CannaTechTel Aviv 2020 Speakers
There's so much to learn in the cannabis industry, including science, regulation and different markets. You need a broad education in cannabis to have an impact in the industry. CannaTech speakers inform, excite, move and challenge attendees - you can't get an education like this anywhere else. Spend 2 days with us at CannaTech Tel Aviv 2020 and the learning will make you well educated, more informed, and better connected. Invest in your career. Join us in Tel Aviv.
TEL AVIV SPEAKERS
Rylie Maedler
CEO, Rylie's Sunshine
President, Rylie's Smile Foundation 501C3
Rylie Maedler
CEO, Rylie's Sunshine @ President, Rylie's Smile Foundation 501C3
In 2013, at the age of 7, Rylie was diagnosed with aggressive bone tumors that disintegrated her facial bones. Her mother, Janie, learned about the efficacy of cannabis oil against cancer and decided to give it to Rylie hoping it might help minimize her bone tumors and prevent recurrence. With the help of whole plant botanical oil, Rylie defied everyone’s expectations. Rylie’s smile returned!
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Howard Goodwin, M.D.
Partner
Intrinsic Capital Partners
Howard Goodwin, M.D.
Partner @ Intrinsic Capital Partners
For the last 18 years, Dr. Goodwin has demonstrated a proven acumen investing in healthcare businesses at top investment firms, including Maverick Capital, Citadel Investments and...
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Keegan Peterson
Founder & CEO
Wurk
Keegan Peterson
Founder & CEO @ Wurk
Keegan Peterson is Founder and CEO of Würk, the leading human capital management company for the cannabis industry. Keegan founded Wurk in 2015 after recognizing that cannabis businesses didn’t have access to the same scalable HR technology solutions as mainstream companies.
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Michael Feinsod
Executive Chairman
General Cannabis
Michael Feinsod
Executive Chairman @ General Cannabis
Michael Feinsod has been the Executive Chairman of General Cannabis since 2014. He has over 20 years of investing experience across public and private markets...
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Bruce Linton
Founder & Former Chairman & Co-CEO
Canopy Growth Corporation
Dr. Sari Prutchi Sagiv
CSO
Gynica
Dr. Sari Prutchi Sagiv
CSO @ Gynica
Dr. Prutchi Sagiv has over 15 years of experience in various aspects of pharmaceutical development including pre-clinical and clinical studies, regulatory affairs, intellectual property and business development.
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Dr. Julie Moltke
Doctor
Getthedosage Ltd.
Dr. Julie Moltke
Doctor @ Getthedosage Ltd.
Dr Julie Moltke is a medical doctor and has spent most of her career focusing on mental health, stress management, and the medicinal cannabis industry. She believes in personalised medicine and seeing every client as an individual with a holistic approach to health and wellbeing.
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Courtney Moran
Chief Legislative Strategist; Founding Principal
Agricultural Hemp Solutions, LLC; EARTH Law, LLC
Courtney Moran
Chief Legislative Strategist; Founding Principal @ Agricultural Hemp Solutions, LLC; EARTH Law, LLC
Courtney N. Moran, LL.M. founding principal of EARTH Law, LLC and chief legislative strategist for Agricultural Hemp Solutions, LLC is the leading expert on U.S. hemp law championing legal policy for sustainable Cannabis hemp agribusiness development....
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Michael Kagan
CEO
Reagenics Research Ltd
Michael Kagan
CEO @ Reagenics Research Ltd
Dr. Michael Kagan has a PhD in chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published thirty papers and holds a dozen awarded patents, three of which have been sold...
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Sharon Sznitman, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
School of Public Health, University of Haifa
Sharon Sznitman, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer @ School of Public Health, University of Haifa
Dr. Sznitman received her B.A. in sociology from the University of Manchester and her M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from Stockholm University. She then completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Annenberg Public Policy Centre at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2010 Dr. Sznitman joined the School of Public Health at the University of Haifa where she is a senior lecturer.
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Nitzan Solan
Agro-Technological Solutions
Nitzan Solan
Agro-Technological Solutions @
Nitzan received her B.SC in chemical engineering and specialty design from Shenkar, one of Israel's leading universities. Shenkar's Azrieli Faculty of Design serves as a center for the academic study of design and engineering with the most up-to-date, relevant and forward-looking courses...
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Ashley Manta
Sex Educator
CannaSexual®
Ashley Manta
Sex Educator @ CannaSexual®
Ashley Manta is an award-winning sex educator and coach and has become a sought-after authority on mindfully combining sex and cannabis as part of her CannaSexual® brand. Her work has received recognition in Forbes, The London Times, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, among others....
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Stormy Simon
CEO
Hightimes Holding Corp.
Stormy Simon
CEO @ Hightimes Holding Corp.
Stormy Simon is an e-commerce pioneer, corporate leader, and the newly appointed CEO of High Times, the leading global brand in cannabis culture.
Hailing from a blue collar family in small-town Utah, she was married and a mom by the time she was 17, and divorced with two kids by 21. With early roots in radio, media buying and marketing, in 2001, a temp agency placed her at what was supposed to be a short-term assignment in the sales department at Overstock.com...
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Perry Antelman
CEO
Abacus Health Products
Perry Antelman
CEO @ Abacus Health Products
Perry Antelman, is the Chief Executive Officer of Abacus Health Products. He has over 30 years of executive business experience, funding, launching, and growing companies ...
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Sumit Mehta
Founder and CEO
MAZAKALI
Sumit Mehta
Founder and CEO @ MAZAKALI
Sumit Mehta is the Founder and CEO of MAZAKALI, a cannabis investment firm based in San Francisco. MAZAKALI offers a turn-key platform for raising and investing cannabis capital. Investors in cannabis since 2014, the MAZAKALI leadership team brings over 150 years of finance, business strategy, legal, compliance and entrepreneurial experience to each client relationship.
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David Kramer
Senior Associate
Vicente Sederberg
David Kramer
Senior Associate @ Vicente Sederberg
David Kramer is an attorney in Vicente Sederberg LLP's Los Angeles office and a member of the Firm's Corporate & Business and Hemp & Cannabinoids practice groups. His practice focuses on helping commercial cannabis...
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Dr. Mark Braunstein
Whole Health Psychiatrist
Dr. Mark Braunstein
Whole Health Psychiatrist @
Dr. Mark Braunstein, “Dr. B,” is a whole health psychiatrist. He completed his residency in general psychiatry and his fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry in 1997. Shortly thereafter, he began exploring the use of medical cannabis in the treatment of various psychiatric...
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David Traylor
Senior Managing Director
Golden Eagle Partners
David Traylor
Senior Managing Director @ Golden Eagle Partners
David Traylor is Senior Managing Director at Golden Eagle Partners, a firm he founded in 2012 to advise life science companies. After advising on various transactions in the life science sector, he took an interest in the cannabis sector and started advising cannabis companies in 2013...
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Lucas Robinson
Co-Founder & CEO
CannGoods
Lucas Robinson
Co-Founder & CEO @ CannGoods
As Co-Founder/CEO of CannGoods, an industry-leading global supply chain solutions company, Lucas leads a curated team of elite performers entering cannabis from a variety of respective fields...
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Matthew J. Nordgren
CEO & Founder
Arcadian Fund
Matthew J. Nordgren
CEO & Founder @ Arcadian Fund
Matthew Jason Nordgren is an ambitious executive, dedicated philanthropist, and accomplished athlete who brings a unique passion for creating strategic alliances. He brings breadth and depth of experience in finance, corporate...
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Jonathan Sweetser
Co-Founder & CTO
CannGoods
Jonathan Sweetser
Co-Founder & CTO @ CannGoods
Has a proven reputation for solving impossible problems in regulated spaces. Has brought together multi-disciplinary teams to develop products and solutions in the healthcare, aviation, and the...
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Codie Sanchez
Partner
Entourage Effect Capital
Codie Sanchez
Partner @ Entourage Effect Capital
Codie Sanchez is a Managing Director and Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, a private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. Since its inception in the...
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Anthony Wolch
Partner & Chief Creative Officer
Beyond Marketing
Anthony Wolch
Partner & Chief Creative Officer @ Beyond Marketing
Anthony Wolch is a Partner & Chief Creative Officer of The Beyond Marketing Group and a creative leader with more than 20 years experience in the advertising and marketing industry. Globally, Anthony has created advertising campaigns...
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Chad Bronstein
CEO & Founder
Fyllo
Chad Bronstein
CEO & Founder @ Fyllo
With over a decade of sales experience, Chad has established himself as a leader and trailblazer in the digital world, charged with running a billion-dollar business—the largest independent digital AdTech platform owned by Singtel, the second biggest...
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Dan Berman
Founder & CEO
PharmaCentra, Concentra Solutions, & CannabisBPO
Dan Berman
Founder & CEO @ PharmaCentra, Concentra Solutions, & CannabisBPO
Dan Berman, Chairman and CEO of three sister companies, CannabisBPO, PharmaCentra and Concentra Solutions, has created, consulted and managed successful customer and patient customer relationship management programs...
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Frenchy Cannoli
Master Hashishin
Frenchy Cannoli
Frenchy Cannoli
Master Hashishin @ Frenchy Cannoli
Frenchy Cannoli is a California-based teacher, consultant, artisan and activist dedicated to the production and appreciation of traditional cannabis concentrates...
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Yotam Hod
CEO & Co-Founder
Lumir Lab
Yotam Hod
CEO & Co-Founder @ Lumir Lab
Yotam is the CEO & Co-Founder of Lumir Lab, a global leading cannabis research & development laboratory aimed to provide evidence-based cannabis solutions, and Gynica, a medical company at the forefront of therapeutic cannabis...
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Rick Doblin, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Rick Doblin, Ph.D.
Executive Director @ Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation...
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Philip Gu
Founder & CEO
Stemcell United Limited; SCU Hemp
Philip Gu
Founder & CEO @ Stemcell United Limited; SCU Hemp
Having worked with multinational corporations (MNCs) and quasi governments in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Mr Gu has over 30 years of senior management and consultancy experience in Singapore, China, Australia, and 28 South Pacific...
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Will Muecke
Co-Founding Managing Member
Artemis Growth Partners LLC
Will Muecke
Co-Founding Managing Member @ Artemis Growth Partners LLC
William is a co-founding managing member of Artemis Growth Partners LLC, an impact-oriented private equity platform dedicated 100% to investing in the cannabis industry on a worldwide basis. Artemis currently has...
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Wayne Nathanson
President & COO
Perfect Plants
Wayne Nathanson
President & COO @ Perfect Plants
Wayne is the President and COO of Perfect Plants; a global producer of tissue cultures and young plants in the cannabis industry. He has extensive experience developing businesses from the ground up. Wayne has experience in business development including marketing, market positioning. branding and identity, strategic planning and analysis, financing and acquisitions. In addition to operational management, strategic alliance development, new market introduction and in establishing global distribution channels.
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Boris Blatnik
Chief Strategy Officer
KannaSwiss
Nirit Bernstein, Ph.D
Senior Research Scientist
ARO, Volcani Institute
Lorne Gertner
Co Founder & Chairman
Cannaglobal
David Hess
President & Co-Founder
Tress Capital
Saul Kaye
Founder & CEO
iCAN: Israel Cannabis
Stephen Murphy
Co-Founder
Prohibition Partners
Matthew Anderson
Co-Founder & CEO
Vanguard Scientific Systems
Seth Adler
Host & Producer
Cannabis Economy
Seth Adler
Host & Producer @ Cannabis Economy
Seth Adler is a host, moderator, producer and unlicensed anthropologist. He has a dynamic background including 20 years of production experience of international events...
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Charles Feldmann
Founding Partner and CEO
GPS.Global
Dr. Dedi Meiri
Head
Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research, Technion
Boaz Wachtel
Executive Chairman
Creso Pharma
Dr. Inbar Maymon-Pomeranchik
Scientist, Founder
Biodiligence
Dr. Bill Levine
Founder
Izun Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Prof. Hinanit Koltai, PhD.
Professor
ARO, Volcani Center
