Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference 2019 - Chicago | Benzinga | 22 October 2019 | Palmer House a Hilton Hotel, 17 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

The premier gathering of cannabis entrepreneurs and investors in North America. No other conference offers the level of access and seamlessness of interaction between entrepreneurs building future billion-dollar cannabis enterprises and the investors whose capital will make that happen.

Who should attend?
• Investors looking to come face-to-face with top cannabis companies to hear about advancements, innovation and opportunities in the rapidly changing space.
• Cannabis executives searching for new opportunities to grow and bolster business enterprises with lightning presentations and curated 1:1 networking.

Why should attend?
To hear from the prolific individuals and experts driving the space forward amidst regulation, legalization and industry changes.

2019 Speakers

Charlie Bachtell
CEO & Co-Founder, Cresco Labs

Bruce Linton
Executive Chairman, Gage Cannabis

Kevin Murphy
CEO, Acreage Holdings

Gary Allen
COO, New Frontier Data

Kim Rivers
CEO, Trulieve

Matt Markiewicz
Managing Director, THCX: The Cannabis ETF

Michael Mills
President & Interim CEO, Body and Mind Inc.

Michael Lavery
Principal, Piper Jaffray

Beth Stavola
CSO & Director, iAnthus

Keith Strachan
President, MediPharm Labs

Ashish Sanghrajka
President & CFO, Scopus BioPharma Inc.

Braden Fenske
CSO, MediPharm Labs

Jason Mitchell
President & Co-founder, HempFusion

Hershel Gerson
CEO, Managing Director, ELLO Capital

Ed Schmults
CEO, Calyx Peak Companies

Christian Schenk
CEO, Driven

Bob Brilon
President, CFO and Director, Vapen MJ Ventures

Andrew Carter
Associate Vice President, Stifel

Robert Kelly
Director, Investor Relations, Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Adam Berk
CEO, Stem Holdings

Kelly Cassidy
Illinois State Representative

Diane Romza-Kutz
Senior Attorney, Honigman

Codie Sanchez
Managing Director, Cresco Capital Partners

Kris Krane
President, 4Front

Mitchel Osak
Partner, MNP

Geoff Korff
CEO, Galenas

Jonathan Conforti
Vice President of Corporate Development, Abacus Health Products

Will Stewart
Senior Vice President, Harvest One Cannabis

John Gaines
Director, Newmark Knight Frank

Kevin Schultz
Associate, Newmark Knight Frank

Martin Landry
Chief of Corporate Development & Strategy, Neptune Wellness Solutions

Josh Genderson
CEO, Holistic Industries

Hadley Ford
CEO, iAnthus

Gina Dubbe
Co-Founder, Blissiva

Dr. Leslie Apgar
Co-Founder, Blissiva

Michael Boniello
Managing Director. Poseidon Asset Management

Jay Heller
Head of Capital Markets, NASDAQ

Axel Bernabe
Assistant Counsel, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

W. Scott Boyes
Chairman, CEO, and President, MPX International

Greg Chin
Partner, CohnReznick

Scott Van Rixel
Chairman & CEO, Bhang

Erich Mauff
Founder, President & Board Member, Jushi

Jon Barack
Founder, EVP, Business Development, Jushi

Brian Schinderle
EVP of Finance, Grassroots

Brad Rogers
CEO, Red White & Bloom

David Skul
Chairman of the Board, Zefyr

Niel Marotta
President & CEO, Director, Co-founder, Indiva

Jim Fickenscher
CFO, Vice President, Corporate Dvelopment, Zynerba Pharmaceuticals

Will Roberts
Vice President, Investor relations and Corporate Communications, Zynerba Pharmaceuticals

Matei Olaru
CEO, Lift & Co. (TSXV: LIFT)

Robert N. Fireman
CEO & President, Marimed, Inc.

Jessica Billingsley
CEO, Akerna

Tim Seymour
CIO, Seymour Asset Management

Dave Martyn
President, Compass Cannabis & Starbuds

Peter Miller
CEO & Co-Founder, SLANG Worldwide

José Bacellar
President & CEO, VerdeMed

Paul Pedersen
CEO, Nextleaf Solutions

Donald Stewart
Chief Financial Officer, Vinzan

Jake Heimark
Co-Founder & CEO, PLUS

Everett Knight
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Investments, Valens Groworks

Andy Williams
Co-Founder and CEO, Medicine Man Technologies

Giadha Aguirre de Carcer
Founder and CEO, New Frontier Data

2019 Sponsors and Partners

• THCX
• Calyx Peak
• Honigman
• driven
• Reed Construction
• Scopus Biopharma
• Vapen
• newsfile
• HempFusion
• Holistic Industries
• MediPharm Labs
• Stem Holdings Inc
• Galenas
• Abacus Health Products
• FGMK
• Series Two
• Neptune Wellness Solutions
• MGO / Ello
• blissiva
• Mpx
• akerna Corp
• aurora
• bhang
• bam body and mind
• 4 front
• grassroots live deeply
• harvest one
• i anthus
• indiva our roots run deep
• lift & Co
• mari med inc
• medicine man technologies
• new frontier data
• nextleaf
• slang worldwide
• trulieve
• valens
• verde med
• vinzan international inc
• zynerba pharmaceuticals
• hunter esquire
• Newmark Knight Frank
• CohnReznick
• MNP Accounting Consulting Tax
• IRTH communications
• Acreage holdings
• CPB Cannabis Property
• RedWhite & Bloom
• butter
• Zefyr
• Axim Biotech
• Starbuds
• Cresco Labs
• Elev8 New Media
• Plus
• Rehmann
• Jushi

TRUSTED PARTNERS:
• kcsa
• New Cannabis Ventures
• 420 Investor
• Circadian Group The Cannabis Investor.CA