Keynote Speakers

Bruce — Keynote Speaker
Bruce Linton
Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO, Canopy Growth

Martha Stewart — Keynote Speaker
Martha Stewart
American Executive, Lifestyle Expert and Best-Selling Author

Ken Weisbrod — Keynote Speaker
Ken Weisbrod
Vice President, Pharmacy Business Development and Initiatives, Shoppers Drug Mart

Host and MC's

Derek — Derek Riedle
Publisher, Civilized

Damon Goodwin — Damon Goodwin
Vice President, Revenue and Partnerships, Civilized

Aaron Craig — Aaron Craig
Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Civilized

Speakers

The World Cannabis Congress brings together the world’s most influential executives and thought leaders. Take a peek at our current list of confirmed speakers that will exchange views on business, innovation and policy development in the rapidly evolving global cannabis industry

Vivien — Vivien Azer
Managing Director, Consumer – Beverages, Cannabis and Tobacco, Cowen

Mario — Mario Torres
Founder and Co-Chair, Meritas Latin America Cannabis Practice Group
Lawyer, Brazeau Seller Law

Deepak — Deepak Anand
CEO, Materia Ventures

Dr Jamie — Dr. Jamie Cox
Chief Medical Officer, Sundial

Tripp — Tripp Keber
Co-Founder and Former CEO, Dixie Brands Inc.

GEM — Gabriel Espinosa de los Monteros
Lawyer, Cuesta Campos

Dr Nick — Nick Jikomes, PhD
Principal Research Scientist, Leafly

Terry — Terry Lake
Vice President, CSR, HEXO

Alison — Alison Gordon
Co-CEO, 48North

Andres — Andres Montoya
Lawyer, Posse Herrera Ruiz

Kate — Kate Miller
Co-Founder and CEO, Miss Grass

Jeff Chen — Dr. Jeff Chen
Founder and Executive Director, UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative

Florian — Florian Rister
Vice CEO, Deutscher Hanfverband (German Cannabis Association)

Lara — Lara Wood
General Manager, Cannabis NB

Rick — Rick Petersen
Principal, Blu Communications

Samantha — Samantha Boy Roca
Lawyer, Garcia Sayan in Peru

Sherri — Sherri Altshuler
Partner, Aird Berlis

Daniel Sax — Daniel Sax
CEO and Founder, Sensi Properties

George McBride — George McBride
CEO, Hanway Associates

Jim Walsh — Jim Walsh
Founder, Coppertop Media Relations

Sumit Mehta — Sumit Mehta
Founder and CEO, MAZAKALI

Corey Herscu 2 — Corey Herscu
CEO, RNMKR Agency

Dr Sud Agarwal — Dr. Sud Agarwal
CEO and Co-Founder, Cannvalate

Baruch HaLevi — Rabbi Dr. Baruch HaLevi
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, ONE Cannabis Group Inc.

Terri Riedle — Terri Riedle
President, Civilized

Sara Mainville — Sara Mainville
Partner, OKT LLP and Former Chief of Couchiching First Nation

April Pride — April Pride
Co-Founder, Of Like Minds and Founder, Van der Pop

ray gracewood — Ray Gracewood
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Organigram

Charlotte Langley — Charlotte Langley
Chief Culinary Officer, Scout Canning

Suzanne Sisley — Dr. Suzanne Sisley MD
President and Principal Investigator, Scottsdale Research Institute

Chris Bolivar — Chris Bolivar
Vice President, Brand and Marketing, Fire & Flower

Karina Lahnakoski — Karina Lahnakoski
Vice President, Quality and Regulatory, Cannabis Compliance Inc.

Cynthia Goodwin sepia — Cynthia Goodwin
President, Revolution Strategy

Darren Karasiuk — Darren Karasiuk
Chief Commercial Officer, Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Trisha Leblanc — Trisha Leblanc
National Cannabis Leader, Grant Thornton

Shauna Levy — Shauna Levy
President and CEO, MOCANNA

Rodney Butt — Rodney Butt
Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Nutrasource

Andrew Grieve — Andrew Grieve
CEO, Zenabis Global

Cheri Mara — Cheri Mara
Vice President, Business Development and Customer Strategy, Ontario Cannabis Store

James McMillan — Jay McMillan
Vice President, Strategic Business Development, HEXO

Cy Scott — Cy Scott
CEO and Co-Founder, Headset

Berkeley Poole — Berkeley Poole
Vice President and Creative Director, Tokyo Smoke Brands

David Berg v2 — David Berg
President and Chief Technology Officer, Strainprint

Daragh Anglim — Daragh Anglim
Managing Director, Prohibition Partners

Ranjeev Dhillon — Ranjeev Dhillon
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault

Afzal Hasan — Afzal Hasan
President, Origin House

Brandi Leifso — Brandi Leifso
CEO and Founder, EVIO Beauty Group

John Fowler — John Fowler
President, Founder and Director, The Supreme Cannabis Company Inc.

AllanR Speaker v2 — Allan Rewak
Vice President, Communications and Stakeholder Relations, Emerald Health Therapeutics

Shanita Penny — Shanita Penny
President, Minority Cannabis Business Association and Budding Solutions

Peter Miller — Peter Miller
CEO and Co-Founder, SLANG Worldwide

Ruth Chun — Ruth Chun
Senior Legal Counsel, HEXO

Sara Brittany — Sara Brittany Somerset
Multimedia Journalist, Forbes / Leafly

Carman Allison — Carman Allison
Vice President, Consumer Insights, Nielsen

Jane Bird — Jane Bird
Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY

Isabelle Robillard — Isabelle Robillard
Director of Communications, HEXO

Kim Wilson — Kim Wilson
Executive Director, Global Cannabis Partnership

Daniel Peralstien — Daniel Pearlstein
EVP Strategy, Canopy Rivers

James Gaskell — James Gaskell
Chief Operating Officer, Australian Natural Therapeutics Group

Paul Rosen — Paul Rosen
Founder, Pantry

Philippe Lucas — Philippe Lucas
Vice President, Global Patient Research And Access, Tilray

Sean McNulty — Sean McNulty
Principal, XIB Financial Inc.

Saul Kaye — Saul Kaye
Founder and CEO, iCAN ISRAEL CANNABIS

Lorne G — Lorne Gertner
CEO, Hills & Gertner Capital Corp.

Jessica Rhee — Jessica Rhee
Senior Manager, Consumer and Cannabis, Deloitte

Andrea Mandel Campbell Print — Andrea Mandel-Campbell
Senior Vice President, NATIONAL Capital Markets

Julian — Julian Burzynski
Regional President, Canada, Breakthru Beverage Group

Jerry King lg — Dr. Jerry King
R&D Consultant, CFS

Kathy Purcell — Kathy Purcell
Vice President, Strategy, Revolution Strategy

Michael N — Dr. Michael Nashat
Co-Founder, CEO and Director, TerrAscend

Torsten — Torsten Kuenzlen
CEO, Sundial

Marvin w — Marvin Washington
Co-Founder, Director & Vice President, Business Development Organization, Isodiol

Darrell d — The Honourable Darrell Dexter
Executive Director, Cannabis Beverage Producers Alliance

Richardo b — Ricardo Baca
Founder and CEO, Grasslands

Cory Jones — Cory Jones
Chief Content Officer, Civilized

Shelly Tallabas — Shelly Tallabas
Vice President, Product Development, Canndescent

Research Day

Stephen Lund — Stephen Lund
CEO and Deputy Minister, Opportunities New Brunswick

Suzanne Sisley v2 — Suzanne Sisley M.D.
President and Principal Investigator, Scottsdale Research Institute

Dr David Joly — Dr. David Joly
Professor, Université de Moncton

Yang Qu — Dr. Yang Qu
Cannabis Health Research Chair, University of New Brunswick

Colleen OConnell — Dr. Colleen O’Connell MD FRCPC
Research Chief, Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation

Rodney Butt v2 — Rodney Butt
Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions, Nutrasource

Jeff Chen — Dr. Jeff Chen
Founder and Executive Director, UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative

Andrien Rackov — Andrien Rackov, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, RPC

Jerry King lg v2 — Dr. Jerry King
R&D Consultant, CFS

Can we see some ID, please?