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NY Cannabis Insider is hosting an industry summit at Pearl Street Grill & Brewery in Buffalo, N.Y. on September 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Details and tickets available here.
The conference will focus will be on the “state of the industry” discussion from several key stakeholder perspectives, such as cultivators, processors, retailers, politicians, attorneys, and medical operators.
Lightning-round business planning consultations will be available for attendees, in addition to networking opportunities, lunch, happy hour and more. Business owners and CAURD license holders are eligible for half-price tickets by entering the discount code 50PERCENT during registration.
The event will feature a keynote titled Every Crisis Contains Opportunity by Andrew DeAngelo, founder of Harborside and Last Prisoner Project. Panel discussions on the current state of industry perspectives specific to New York State will be shared from growers, processors, CAURD licensees/hopefuls, and more. View the full agenda and timing here.
Why attend?
· Ask questions and hear different perspectives on industry-specific challenges and needs: Learn from the panelists and NY Cannabis Insider content team about the current state of the NYS cannabis industry. Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions after each panel discussion.
· Build regional connections in the industry: Grow your professional network by meeting cannabis industry professionals from different fields such as retail/dispensary, laboratory/testing, manufacturing, cultivation, logistics and industry-adjacent support services.
· Meet with professional who offer free business consults onsite: We will have several onsite sponsors who will be available to help answer business-related questions and advice/guidance from the following topics: accounting, security, and marketing specific to the cannabis industry.
Topics that our speakers will share insights on during the conference include:
- Grower investment & supply chain issues
- Checking in with CAURD licensees
- Processor challenges & successes
- Medical marijuana roadblocks & outlook
- A legal perspective of what’s happening & when (and what you can do in the meantime)
- The politics of cannabis across NYS
NY Cannabis Insider’s next full-day conference is happening Sept. 21 in Buffalo.
Speakers sharing their perspectives include:
· Jenny Argie – Founder, Jenny’s
· Jennifer Byrnes – Head of the Business Insight Center, Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County
· Joseph Calderone – COO, Grateful Valley Farm
· Michael Casacci – CEO, House of Sacci
· Paula Collins – Attorney, Law Office of Paula Collins, PLLC
· Samuel Coronado – Owner, Mary Janes
· Andrew DeAngelo – Global Cannabis Consultant & Strategic Advisor
· Brian Lane – Compliance Officer, NOWAVE
· Nikki Lawley – Founder, Nikkiandtheplant.org
· Rashied McDuffie – Deputy Mayor of Operations, City of Buffalo
· Assemblymember Crystal People-Stokes – Majority Leader, New York State Assembly
· Benjamin M. Rattner – Partner, Cermele & Wood LLP
· Thomas Spanos – Solo Practitioner. Law Office of Thomas G. Spanos
· Eddie Sundquist – Mayor & Chief Executive Officer at City of Jamestown, NY
· Britni Tantalo – Co-founder, Flower City Dispensary
· Jeremy Unruh – SVP, Public and Regulatory Affairs, PharmaCann
· Aaron Van Camp – Owner, Dank716
· Michael Yager – President, Yager Farms
Sponsors and vendors are the businesses shaping the industry locally and regionally. Look for them at the event for advice and help with your business:
· Cannaworkforce Solutions is dedicated to helping organizations in New York State find the best talent for key roles in their companies by assisting new and current job seekers find their place in the cannabis industry.
· Canterra is a licensed adult use retailer based in Buffalo NY! Our central goal is to work with industry stakeholders to create the a digital space where consumers can connect with their favorite NY Brands! We are currently hiring all over the WNY and Finger Lakes region.
· New York Consortium of Cannabis Accountants promotes financial literacy and empower New York’s legacy cannabis market leaders and social equity entrepreneurs so that they may make informed business decisions.
· Cannabis Association of New York (CANY) is the largest cannabis association in NY – with hundreds of members stretched across the supply chain from seed-to-sale, and in every region of the state.
A limited number of sponsorships and vendor tables are still available. Contact Lindsay Wickham at lwickham@advancemediany.com to learn more about opportunities to reach this audience.
NY Cannabis Insider events are attended by industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and key stakeholders in the state’s nascent industry, as well as those from cannabis-adjacent businesses such as legal, security, retail, banking, finance, construction, engineering, compliance and medical marijuana advocates. Read a recap of the first annual NYS “problems and solutions” cannabis summit and conference held in Albany earlier this year along with an overview of the perspectives that emerged during our most recent networking meetup in New York City.
There will also be an additional full-day industry conference in White Plains on November 16 (details here).