.

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