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Event Date | Thu Sep 26 EDT - Sat Sep 28 EDT (about 5 years ago) |
Location |
Montego Bay Convention Centre
Rose Mount Cres, Montego Bay, Jamaica |
Region | Americas |
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect and build lasting, strategic relationships with high-powered global, regional and local cannabis experts, researchers, business professionals and policymakers in a truly memorable and vibrant setting. The fourth annual CanEx Jamaica Business Conference & Expo will feature:
• 60+ speakers and panelists discussing the changing medicinal, health/wellness, legal, regulatory, business and investment landscape.
• 2,500+ delegates from 30+ countries across North, South and Central America, the Caribbean, Europe and Australia.
• 150+ exhibitors and sponsors, from cultivators and providers to investment firms and media
2019 Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Bruce Linton
Founder, Canopy Growth Corp
Vicente Fox
Former President of Mexico (2000 - 2006)
Cam Battley
Chief Corporate Officer, Aurora Cannabis Inc.
Steve DeAngelo
Founder, Harborside
SPEAKERS:
Aaron Smith
Co-Founder and Executive Director, National Cannabis Industry Association
Adam E. Levin
Executive Chairman, High Times Group
Antonio DeRose
COO, Green House Healthy
Balram Vaswani
CEO & Founder, Kaya Group
Barbara Blake-Hannah
Barbara Whitfield
Whitfield Associates
Brandon Laurence Palma
Founder / Creative Director / Designer, 8TH DAY Create
Carol Ortega Algarra
Founder & CEO, Muisca Capital Group
Chris Day
Marijuana Business Daily
Chris Walsh
Executive Editor, Marijuana Business Daily
Christopher Jordon Wallace
Think Big, Founder
Dani Fontaine
CEO & Founder, Colorado Hemp Project
Daniel Shortt
Business Attorney, Harris Bricken
Delano Seiveright
Special Adviser, Government of Jamaica
Diane Scott
Chair & Chief Executive Officer, JMCC Group of Companies
Douglas K. Gordon
Founder, CanEx
Dr Andre Haughton
Senior Lecturer in International Finance - Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Dr Daryl Hudson
Co-founder of InPlanta Biotechnology & Pathways Rx, Molecular Biologist and Genetics
Dr Steven Newmaster
Director, NHP Research Alliance
Dr. Jayashree Mitra
Partner, Zuber Lawler
Dr. Julius Garvey
Dr. Lorenzo Augustus Gordon
Dr. Lorenzo Gordon
Dr. Sandra A. Acosta
Founder & CEO Biomedical Pharms, Neuroscientist and Pharmacologist
Dr. Sandra Carillo
Medical Doctor l Cannabis Expert
Dr. Uma Dhanabalan
Dr. Wilfred Ngwa
Professor/ Founding Director of Harvard Global Health Catalyst, Harvard Medical School
Emily Paxia
Founding Partner and Managing Director, Posiedon Investment Management
Eugenio Garcia
CEO and Founder, Cannabis Now
Fleta Solomon
Managing Director, Little Green Pharma
Frances Gonzalez
Founder, Latinas Cannapreneurs
Frances M. Williams
Founder | CEO | Chair, Candere Mundi Five (CM5)
G. Ryan Ansin
George McBride
CEO and Co- Founder, Hanway Associates
Heather DeRose
CEO & Founder, Green House Healthy
His Worship the Mayor Councillor Homer Davis
Mayor of Montego Bay, St. James Municipal Corporation
Honorable Saboto S. Caesar
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry & Labour, Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Irie Selkirk
Founder - Rise Wellness Retreat, Chief Communication Officer - SheCann Cannabis
James Miller
Operations Director, Europe, Zimmer & Company
Jared Mirsky
Founder and CEO, Wick & Mortar
Javier Hasse
Managing Director - Benzinga Cannabis, Cannabis-focused Reporter
Jay Carnahan
Founding Partner, Go Nutraceuticals Inc
Jenn Larry
President, CBD Strategy Group Inc.
Jessica Steinberg
Co-founder, entOURage Network
John Kagia
Chief Knowledge Officer, New Frontier Data
John Salley
Entrepreneur, Activist, 5 Time NBA Champion
Jonathan Hirsh
Cannabis Educator, The Education Station
Kebra Smith-Bolden
CEO & Founder, CannaHealthTM
Krishnan Wignarajah
President, Weedadvisor
Kylie O'Brien
CEO, Global Health Initiative Foundation
Lilach Mazor Power
Founder and Managing director of the Giving Tree Dispensary
Lincoln Allen
CEO, Cannabis Licensing Authority (Jamaica)
Lolita Korneagay
Founder and Medicinal Cannabis Consultant, Cansoom
Lorena Beltran
Founder, CannaMexico
Marcus Ramkissoon
Director, Caribbean Cannabis Institute
Marcus Richardson
Margeaux Bruner
Political Director, Perpetual Harvest Sustainable Solutions |Michigan Cannabis Industry Association
Masood Raza
Director of Marketing, Crowdlinker Inc.
Michael Miller
International Lawyer, Investor & Journalist, LA Weekly
Niambe McIntosh
Executive Director Peter Tosh Brands, Peter Tosh
Olanzo Jarrett
Founder & CEO, Hummingbird International Group (HIG)
Orville Powell
DTMA, Global Canna Labs
Perry Antelman
Chief Executive Officer, Abacus Health Products Inc.
Preston Whitfield
Director of Hemp Operations - FlexMOD, NoCo Hemp Expo - Program Director
Ras Iyah-V
Raymond Harari
Founder, Canalis Capital
Robert Hoban
President and Founder, Hoban Law
Robert S. Graham
Associate, Miller Thomson LLP
Rory Liu
CEO & Founder, Everything Oily Labs Limited
Ross O'Brien
CEO & Founder, Bonaventure Equity
Roz McCarthy
Founder/CEO, Minorities for Medical Marijuana Inc
Rudy Ellenbogen
CEO, Verde Natural’s
Ryan Douglas
Cannabis Grower Consultant, Ryan Douglas Cultivation LLC
Sandra Gogal
Partner, Miller Thompson
Sarah Schuette
Founder & CEO, DBS Analytics
Sebastien Cotte
National Business/Education Director, Flowering Hope Foundation
Shanita Penny
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Budding Solutions
Shivawn Brady
Vice President Regulatory Affairs of Justice Grown, Cultivation and Compliance Specialist with the 421 Group.
Steve DeAngelo
Founder, Harborside
T'Shura Gibbs
Chief Executive Officer, Zimmer and Company
Tahira Rehmatullah
President, T3 Ventures Advisory
Todd Dalotto
President, Xebra Brands, Ltd.
Todd Russaw
Co-Founder &Strategic Advisor, Think Big
Tom Zuber
Managing Partner, Zuber Lawler
Tridib Nandy
Angel Investor/Entrepreneur, Educator, Musician & Thought Leader
Vicente Fox
Former President of Mexico (2000 - 2006)
Willie Mack
Co-Founder & President, Think Big
2019 Sponsors and Partners
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• Zimmer+Co
PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Green Stripe Naturals Ltd.
• Global Xtracts
• JMCC
• RidgeTop Shine & Shine
GOLD SPONSORS:
• Aurora
• Isratech
• Mayan Haze
• EverGrow
• Abacus Health Products, Inc.
• Hemp&Heal
• Lifestyle Global Brands
SILVER SPONSORS:
• Ocean Style
• Global CannaLabs
• ACF Amazing
BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Zuber Lawler
• Millennia Solutions
OTHER PARTNERS:
• Marijuana Business Daily
• Colorado Hemp Project
• Jacana
• SunCity
• DragonFly Jamaica
• High Vibes Jamaica
• Jack Herer Cup
• Dawa Life
• Weed World