NCIA Deputy Director of Communications Bethany Moore checks in with what’s going on across the country with the National Cannabis Industry Association’s membership, board, allies, and staff. Join us every Friday on Facebook for NCIA Today Live.
Registration to the Cannabis Business Summit in San Francisco is now open with special limited-time super early bird pricing on tickets available, head to our website for more information today.
In an effort to create a more diverse and inclusive industry, we are thrilled to announce the partnership between NCIA and the Minority Cannabis Business Association has opened applications for its scholarship fund for qualified cannabis executives. Throughout the years, MCBA has consistently gone above and beyond to create equal access and economic empowerment for the communities most affected by the war on drugs.
NCIA is excited to have the opportunity to offer 60 applicants a complimentary pass to join us at the 6th Annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo this July 22-24 in San Jose, CA. If you are a minority in an executive cannabis position, please take a moment to fill out the application. We look forward to seeing you in San Jose!
The scholarship application period closes on May 15, so get your application in today!
Applications are due by Midnight PST, May 15, 2019. Awardees will be notified on June 1, 2019. Scholarship recipients will receive complimentary passes to Day 1 and Day 2 (July 23 & 24) of the Summit. Access to workshops and tours taking place on the Pre-Conference day (July 22) will need to be purchased separately. Scholarship recipients will also need to cover & arrange their own travel and lodging needed to attend the event.
In this month’s video newsletter, NCIA Director of Events and Education Brooke Gilbert shares some of the highlights from last month’s 4th Annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo, held in Oakland, California. With more than 5,000 attendees, 80,000 square feet of expo floor, in-depth workshops and tours, and exceptional keynotes and panel discussions, #CannaBizSummit attendees got connected and inspired with us over the course of three days in June. Thanks to everyone who attended and made the event NCIA’s best yet!
by Brooke Gilbert, NCIA Director of Events and Education
NCIA’s biggest and most influential event, the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo, wrapped up a few of weeks ago in Oakland, CA. We hope you had as much fun as we did! Did you miss out on attending, or would you like to relive your experience? Check out these event highlights below to get a glimpse into this year’s edition of the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo:
• Our largest event to date with 5000+ attendees.
• Keynote address from President Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico, who spoke about the social injustices created by the war on drugs and the positive effects of global cannabis legalization. Listen to his full keynote here.
• Eighty thousand square feet of sold-out exhibit space featuring 250+ exhibitors, and 33 media and industry partners.
• Twenty hours of educational content over three days, featuring six workshops and 30 breakout sessions spread across five educational tracks and led by 150+ industry experts.
• Two plenary sessions, one featuring a discussion of the strategies to reform Internal Revenue Code Section 280E, and the second featuring a discussion of the results of a 16-month stakeholder-driven process that resulted in a comprehensive white paper detailing regulatory recommendations for packaging and labeling of cannabis products.
• Twelve tours at four locations including analytical testing laboratories Steep Hill Labs and CW Analytical Labs, as well as retail cannabis facilities Magnolia Wellness and Berkeley Patients Group.
• On-site bookstore and book signings from current cannabis industry authors including John Hudak, Ewe Blesching, Chris Conrad, Steve DeAngelo, Jorge Cervantes, and Donna Shields.
• One hundred seventy-three press personnel from 65 outlets joined us for the three days, generating 1.4 billion impressions worldwide.
• #CannaBizSummit received 177,278 impressions on Twitter.
View the entire official photo album from the 4th Annual Cannabis Business Summit & Expo online here: TheCannabisIndustry.org/CBS17Blog
A big THANK YOU to all our attendees, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, and partners for contributing to another successful year at our Cannabis Business Summit & Expo.
We look forward to seeing you at a future event! Register today for one of our upcoming Quarterly Cannabis Caucuses, taking place throughout the month of July, as well as our first-ever California Cannabis Business Conference, taking place September 21 – 22 in Anaheim, CA, in partnership with the California Cannabis Industry Association.
Find out more at TheCannabisIndustry.org/Events.
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