O’Cannabiz is Canada’s premier cannabis industry convention and expo. SVP Programming Danya Dixon and RNMKR CEO Corey Herscu visit the Midas Letter set to explain what the convention has to offer industry insiders and cannabis enthusiasts alike. The pair explain that the conference features industry-specific talks and panel discussion. Dixon and Herscu reveal this year’s event is bigger than ever, with over 100,000 square feet of expo space and 250 booths. The O’Cannabiz Conference and Expo runs from April 25 to 27 at Toronto’s International Centre. For more details visit ocannabiz.com.
Transcript:
Howard Glassman: And, hold on! We’re doing this now! This is actually happening. It’s great to have a couple of people here in the studios representing something called the O’Cannabiz Conference and Expo. It’s in Toronto, April 25th through 27th, International Centre; please say hello to the Senior Vice President of Programming, Danya Dixon. Hello, Danya.
Danya Dixon: Hello there.
Howard Glassman: And with me, a friend of mine: full disclosure, my buddy, the President and CEO of RNMKR PR, Corey Herscu. Young man, good to see you.
Corey Herscu: Thank you, Dad.
Howard Glassman: [laughter] Always a pleasure to hang with my little Bar Mitzvah boy. Danya Dixon, Danier – Danya!
Howard Glassman: Danya, how are you.
Danya Dixon: I’m doing well, thank you.
Howard Glassman: Happy International Women’s Day.
Danya Dixon: Thank you very much. Represent.
Corey Herscu: Can I hug Danya, or is that weird?
Howard Glassman: Pardon me?
Corey Herscu: Can I hug her for a little bit?
Howard Glassman: No, don’t go anywhere near her. Good lord.
Howard Glassman: Good lord. Do I have to tell you everything? It’s International Women’s Day. It’s not about you.
Corey Herscu: I know, Dad…
Danya Dixon: He’s already tried to throw that around. [laughter]
Howard Glassman: You know, I – well, it’s interesting: you’re the Senior Vice-President, and I’ve known Danya’s family for a long time. Her father has been putting on huge trade shows and Canadian Music Week was basically created by her father. And now you guys, the family business, is now morphing into this Wild West, the frontier, of cannabis, cannabis and related industries.
Let’s tell people who have never been to a Cannabis Expo, what they would expect.
Danya Dixon: Sure. So the event itself is actually comprised into a few different components. So we have the business conference; so that’s, you’re looking at topics such as state of the industry, you’re looking at the new branding regulations, you’re looking at new joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions; learning how, basically,