NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinar series is our premier digital educational series featuring a variety of interactive programs allowing us to provide you timely, engaging and essential education when you need it most.

Members of NCIA’s Risk Management & Insurance Committee have convened a panel of cannabis regulators and legal experts alongside leading event and hospitality operators to provide cannabusiness professionals the inside scoop on new regulations being adopted to manage/establish cannabis consumption establishments.

Dive deep into the ins & outs of Michigan’s cutting edge regulatory structure and learn from those operating in the space across the country with our panel of experts.

At the conclusion of the discussion they’ll be hosting a moderated Q&A session so don’t miss your chance to participate in this interactive educational experience with leading minds from the cannabis risk management and insurance space!

Learning Objectives
• Review of leading edge regulatory framework providing a model for MI consumption lounges
• Highlight the license structure for temporary events – how do consumption, sales and/or both formats function within this framework?
• How have these regulations evolved since first adoption?
• Review dram shop liability and offer an educationally lensed analysis
• Discuss how that may or may not be a good framework to apply to cannabis?

Panelists

Andrew Brisbo
President
Cannabis Regulators Association

Tatiana Grant
Founder
Infused PR & Events

Jodi Green
Special Counsel
Miller Nash LLP

Mathew Grimes
Director of Operations
Oregon Cannabis Association

NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinar series is our premier digital educational series featuring a variety of interactive programs allowing us to provide you timely, engaging and essential education when you need it most.

The time to “move the needle” for women in cannabis is gone. It’s time to change the game. The women’s market is underserved, and the riches will go to those who understand and target women. You know the stats: only 2% of venture funding goes to women (minority women get .0006%). C-Suite and board diversity improves profitability. So why are we having this conversation? Because we’re going backwards. Female executive representation in cannabis has shrunk to 22% in 2021 from 36% in 2019 (below the average 30% in mainstream businesses). Learn how to advance women and tap into the single greatest market opportunity for legalization and sales. Get actionable solutions to implement today and get your business and our industry back on track.

Learning Objectives:
• Discover the definition of a female-friendly cannabis retail experience
• Get a suite of actionable solutions to increase success and profitability
• Learn the best career paths in cannabis for female candidates
• Learn where male dispensary buyers are missing the mark
• Identify opportunities across the supply chain to attract women

Panelists:

Whitney Beatty
Josephine & Billie’s

Wendy Bergman
WBS Equities

Brad Bogus
Cannabis Doing Good

Laura Sinton
AFC Products

Jeanne Sullivan
The Arcview Group

Jeanine Moss (Moderator)
Outfront Solutions

Are you a cannabis entrepreneur looking to expand or make your start in the newly regulated New York marketplace? Are you searching for the trusted advisors and industry-leading resources needed to help guide you through the process?

Then you won’t want to miss your chance to mix and mingle with state and national-level influencers and learn from industry leaders who have worked in regulated cannabis markets across the US and internationally.

Join us on the “Insights & Influencers: NY Opportunity Tour” coming to Albany, Rochester and NYC this June!

Are you a cannabis entrepreneur looking to expand or make your start in the newly regulated New York marketplace? Are you searching for the trusted advisors and industry-leading resources needed to help guide you through the process?

Then you won’t want to miss your chance to mix and mingle with state and national-level influencers and learn from industry leaders who have worked in regulated cannabis markets across the US and internationally.

Join us on the “Insights & Influencers: NY Opportunity Tour” coming to Albany, Rochester and NYC this June!

Members of NCIA’s Cannabis Manufacturing Committee have convened a panel of leading cannabis testing experts and researchers alongside regulatory affair specialists to discuss new testing requirements being implemented in the Centennial State and how this will affect your manufacturing operations.

An in-depth presentation will be provided followed by a panel discussion with laboratory reps and Colorado regulators on new vaporizer emission tests which analyze the product vapor stream from filled pens+carts.

At the conclusion of the discussion they’ll be hosting a moderated Q&A session so don’t miss your chance to participate in this interactive educational experience with leading minds from the product development, cannabis manufacturing and testing communities!

Learning Objectives:

• Test requirements;
• Test results overview;
• Why regulators care about these tests;
• How businesses can benefit from these tests

Panelists

Jacob Enslein – AJ Cannabis Consulting LLC
Arnaud Dumas de Rauly – The Blinc Group
Tony Gonzalez – Baker Perkins Inc
Ramon Alarcon – Wellness Insight Technologies Inc

NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinar series is our premier digital educational series featuring a variety of interactive programs allowing us to provide you timely, engaging and essential education when you need it most.

This webinar is the capstone to a 3-part article series outlining how cannabis companies can leverage intellectual property laws to protect their technological developments and build value in their brands. The first article introduced the different types of patents and how they are used to protect different cannabis innovations. The second article explained how cannabis companies can use trademark and trade dress laws to develop a strong and recognizable brand. Finally, the third article discussed how to effectively protect (real) trade secrets and understand applications of copyright law.

This webinar will bring those articles all together to further explain how different types of cannabis companies can use the different types of IP most effectively. The panel of IP attorneys and experts will explain how to identify and evaluate potential inventions, why growers should track genetic information, why manufacturers should meticulously record processing details, and how brand-centric companies should approach trademark selection.

The panel will also discuss ways that the cannabis industry can avoid IP quagmires that have arisen in some other industries. They will present strategies for cannabis companies to use IP to support–and not stifle–innovation. Finally, the panel will answer any audience questions on cannabis IP. Advance questions can be sent to paul@thalo.io

Learning Objectives:
• How is intellectual property shaping the cannabis industry?
• What types of intellectual property are right for my cannabis business?
• How can businesses license intellectual property responsibly to promote innovation?

Speakers

Paul Coble
Chair – NCIA Cannabis Manufacturing Committee
CEO / Founder
Thalo Technologies

Scott Seeley
Committee Organizer – NCIA Cannabis Manufacturing Committee
Registered Patent Attorney
Eastgate IP

NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinar series is our premier digital educational platform featuring a variety of interactive programs allowing us to provide you timely, engaging and essential education when you need it most. The NCIA Committee Insights series showcases content produced in partnership with one of our 15 member-led committees.

Members of both NCIA’s Human Resources and Retail Committee have convened a panel of leading retailers and HR specialists to discuss the ever-apparent workforce struggles that are plaguing the retail cannabis space, along with some of the ways business owners and operators can minimize turnover and avoid the erosion of their company’s culture. At the conclusion of the presentation they’ll be hosting a moderated Q&A session so don’t miss your chance to learn from these pioneers in the cannabis space!

Learning Objectives
• Exploring Challenges Vis-à-vis Turnover and Employee Demographics Through the Pandemic
• Exploring Changes to Company Culture Through the Pandemic
• Exploring Approaches to Minimize or Avoid Turn-Over & Erosion of Company Culture

Speakers
Kara Bradford (Moderator)
Co-Founder & CEO
Viridian Staffing

Larina Scofield
Director of Retail Operations
Lucy Sky Cannabis Boutique

Shannon Vetto
CEO
Evergreen Market

Bryan Passman
Founder & Head Hunter
Hunter + Esquire

Nichole Upshaw
Executive Vice President of HR
Jushi Holdings Inc.