Global Hemp Day

CiiTech
Vanguard Scientific
hempTALKS
High Grade Hemp
Tress Capital
Golden Eagle Partners
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The Arcview Group
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CMTREX
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Zuber Lawler
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Collective Growth Corporation
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High CBD Farms
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Trichome Shell
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The Entrust Group
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Royale Botanicals
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Global Hemp Day was a virtual deep dive featuring presentations, panels, virtual tours and keynotes by the people at the forefront of the global hemp revolution. Keynote Speakers Bruce Linton and Steve DeAngelo were joined by market leaders and experts in the US, Canada, India, Zimbabwe, Asia and Europe.
More than 500 international attendees attended and left the event with deep knowledge of the Hemp value chain and a wider personal network – and a seat at the Global Hemp Revolution.

Email carey@israel-cannabis for details
2 Days of everything hemp


FEATURED SPEAKERS

Sergio Martinez Bejar
General Manager
High CBD Farms & BBG Projects

Sergio Martinez Bejar
General Manager @ High CBD Farms & BBG Projects
Sergio started in the Cannabis business in 2002 as the CEO of Green Guide Europe, becoming in 2010 CEO of BBG Projects. In 2020 he became CEO of High CBD Farms.
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Axel Bernabe
Counsel to the Governor for Health
Governor Cuomo's Office

Axel Bernabe
Counsel to the Governor for Health @ Governor Cuomo's Office
Axel Bernabe is Assistant Counsel to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, overseeing legal and policy deliberations in the health portfolio. As part of his responsibilities, he oversees the implementation of all initiatives related to medical, hemp, and adult-use cannabis.
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Tom Zuber
Managing Partner
Zuber Lawler

Tom Zuber
Managing Partner @ Zuber Lawler
Tom Zuber facilitates collaboration among his colleagues and assists them with growing client relationships. Mr. Zuber also manages intellectual property disputes and deals around the world and counsels clients in relation to global intellectual property portfolios.
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Bruce Linton
Entrepreneur, Investor and Business Leader
Collective Growth Corporation

Bruce Linton
Entrepreneur, Investor and Business Leader @ Collective Growth Corporation
Founder & Former Chairman, CEO and Co-CEO of Canopy Growth Corporation (CGC) formerly Tweed Marijuana Inc., a Cannabis company based in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada. Bruce founded Tweed in 2013 and renamed it Canopy Growth Corporation in 2015. Canopy Growth Corp was the first cannabis company in North America to be listed on a major stock exchange (TSX-V in April 2014 and TSX in July 2016) and to be included on a major stock index (S&P/TSX Composite Index in March 2017).
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Steve DeAngelo
Co-Founder
The Arcview Group

Steve DeAngelo
Co-Founder @ The Arcview Group
Steve DeAngelo has spent his entire career at the intersection of cannabis activism and entrepreneurship. As CEO of Harborside Health Center, Steve co-founded and directed California’s most widely acclaimed medical cannabis dispensary–and set a new standard of excellence for the entire industry.
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Kim Kovacs
CEO
The Arcview Group

Kim Kovacs
CEO @ The Arcview Group
As CEO of The Arcview Group, Kimberly brings over 20 years of executive leadership and experience across technology services and investment companies. In 2018, as the Founder and CEO of MyJane, Kim built a cannabis wellness technology platform which was acquired in January, 2019 by ManifestSeven.
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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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Troy Dayton
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
The Arcview Group

Troy Dayton
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer @ The Arcview Group
Troy Dayton spent 15 years working to legalize cannabis before founding Arcview in 2010 with fellow pioneer Steve DeAngelo. He also serves as chairman of the board of the Marijuana Policy Project and was formerly its chief fundraiser and among its first volunteers when it was founded in 1995.
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Geoff Whaling
Chairman
National Hemp Association

Geoff Whaling
Chairman @ National Hemp Association
Geoffrey W. Whaling is the President and CEO of AgricNext and CEO of GWW LLC. He is also the Chairman of the National Hemp Association, Founding Board Member of the Coalition for Access Now and Athletes 4 Care. Born in Canada Geoff is the retired Founder, Chief Coordinator and CEO of Current Events, Corporate Planners International, North American Motorsport Events (NAME), Inc. and the GoodSport Management Group of Companies.
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Rylie Maedler
CEO, Rylie's Sunshine
President, Rylie's Smile Foundation

Rylie Maedler
CEO, Rylie's Sunshine @ President, Rylie's Smile Foundation
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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Steven Turetsky
Founder & Principal
The Yalla Group

Steven Turetsky
Founder & Principal @ The Yalla Group
Steven Turetsky prides himself on being a ‘first generation’ cannabis professional – someone who began his career in cannabis during college as an academic pursuit and has continued to grow up in it as the industry too matures. Seven years later, Turetsky is the founder and principal consultant at Turetsky Consulting Group dba The Yalla Group. The passion that drives him forward amidst the everyday chaos of the industry is knowing that cannabis has the potential to be an incredibly potent driver of economic development worldwide.
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Brian Sheng
Founder and CEO
Asia Horizon

Brian Sheng
Founder and CEO @ Asia Horizon
Brian Sheng is an American businessman and investor with a distinguished career in Sino-US market opportunities. He is the Founder and CEO of Asia Horizon, a private equity investment, and operating company focused on the emerging hemp-derived cannabinoid industry in Asia.
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Roy Bingham
Co-founder & Executive Chairman
BDSA

Roy Bingham
Co-founder & Executive Chairman @ BDSA
Roy Bingham is a Harvard MBA and former McKinsey consultant, banker, serial entrepreneur, and co-founder, with Liz Stahura of BDSA. He started BDSA in 2015 after recognizing that the cannabis industry lacked the kind of sophisticated data that is both commonplace and essential in other industries where point of sale analytics and understanding consumer behavior drive decisions from new product development to sales and marketing.
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David Traylor
Sr. Managing Director
Golden Eagle Partners

David Traylor
Sr. 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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Tawanda Mudzana
Founder and CEO
Sanaco, Inc.

Tawanda Mudzana
Founder and CEO @ Sanaco, Inc.
Born in Zimbabwe and now a Canadian resident of 20 years, Tawanda Mudzana is an entrepreneur with a solid track record of delivering new ideas and turning them into reality. His passion is to drive economic development in Zimbabwe utilizing Hemp as the economic spark to recovery.
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Rachel Hankins
Hemp Program Coordinator
Oregon Seed Certification Service

Rachel Hankins
Hemp Program Coordinator @ Oregon Seed Certification Service
Rachel Hankins from Oregon State University is a Seed Certification Specialist and Hemp Program Coordinator at Oregon Seed Certification Service. She works with new and novel hemp varieties being entered into the program and was pivotal in developing OSU’s Certified Hemp Program.
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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.
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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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Matthew Anderson
CEO & Founder
Vanguard Scientific Systems

Matthew Anderson
CEO & Founder @ Vanguard Scientific Systems
Matt is the CEO and founder of Vanguard Scientific, a global provider of botanical extraction equipment and professional services with an emphasis on improving the lives of our clients, team members, and the world around them. Matt is an experienced Entrepreneur and Strategy partner, who brings a host of experience from both the regulated food and beverage industry, and controlled substances industries.
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Nancy Whiteman
CEO
Wana Brands

Nancy Whiteman
CEO @ Wana Brands
Heralded as “The Queen of Legal Weed” by Inc. (May 2017) and “The Martha Stewart of Edibles” by Entrepreneur (Jan. 2019), Nancy Whiteman is CEO of Wana Brands, the producer of top-selling cannabis-infused products featuring a portfolio of diverse forms including edibles, vapes, and extended-release capsules, four different CBD/THC ratios as well as a variety of different dosages, onset times and duration of effects.
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Coleman Beale
CEO
BastCore, Inc.

Coleman Beale
CEO @ BastCore, Inc.
Coleman serves as the Chief Executive Officer of BastCore. He became actively involved in the hemp industry in 2014 after the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill. His focus and interest in hemp is utilizing the stalks to unlock the full potential of the cannabis plant.
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Kelly Knutson
CEO
Isolate Extraction Systems Inc.

Kelly Knutson
CEO @ Isolate Extraction Systems Inc.
Mr. Knutson is a dedicated entrepreneur focused on equipment manufacturing and next-generation technology development. With over 10 years of experience within the cannabis and hemp industries, he has cultivated key relationships and gained invaluable experience both domestically and internationally.
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Adrienne Snow
Business Development Manager
Western States Hemp

Adrienne Snow
Business Development Manager @ Western States Hemp
Adrienne is Western States Hemp’s Business Development Manager/Founder and a well-respected visionary in Nevada’s entrepreneurial scene. She’s the creative force behind Western States Hemp, digging deep on current issues and avenues and exploring opportunities that others have yet to imagine.
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Dr. Carl Craig
CEO
Agricor/Botanacor Laboratories

Dr. Carl Craig
CEO @ Agricor/Botanacor Laboratories
Carl’s long career has been keenly focused on providing accurate, reliable and defensible laboratory testing data to assist in decision making within the environmental, life science, drug manufacturing and clinical industries. He brings an international reputation to his role for creating value at the intersection of science and business operations.
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Jahan Peston Jamas
Co-Founder + Director - Strategy & Collaborations
Bombay Hemp Company Pvt Ltd (BOHECO)

Jahan Peston Jamas
Co-Founder + Director - Strategy & Collaborations @ Bombay Hemp Company Pvt Ltd (BOHECO)
Jahan undertakes the company’s strategic engagements with domestic and international stakeholders. He engages with policymakers, academicians, scientific experts, and hemp entrepreneurs from India & around the world to build and strengthen our network, and to evaluate the previously unexplored regulatory developments & innovative commercial applications of hemp/Cannabis –
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Tony Budden
Director
Hemporium South Africa

Tony Budden
Director @ Hemporium South Africa
Tony co-founded Hemporium, Africa’s oldest cannabis / hemp company, in 1996 and has been instrumental in helping to change laws, hearts and minds in the use of the plant in Africa and beyond. Tony is a regular on the cannabis speaking circuit and was recognised internationally as one of the top 100 Global Icons at the Cannabis Business Awards in the USA in April 2020.
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Kay Tamillow
Director of Research
Brightfield Group

Kay Tamillow
Director of Research @ Brightfield Group
Kay Tamillow leads Brightfield Group’s research team, providing in-depth analysis on the CBD and cannabis markets spanning across consumer research, new product developments, market sizes and brand shares.
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Rohitt Sharrma
President
Indian Industrial Hemp Association (IIHA)

Rohitt Sharrma
President @ Indian Industrial Hemp Association (IIHA)
Mr. Rohitt Sharrma is the Founder and President of the Indian Industrial Hemp Association (IIHA) and Director of CANINDICA Pvt. Ltd. In the past decade, Mr. Sharma has worked in the field of Industrial hemp-based Economy development in India and across borders. This includes CBD, Industrial Hemp Fiber, Nutrients, Oil, Medicines, biomass feedstock, Insulation, Eco- Construction material, bio-based plastics, and composites. Mr. Sharrma was the 1st one who got Hemp Cultivation License in Uttarakhand and also drafted the policy framework.
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Rick Batenburg III
Chief Investment Officer
Cliintel Capital Management Group

Rick Batenburg III
Chief Investment Officer @ Cliintel Capital Management Group
In Colorado in 2015, Rick Batenburg formed Cliintel Capital Management Group, a venture firm focused on emerging markets and specifically cannabis. As a result, CCMG became the first Qualified Institutional Investment capital firm in Colorado to own THC licensed facilities through a venture fund.
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Beau Whitney
Chief Economist
Whitney Economics

Beau Whitney
Chief Economist @ Whitney Economics
Beau Whitney is the founder and Chief Economist at Whitney Economics, a global leader in cannabis and hemp economic and business research. As a recognized analytics expert and cannabis economist, Whitney brings extensive experience and sophistication on every aspect of the supply chain in a vertically integrated cannabis economy. Whitney’s professional experience encompasses business operations and supply chain successes from Intel and TriQuint Semiconductor, where he oversaw scale amplification for semiconductors and modules to address the rapidly growing supply demands of the global mobile device market.
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Patrick Rea
CEO + Co Founder
CanopyBoulder

Patrick Rea
CEO + Co Founder @ CanopyBoulder
Patrick is a co-founder and Managing Director of CanopyBoulder. CanopyBoulder is a venture capital firm and business accelerator focused on investing in the technology and infrastructure supporting the legal cannabis industry and hemp/CBD businesses.
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Charlie McKenzie
Director of Partnerships & Managing Director
CropWalk & CropTalk Media

Charlie McKenzie
Director of Partnerships & Managing Director @ CropWalk & CropTalk Media
Charlie is a former grower and proud UGA horticulture graduate. After managing a “big-box” twenty-acre bedding plant greenhouse operation and selling plants to Home Depot and Costco, Charlie entered the cannabis industry and spent time managing a 90,000 square foot, high CBD greenhouse, and 15-acre hemp outdoor operation in Colorado. During his time as a grower, he found that consulting with other growers on production efficiency, cultivation practices, and the implementation of integrated pest management practices was his ultimate passion.
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Drew Spiegel
Chief Operating Officer
GVB Biopharma

Drew Spiegel
Chief Operating Officer @ GVB Biopharma
Drew is an accomplished entrepreneur with a proven track record of success. While attending Indiana University he co-founded the successful boutique social media marketing firm Loudley. Loudley’s clients included Live Nation, a Fortune 500 events promoter, and Chinese E-Commerce giant JD.com.
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Adrian Zelski
Principal & Business Development
High Grade Hemp Seed

Adrian Zelski
Principal & Business Development @ High Grade Hemp Seed
A lifelong cannabis enthusiast and supporter, Adrian has 15+ years experience in the hemp industry. He oversees Business Development for High Grade Hemp Seed and plays an important role in strategy, investments, and innovation. Adrian is a founding member of iHEMPX and an owner in a retail line of products with Seed2System.
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Mike Leago
Chief Operating Officer
High Grade Hemp Seed

Mike Leago
Chief Operating Officer @ High Grade Hemp Seed
Mike works with the management team at High Grade to improve business operations through a mix of sales, marketing, and operational strategy and guidance. This includes but is not limited to R&D, production, business development, distribution, and sales. Mike is the first licensed and bonded hemp broker in the US. and sold a few million seedlings in 2019. He was instrumental in creating the Matterhorn CBG partnership. He has been farming hemp since 2016 in Colorado and Oregon.
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Mike Lauder
Vice President of Sales
High Grade Hemp Seed

Mike Lauder
Vice President of Sales @ High Grade Hemp Seed
Mike leads sales and distribution operations domestically and internationally for High Grade Hemp Seed. His background includes 25+ years in corporate development, managing mergers and acquisitions, and investment strategy. In his role as VP of Sales for High Grade Hemp Seed, one of the largest hemp genetics companies in the world,
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Courtney Barnes
Associate Attorney
Vicente Sederberg LLP

Courtney Barnes
Associate Attorney @ Vicente Sederberg LLP
Courtney Barnes is an associate attorney at Vicente Sederberg's Denver office, where she is a member of the firm's Hemp & Cannabinoids Practice Group and its Emerging Therapies & Entheogens Practice Group. In a constantly-evolving legal landscape, clients look to Courtney to help them navigate the complex regulations governing the production, manufacture, and distribution of hemp and other plant-based products in the United States. Ms. Barnes specializes in complex legal analysis relating to the production, marketing, and sale of a variety of natural compounds and has extensive experience drafting and helping to implement state and local decriminalization and cannabis regulatory regimes (inclusive of hemp and marijuana) relating to various aspects of the industry. Most notably, she assisted with the drafting and implementation of Denver’s social use ordinance, the Neighborhood Approved Cannabis Consumption Pilot Program Initiative (I-300) in 2016, as well as with the drafting of Denver’s Psilocybin Decriminalization Initiative (I-301) in 2018.
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Sara Wells
Chief Strategy Officer
Trace

Sara Wells
Chief Strategy Officer @ Trace
Sara is an ex-Goldman Sachs, craft beer, and coffee industry professional turned supply chain improvement, blockchain, and cannabis enthusiast. At Trace, Sara is harnessing her prior investment and sales experience to drive growth initiatives and strategic partnerships as we implement our customized soil-to-sale supply chain software across government and commercial entities.
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Kyle Truesdell
Co-CEO / Co-Founder
Agrarian Supply, LLC.

Kyle Truesdell
Co-CEO / Co-Founder @ Agrarian Supply, LLC.
Kyle currently is involved in multiple agricultural focused companies and presently is the CO-CEO at Agrarian Supply which he also co-founded. At the start of his career, he spent 6 years in organic farming and fresh food processing as a Sales Manager at Earthbound Farm. Kyle also spent 7 years at Wilbur-Ellis Company, LLC holding the positions of National Specialty Crop Portfolio Manager, Retail Branch Manager & Pest Control Advisor.
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Joseph Sheehey
CEO
Cured Nutrition

Joseph Sheehey
CEO @ Cured Nutrition
Joseph Sheehey, a former NASA-contributing aerospace engineer and nationally distinguished physique competitor, is now the Co-Founder and CEO of the leading cannabinoid wellness brand, Cured Nutrition. After decades governed by a strict set of rules and adherence to socially-acceptable paths, Joseph left a life of comfort to create one of true impact in this world. Though, at the time, he didn’t yet know how far this pursuit would take him.
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Erik Sykes
VP/co-founder
Organics Alive

Erik Sykes
VP/co-founder @ Organics Alive
Co-Founder of Organics Alive Erik Sykes has dedicated his career and passion to pursue a more environmentally friendly and sustainable plant nutrition program. Erik's been growing cannabis for 20 years and has had the opportunity to experience all types of grow facilities. He and his business partner Todd created Organics Alive which is owned and operated by growers for growers.
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Clara Cecilia Norell
Co-Founder & CEO
NORDISKA HAMPA KOMPANIET

Clara Cecilia Norell
Co-Founder & CEO @ NORDISKA HAMPA KOMPANIET
Clara Norell, Co-Founder & CEO of NOHAK -Nordiska Hampa Kompaniet (Nordic Hemp Company), growing industrial hemp in Sweden. Clara is a visionary entrepreneur and creative innovator with a strong network that spans the world. A Construction Engineer – educated in Sweden, at Malmö University and in South Africa at Cape Technikon Peninsula University.
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Clifton Flack
CEO & Founder
CiiTECH

Clifton Flack
CEO & Founder @ CiiTECH
Born in the UK though living in Israel since 2005, Clifton has accumulated over 25 years of consumer and corporate marketing experience. Entering the emerging medical cannabis industry in late 2014, Clifton helped create CannaTech, the International Conference on Medical Cannabis innovation & investment. Seeing the regulatory challenges, in 2017 Clifton founded his second cannabis company CiiTECH, focusing on the food supplement regulated CBD industry in the UK.
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Dr. Reggie Gaudino
VP Research & Development
Front Range Biosciences

Dr. Reggie Gaudino
VP Research & Development @ Front Range Biosciences
Dr. Gaudino oversees the cannabis genetics and scientific research division for Front Range Biosciences. Formerly the President at Steep Hill, the acquisition of Reggie and his team has significantly advanced FRB’s breeding program, resulting in additional unique and advantaged cannabis and hemp varieties. Dr. Gaudino believes that by using science and technology to help customers succeed and increase profits, FRB can build stronger relationships and be a better partner for customers.
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