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
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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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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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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David Hess
President & Co-Founder
Tress Capital
David Hess
President & Co-Founder @ Tress Capital
David is President at Tress Capital, an established investment management firm in the cannabis sector, founded in 2013. Tress originates, guides, and manages investment for HNW, SFO, and institutional clients in both fund and bespoke SMA vehicles. Tress works closely with its companies and sector as an active value-add investor. Its portfolio includes industry leaders such as SC Labs, Headset, Baker Technologies, Cannabis Now, Infusion Biosciences, Grownetics and North Bud Farms. A two time cancer survivor, David was introduced to the vast benefits of medical cannabis while undergoing cancer treatments in 2001 and again in 2003. David has since dedicated himself to furthering research, awareness, and business opportunities in the expanding cannabis industry.
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Saul Kaye
Founder & CEO
iCAN: Israel Cannabis
Saul Kaye
Founder & CEO @ iCAN: Israel Cannabis
Ever since Saul can remember he has looked at a business and tried to break it down to understand it and figure out how to optimize it. He loves to improve a good idea and make it great. Saul understands that there is a fine balance between perfection and delivery – and drives hard to execute.
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Dr. Roni Sharon
Neurologist & Pain Specialist
Cannigma
Dr. Roni Sharon
Neurologist & Pain Specialist @ Cannigma
Dr. Sharon is a board certified neurologist practicing in the USA and Israel. He is director of headache and facial pain at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. He did his fellowship training Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, USA and his residency training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York, USA. His medical degree is from Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Yoram Eshel
CEO
Cannabilog
Yoram Eshel
CEO @ Cannabilog
Yoram has more than 30 years experience in all areas of Global Transportation, Supply Chain management and Logistics. In the last 14 years, Yoram proudly led the Global Transportation and Logistics Network of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. He was directly responsible...
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Dr. Inbar Maymon-Pomeranchik
Scientist, Founder
Biodiligence
Dr. Inbar Maymon-Pomeranchik
Scientist, Founder @ Biodiligence
Dr. Inbar Maymon-Pomeranchik, is a scientist and Biotech Investment Consultant Expert, specializing in Life science, Biotech, Ag-tech and a particular expertise in the global medical cannabis industry. Inbar brings more than 15 years of experience in molecular & genetic research and as an R&D researcher and project leader in the Biotech industry in large, small and start-up technology corporates.
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Eli Scheiman
Principal
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman PC
Eli Scheiman
Principal @ Porzio, Bromberg & Newman PC
Eli is a Principal in the NJ-based law firm Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C. He counsels employers, businesses and entrepreneurs on emerging issues associated with state-legalization of cannabis and federal illegality, cannabis licensing, and regulatory compliance....
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Yoav Giladi
Breeder
Potent
Yoav Giladi
Breeder @ Potent
Yoav Giladi is a renowned cannabis researcher, born in Israel. Yoav’s background is phytopathology and plant breeding. For the past six years, Yoav has bred and grown industrial hemp in licensed fields and was the first Israeli breeder who successfully registered a cannabis seed variety in the United States....
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Hagit Yagoda
Cannabis Chemist & Activist
Hagit Yagoda
Cannabis Chemist & Activist @
Hagit Yagoda is a certified cannabis chemist and activist in the field of medical cannabis. A fascinating lecturer focusing on the medicinal virtues of cannabis, how she discovered it and how it turned into the way that it saved her life. Her personal story is interwoven with great knowledge to raise the awareness and importance of cannabis medicine.
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Golan Bitton
CEO & Co-Founder
Univo Pharmaceutical Ltd
Golan Bitton
CEO & Co-Founder @ Univo Pharmaceutical Ltd
Golan Bitton is the CEO and CO-Founder of UNIVO since 2016, one of the first Medical Cannabis companies that entered the stock market in Israel.
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Robert Cook
Senior Vice President, Market Development
Canadian Securities Exchange
Robert Cook
Senior Vice President, Market Development @ Canadian Securities Exchange
Mr. Cook is the Senior Vice President, Market Development of the Canadian Securities Exchange and is primarily responsible for the development of a range of services to applicants and companies listed on the CSE, and for the composition and maintenance of the CSE Composite Index....
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Marcus Ramkissoon
Certified Cannabis Expert & Government Policy Adviser
CannaGreen Consultancy
Marcus Ramkissoon
Certified Cannabis Expert & Government Policy Adviser @ CannaGreen Consultancy
Marcus Ramkissoon is a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago. A Research Scientist by profession and degree, he has also undertaken graduate studies in Chiropractic and Acupuncture within the U.S.A. He is one of the highest qualified cannabis experts within the International industry by holding over 70 accredited cannabis certifications, inclusive of 56 Continuing Medical Education (C.M.E.) certifications,...
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Iris Bincovich
CEO
Innocan Pharma
Iris Bincovich
CEO @ Innocan Pharma
Mrs. Iris Bincovich is a experienced healthcare manager, with a proven track record in developing global business strategies to open and penetrate new markets. With nearly 20 years of international marketing, biz dev and sales experience, she has led and managed hundreds of successful international transactions in the OTC, cosmetics and dermatology sector.
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Dr. Dedi Meiri
Head
Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research, Technion
Jenny Diggles
Chief Strategy and Brand Officer
Dalwhinnie Group
Jenny Diggles
Chief Strategy and Brand Officer @ Dalwhinnie Group
Jenny has a passion for building businesses on the leading edge of new industries. After personally discovering the power of medical cannabis in 2014, Jenny dedicated herself to understanding the complexities of the fledgling cannabis industry.
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Kevin Nafte
Co-Founder - Head of Strategy & Innovation
YVY Life Sciences
Kevin Nafte
Co-Founder - Head of Strategy & Innovation @ YVY Life Sciences
As a global citizen, Kevin has lived in South Africa, Australia, Israel and the US where he was Head of Operations at Flow Kana, one of California's biggest cannabis distributors. Today, Kevin lives in Uruguay where he is pioneering a sustainable medical cannabis industry together with his wife and cofounder, Andrea Kruchik Krell. They launched YVY Life Sciences in 2018.
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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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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 cannabis oil, Rylie defied everyone’s expectations. Rylie’s smile returned!
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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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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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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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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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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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Jason Paltrowitz
Jason Paltrowitz
OTC Markets
Jason Paltrowitz
Jason Paltrowitz @ OTC Markets
In his dual role as Director, OTC Markets Group International Ltd. and EVP, Corporate Services, Jason Paltrowitz manages the company’s international and domestic Corporate Services business, supporting more than 1,20...
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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
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
Boaz Wachtel
Executive Chairman
Creso Pharma
Dr. Bill Levine
Founder
Izun Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Prof. Hinanit Koltai, PhD.
Professor
ARO, Volcani Center
