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Dickinson Wright's Cannabis Practice Group with Attorneys Benton Bodamer and Scot Crow. Scot has extensive experience in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and tax law. His clients rely on him to advise them with respect to their complex financial transactions as well as serving as their outside general counsel. Scot provides proactive advice with respect to sensitive management matters, litigation management, day to day transactional needs, and objective assessments for the development of successful business strategies. Scot has served as lead counsel in numerous mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, private offerings, venture capital financings, mezzanine debt offerings, divestitures, and other related transactions, with an emphasis in the many business sectors. Benton Bodamer has represented a wide range of public and private companies, as well as many of the leading international private equity sponsors. He regularly advises clients on complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, minority investments, divestitures, and restructurings. Mr. Bodamer also routinely counsels privately held businesses (including sponsor portfolio companies) on general corporate matters, governance, corporate best practices, and commercial transactions.

Producing cannabinoids from sources beyond cannabis with Adam Carlson, Head of Life Sciences at AltaCorp Capital Inc. Canadian investment bank AltaCorp Capital has published a research report explaining options for producing cannabinoids from sources beyond cannabis. Analyst and Managing Director David Kideckel, Ph.D., explained in “Synthetically-Derived Cannabinoids: The Next Generation of Cannabinoid Production” that synthetic and biosynthetic cannabinoid production have the potential to disrupt the cannabis industry supply chain. He details the benefits and disadvantages of these alternative production processes relative to plant-based extraction. ATB Capital Markets provides investment banking and financial services, combining local market and industry specialization with global knowledge and an international reach. Established in 2020 through the acquisition of AltaCorp Capital, which was founded by the late George Gosbee in 2010, ATB Capital Markets helps clients succeed through their services.  Above all, they believe their clients deserve excellence. With expanded financial and advisory services offerings and a highly specialized team, they bring entrepreneurism, unique opportunities, and creative solutions. This all comes with integrity and an unwavering commitment to serve their client's best interests.

The Canadian medical cannabis industry-leading pioneer Brent has led many of Canada’s significant advancements in patient care and cannabis clinical research. He founded Prairie Plant Systems Inc. (“PPS”) in 1988 which eventually became the sole provider of legal medical cannabis products to Health Canada through the years 2000 to 2013. In 2017, PPS combined with CanniMed Therapeutics to list on TSX (“TSX:CMED”). In March 2018, CanniMed was acquired by Aurora Cannabis Inc. for CAD$1.1-billion. Mr. Zettl’s journey continued when he founded ZYUS Life Sciences Inc. (ZYUS) in January 2019. ZYUS, a Canadian-based life sciences company focuses on the global development and commercialization of phytotherapeutics, including cannabinoid and protein-based formulations. ZYUS is focused exclusively on patients by delivering high-quality, consistent, and GMP-compliant therapeutic formulations to the global medical market.

CBD Association with Dianne Timmering and Matthew Lewis.

Dianne H. Timmering, MFA, MBA, CNA is an author, healthcare leader, and entrepreneur.
As Co-Founder of Spirituality and Vice President of Legislative and Government Affairs for Signature HealthCARE, the 7th largest Skilled Nursing Facility provider in the nation based in Louisville, KY, she co-founded (along with Signature CEO Joe Steier), created and led one of the largest for-profit, multi-faith Departments of Spirituality in the nation. As Vice President of Legislative Affairs and Health Policy, she has also led the Legislative affairs team, another real opportunity for innovative solutions, linking healthcare policy, portents of risk, regulatory impact, and legislative momentum to the local marketplace and national business strategic focus. A systems thinker, she has the pounding quest to create, embrace risk, test knowledge, and look outside, inside the balance of logic and imagination to build, sustain, scale, transform.

Most recently, Lewis has become a subject matter expert regarding the vast state and federal issues facing the CBD marketplace, including FDA and state agency regulation; criminal enforcement; business risks and rewards; supply chain accessibility; political implications; (6) international trade; and access to ancillary services. Lewis is a frequent keynote speaker at the corporate, association, and non-profit conferences as well as consults with clients on a full spectrum of CBD compliance and regulatory issues.

EXMceuticals with co-founder Johnathan Summers. Summers is a founding partner of a $500mn (USD) London based Investment fund. Before founding the Investment fund in 2015, Jonathan acted as a founder and senior executive in a major Hong Kong-based asset management firm. Prior to that, he was employed by Goldman Sachs for more than 15 years, in both London and Tokyo. His expertise in international business, acquaintance with multi-jurisdictional issues, and a management style based on best practices will contribute to further implement the Company’s global growth strategy.

The largest cannabis producer in the world part 2 with Hunter Land. Hunter is the associate director of cannabinoid research at Canopy Growth Corporation, the largest cannabis producer in the world. Canopy Growth Corporation is a world-leading diversified cannabis company. They operate a collection of diverse brands and curated strain variety, supported millions of square feet of indoor greenhouse production capacity, partnered with some of the leading names in the sector. Previously, Hunter was a global project manager at GW Pharmaceuticals and established its US clinical team. There, Land authored Dravet syndrome, LGS, and multiple-sclerosis protocols and managed the clinical development of the FDA-approved CBD Epidiolex. He speaks at cannabinoid and scientific conferences and collaborates with cannabinoid, neurology, and epilepsy experts, focusing on applications of cannabinoid formulations and their application across a variety of conditions. The land is a co-founder of the Cannabinoid Education Working Group and a member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, American Epilepsy Society, and the American Academy of Neurology.

The largest cannabis producer in the world with Hunter Land. Hunter is the associate director of cannabinoid research at Canopy Growth Corporation, the largest cannabis producer in the world. Canopy Growth Corporation is a world-leading diversified cannabis company. They operate a collection of diverse brands and curated strain variety, supported millions of square feet of indoor greenhouse production capacity, partnered with some of the leading names in the sector. Previously, Hunter was a global project manager at GW Pharmaceuticals and established its US clinical team. There, Land authored Dravet syndrome, LGS, and multiple-sclerosis protocols and managed the clinical development of the FDA-approved CBD Epidiolex. He speaks at cannabinoid and scientific conferences and collaborates with cannabinoid, neurology, and epilepsy experts, focusing on applications of cannabinoid formulations and their application across a variety of conditions. The land is a co-founder of the Cannabinoid Education Working Group and a member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, American Epilepsy Society, and the American Academy of Neurology.

Cannabis In The UK Owen Bennett, Senior Vice President, Equity Research of Jefferies Financial Group. Owen has been a part of the cannabis space for many years and his work has helped the cannabis space grow in the UK. Today we talk about his perspective of where we are in the cannabis industry as well as Jefferies perspective for now and the future. Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for over 55 years.

Marketing Strategies In Cannabis with COMVERJ's Capital Market Exec & Entrepreneur Leigh Hughes. COMVERJ is a specialist advertising and marketing agency providing expert counsel, proven process, and creative marketing programs to help assess, investigate, and in a completely collaborative approach with our clients. They focus on reinvigorating brands and businesses into a valuable asset. Established in 2004, COMVERJ works with businesses across the globe in brand design and development. They also deal with website design, marketing strategies, photography and motion, print - TV – radio & online advertising. COMVERJ works with specialist skills like mobile app development and execution. They also help their clients identify opportunities for change in the fields of marketing, strategy, and innovation. This, in turn, creates mutually beneficial long-term relationships with them and their clients.

Investing In Cannabis with Matthew Carr, the Chief Trends Strategist of The Oxford Club. He is the Editor of Strategic Trends Investor, The VIPER Alert, Dynamic Fortunes, Trailblazer Pro, and Profit Trends. His unique take on investing has led to countless outsized gains, including the largest returns in Club history. With almost two decades of financial experience under his belt, Matthew’s expertise ranges from classic industries such as oil and mining to cutting-edge markets like small-cap tech, cannabis, 3D printing, and cloud computing. If it’s moving the markets, you can bet Matthew is there. The Oxford Club’s beginnings date back to a group called “The Merchants & Brokers Exchange.” This was an international businessman’s club founded in the early 1970s by Gary Scott, an American who sold insurance and mutual funds in Hong Kong. It was the time of the Cultural Revolution in China, and Western business people living in Hong Kong enjoyed getting together to exchange information about what was going on. Scott institutionalized this group and later expanded it to London.