Speakers

Keynotes

Ayanda Bam

Steve Deangelo

Steve DeAngelo is a globally recognized cannabis leader who was dubbed “the father of the legal industry” by former Speaker of the California Assembly Willie Brown. As a lifelong activist, author, educator, investor, and entrepreneur, he has spent more than four decades on the front lines of the cannabis reform movement. His most notable business achievements include co-founding Harborside-one of the first six dispensaries licensed in the United States-now a publicly-traded company on the Canadian Securities Exchange; Steep Hill Laboratory, the first cannabis analytics company; Arcview Group, the first dedicated cannabis investment network, and Last Prisoner Project, dedicated to fighting criminal injustice and reimagining drug policy.

Panel Speakers

Executive Director, International Cannabis Quality Standards Association

Atiyyah Ferouz

Founder, Cannabis Law Report

Sean Hocking

Paul- Michael Keichel

Attorney, Cullinan and Associates

Peter Homberg

Partner, Gunnercooke LLP

Ricky Stone

Attorney, Cullinan and Associates

Dr. Simon Howell

Senior Researcher, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town

Prof. Garrett I. Halydier, JD, MBA

Assistant Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University

Benjamin Patock

Head of International Relations, Boveda Inc 

Myrtle Clarke

Managing Director, Fields of Green for ALL

Cliff Giesnow

Co-Founder, Silver Leaf Investments

Simone van Breda

Chairman, Union of Coffeeshop Retailers

Dr. Langa Sunshine Blouw

Project Specialist, ECRDA

Lee-Anne Germanos Manuel

Research Advisor, South African Human Rights Commission

Garth Strachan

Technical Consultant to the PMO Presidency

Stefan Röhrl

Chief Commercial Officer, Nexora Health

Sinenhlanhla Mnguni

Chairperson, FITA