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
