Presented By: Jessi Rae / COO @ CannaConnections
Jessi Rae is COO of CannaConnections and works to provide quality education and networking opportunities for the cannabis community. She believes continued education and research are keys to strengthening the cannabis industry. Jessi currently resides in Eugene, OR, and holds Bachelors of Arts in History and English from Newman University in Wichita, KS.

Presented By: Andrew Mieure / Founder @ Top Shelf Budtending
Andrew Mieure is the founder of Top Shelf Budtending, a mobile budtending, consulting and training company based in Denver, Colorado. He has developed the first of it’s kind “Mobile Budtending” service with forward thinking standards and practices in place for using cannabis socially.

After working in dispensaries, Andrew instead saw a need for safe and responsible practices when using cannabis in social settings. He has trained with and worked alongside some of the best and brightest in the cannabis industry, judged multiple cannabis cups and continues to set many of the trends for the social use of cannabis.

Presented by: Zacariah L. Hildenbrand, Ph.D.
Dr. Hildenbrand is the principal founder of Inform Environmental, LLC and sits on the scientific advisory board of the Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation at the University of Texas at Arlington. Together with his colleagues, Dr. Hildenbrand has produced more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and textbook chapters. He is also an editor of a new textbook with Elsevier titled ‘Advances in Chemical Pollution, Environmental Management and Protection’, a co-chairman of the EARTHx – Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation’s 2017 RSEE Conference, and was recently nominated for the Humanity in Science Award, which recognizes scientists for their altruism and innovation.

Presented By: Allegra Leghissa / Graduate Teaching Assistant @ University of Texas at Arlington
Allegra Leghissa is a Ph.D.-seeking analytical chemistry graduate student at The University of Texas at Arlington, working under the direction of Prof. Kevin A. Schug. She was born and raised in Bologna, Italy. Both her Master’s degree and her PhD are focused on the analysis of natural components of Cannabis sativa.

Presented by: Christian West / Master Grower @ The Growers Guild Gardens
For over 20 years, Christian West has specialized in cultivating high-quality, organic cannabis. In 2014, he co-founded Oregon Microgrowers Guild to pursue his passion of providing safe, clean cannabis to patients. Christian currently serves as Lead Cultivator for Growers Guild Gardens, a Tier 2 cannabis farm in Oregon. He is also co-owner of Sproutly USA, a recreational and medical dispensary in Eugene, Oregon. When he’s not caring for plants or patients, Christian educates the community on cultivation and medical applications of cannabis.

With his colleagues, Christian helps develop life-saving strains and products for patients like Leni Young. Leni and her family moved from Alabama to Oregon so she could use cannabis as medicine. Since beginning cannabis treatment with The Growers Guild team, Leni has seen a dramatic reduction in seizures – from thousands per year to just seven in 2015-2016. Her progress helped pass Leni’s Law, which gives Alabama residents access to medical cannabis with up to 3% THC.

Presented by: Jeff Greenswag / Founder @ The Cannabis Education Company
Originally drawn to Colorado to pursue a law degree, Jeff Greenswag, a 20+ year cannabis consumer was immediately drawn to the cannabis culture of Colorado. As a medical cannabis patient in 2009, Jeff founded strainsource.com, a website that served as a local Denver precursor to Leafly. Shortly after that Jeff was hired onto the business development team at The General Cannabis Corporation, a publicly traded company providing ancillary services to the industry. Within a year of obtaining this position, Jeff stumbled upon the Trichome Institute and their cannabis sommelier Interpener program. Jeff was hooked and immediately began studying the cannabis plant at a doctoral level. Certified as a level 2 Interpener Jeff was hired by the Trichome Institute as their Director of Operations and worked with Trichome for two years, developing programs like Trichome Assurance Grading and helping to take the Trichome Institute program around the country. Having provided cannabis education from Alaska to Boston, and California to New York, Jeff and the Trichome Institute were honored in 2016 by winning the Golden Pineapple for best cannabis education in the country thanks to The Cannabist. With an opportunity to bring this information back to the Midwest Jeff moved to Chicago in January 2017. While managing a medical cannabis dispensary in Chicago, Jeff founded the Cannabis Education Company and began offering his services to the people of Illinois and Michigan.

Great options on-site and nearby on Hollywood Beach. We’ll see you back at the ballroom at 2PM!

Presented by: Sebastien Cotte / Education Director @ Flowering Hope
Sebastien Cotte became actively involved in the field of medical marijuana in 2013 while seeking alternative treatments for his son Jagger’s, rare terminal Mitochondrial disease. In 2014, with his wife Annett, they became medical refugees in Colorado to access cannabis oil for Jagger. They lived in Colorado for 13 months before moving back to Georgia.

Sebastien completed a Medical Marijuana certification program offered by Americans for Safe Access. He serves as an ambassador for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation and is one of the co-founder of Georgia’s Hope, the leadership parent group that was successful in getting a Medical Cannabis law passed in Georgia. (HB1 Haleigh’s Hope).

Presented by: Jordan Tishler, M.D. / Medical Director @ inhaleMD
Dr. Tishler is a leading expert in the field of Medical Cannabis therapeutics. As an Emergency Physician, he has treated countless alcoholics and drug users. His observation that he had never seen a Cannabis overdose lead Dr. Tishler to delve deeply into the science of Cannabis safety and treatment. After years of research and learning, Dr. Tishler brings his knowledge, reason, and caring to patients at Inhale Medical Consulting, and through his advocacy work at the local and national levels.

Dr. Tishler graduated from both Harvard College and then Harvard Medical School (affectionately known together as Preparation H), trained in Internal Medicine at the esteemed Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and has spent many years working with the underserved, particularly our Veterans.

Presented by: Karen Goldstein / NORML, David Kotler / Medical Marijuana Business Lawyers, Eric Stevens / Florida for Care & Stephanie Kronen / Curaleaf

Mingle with presenters and fellow attendees at the 2nd floor outdoor Salty Bar @ Margaritaville Restaurant. Cash bar. 21+ to drink.