Cannabis Capital Conference 2024 | Benzinga | 16 April 2024 | The Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood, Curio Collection by Hilton, 3555 S Ocean Dr, Hollywood, FL 33019, USA

WHERE DEALS GET DONE

Meet the biggest cannabis industry players and make deals that will push the industry forward. Benzinga’s unmatched networking platform provides attendees with:

• Group networking events every day
• Official event networking app that makes it easy to schedule 1:1 meetings with your top targets

There’s no better place to connect with the people driving the global cannabis industry forward. Enjoy all the food, libations & come back with millions of dollars in deals.

2024 Speakers

Aaron Miles
Chief Investment Officer, Verano

Alberto Paredero-Quiros
CFO, SNDL

Alexa Alianiello
US Sales & Partnerships, X

Amy Rubenstein
Partner, Dentons

Anne Forkutza
Head of Strategic Growth, Dutchie

Arthur De Cordova
CEO, Ziel

Barbara Fox
CEO, Cannabiz Supply

Ben Meggs
CEO & Co-Founder, Bayou City Hemp

Brandon Harshbarger
President, Cheech and Chong Global Holdings

Bret Worley
CEO, MC Nutraceuticals

Brett Finkelstein
Managing Director, Skyvest Partners

Brett Puffenbarger
VP, Marketing, Green Leaf Business Solutions

Bryan Gerber
Co-Founder & CEO, HARA Supply

Courtney Barnes
Partner, Feldman Legal Advisors

Darren Weiss
President, Verano

David Klein
CEO, Canopy Growth

David Mukpo
CEO / CO-FOUNDER, Pamos

Denise De Nardi
Chief Revenue Officer, Higher Love

Diana Eberlein
Chair, Cannabis Beverage Association

Drea Groeschel
CEO, Better Than Booze

Dustin Eide
CEO & Founder, CanPay

Dustin Milner
CEO, Talarya Brands

Dustin Robinson
Managing Principal, Iter Investments

Eric Espinoza
Vice President, Green Life Business Group Inc

Eric Kaufmann
COO, FundCanna

Gerald Pascarelli
SVP, Equity Research, Wedbush

Gloria Govan
Co-Founder and CEO, RLNTLSS BRANDS

Hadas Cohen Dewey
COO, It's All About Choices

Harrison Bard
Co-Founder, Custom Cones USA

Howard Schacter
Chief Communications Officer, MariMed

Jackie Gonzalez-Becerra
Vice President, Revenue, Weedmaps

Joe Hodas
CMO, Wana Brands

John Hartmann
CEO, Ascend Wellness Holdings

Jordan Ascanio
Creative Director, CLS Holdings

Joseph Lustberg
CEO, Upwise Capital

Keith Bushfield
President & CEO, Rexis Biotech

Kevin Brooks
CEO, Conception Nurseries

Kim Sanchez Rael
CEO and Cofounder, Azuca

Kyle Sherman
Founder & CEO, Flowhub

Lance Lambert
Chief Marketing Officer, Grove Bags

Laura Monn Ginsburg
Partner and Principal, Blunt Strategies

Lauren Niehaus
Executive Director of Government Relations, Trulieve

Laurie Parfitt
Founder & CEO, LKP Impact Consulting

Luna Stower
Chief Impact Officer, Ispire

Mario Naric
CEO & Founder, Motif Labs Ltd

Matt Karnes
Founder, GreenWave Advisors

Michael Wang
CEO, Ispire

Nancy Whiteman
Co-Founder & CEO, Wana Brands

Nick Rinella
CEO, Hippos Cannabis

Pablo Zuanic
Managing Partner, Zuanic & Associates

Paul Vancea
CFO, Kosmik Brands

Paul Weiss
CEO, PaperPlanes

Rachel Wright
Managing Partner 420 CPA; Host Highly Capitalized Network News, Highly Capitalized

Ricardo Baca
Founder & CEO, Grasslands

Richard Proud
Chief Executive Officer and Director, iAnthus

Robert Nederhood
Partner and Member, Foley Cannabis Industry Team, Foley & Lardner LLP

Ryan Himmel
VP & Head of Strategic Partnerships, Leaflink

Senator Cory Gardner
Former United States Senator, Senator Cory Gardner

Seth Yakatan
Co-Founder, Katan Associates

Stacy Litke
VP of Banking Programs, Green Check Verified

Steve Abraham
CFO, The Blinc Group, Inc.

Steven Ernest
Vice President, Originations – Chicago Atlantic

Sydni Joseph
Co-Founder, Big Plan Holdings

Tahira Rehmatullah
Partner, Highlands Venture Partners; Co-founder, Commons

Tiffany Richardson
Partner (National Cannabis Industry Lead), Crowe

Todd Borden
CEO, Alpen Group

Will Bowden
Founder & CEO, Grasshopper Farms

William McKenzie
CEO, Elite Cannabis Operators

Ed Perlmutter
Former Member of Congress (CO-07) and Holland & Knight, LLP Partner, Holland & Knight

Jesse Redmond
Head of Cannabis, Water Tower Research

Carlos Pinto
CCO, Leafly

Laurie Holcomb
CEO, Gold Flora

Kristi Palmer
Co-Founder and President, Kiva Confections

Sara Stewart
CEO, Ritual Hospitality Group

Michael Villapiano
Director, Altmore Capital

Luke Scarmazzo
Co-Founder, Prophet Brands and Author of High Price

Tim Seymour
Portfolio Manager, $CNBS Cannabis ETF, Seymour Asset Management

Eric Schneider
Managing Director, AlphaRoot

Kady Cravens
Vice President of Compliance Services, Chorus Compliance

Kim Rivers
Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Trulieve

Mike Tyson
Co-Founder, Tyson 2.0

Ric Flair
Ric Flair Drip Global

Kevin Hart
Founder & CEO, Green Check Verified

Sahar Ayinehsazian
Partner, Vicente LLP

Jason Tueni
CEO, Oak Canna

Adam Stettner
CEO, FundCanna

Jamie Cooper
Michigan Market Director, Sensi Media Group

David Goubert
CEO & President, AYR Wellness

Christine Smith
CEO, Gron

Claire Stawnyczy
CEO & Founder, Lophos Pharmacauticals Corp. (CSE:MESC)

Charles Alovisetti
Partner, Vicente LLP

Boris Jordan
Curaleaf

Barbara Webb
Tax Partner, MGO

Jason Wild
President & Chief Investment Officer, JW Asset Management

Jim Kirsch
President, A.G.P./ Alliance Global Partners

Kris Walker
President & Chief Commercial Officer, Hoodie Analytics

Brady Cobb
CEO/Founder, Sunburn Cannabis

Matt Darin
CEO, Curaleaf

Jesse Channon
President, The Cannabist Company

Matt Hawkins
Founder & Managing Partner, Entourage Effect Capital

Jon Levine
Chief Executive Officer, MariMed

Sander C. Zagzebski
Member and Cannabis Industry Group Co-Chair, Clark Hill

Dr. Chanda Macias
CEO and Chairwoman of the Board of Managers, Women Grow

Ankur Rungta
Co-Founder and CEO, C3 Industries

Gary Santo
CEO, Rx Green Technologies

Scott Greiper
Founder & President, Viridian Capital Advisors

Vahan Ajamian
Capital Markets Advisor, High Tide Inc.

Anthony Coniglio
CEO, NewLake Capital Partners

Dr. Sara Brittany Somerset
UN & Cannabis Correspondent, United Nations

Javier Hasse
Head of Content, Benzinga

Adam Wilks
President, Co-Founder & CEO, Carma HoldCo

Dan Ahrens
CIO & Portfolio Manager $MSOS $YOLO, AdvisorShares

Tom Zuber
Managing Partner, Zuber Lawler

Darren Lampert
CEO & Co-Founder, GrowGeneration

Kyle Kazan
Chairman & CEO, Glass House Brands

Jon Lowen
Co-CEO, Surfside Solutions Inc.

Jeanne M. Sullivan
Chief Investment Officer, Arcview Ventures

Samantha Gleit
Partner, Feuerstein Kulick LLP

John Sullivan
Executive Vice President, Cresco Labs

Tim Conder
CEO, TILT Holdings

Tyler Beuerlein
Chief Strategic Business Development Officer, Safe Harbor Financial

Morgan Paxhia
Managing Director, Poseidon Investment Management

Aaron Grey
Managing Director, Equity Research Consumer & Cannabis

Saphira Galoob
Executive Director, National Cannabis Roundtable

Mitchel Osak
Lead Consultant & Chief Executive Officer, Quanta Consulting Inc.

John Darwin
Managing Partner, Luminous Capital

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Greenlife
• HARA Supply

SILVER SPONSORS
• Fside
• AGP
• Weedmaps

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Conception Nurseries
• AWH
• Grow Generation
• MC Nutraceuticals
• First Citizen Bank
• Tilt Holdings
• DW

PREMIERE LENDING PARTNER:
• undCanna

SPONSORS & PARTICIPATING COMPANIES:
• MGO
• Seymour
• RPM420
• Glass House
• TerrAscend
• Better than Booze
• Millenial Strategies
• PAI
• Grasslands
• CanPay
• Grove Bags
• Prophet
• Arcview
• Harvest Inegrated
• Blunt Strategies
• Rad Source
• Rexis Biotech
• KindPack
• MCA
• KIVA
• FK
• Green Leaf
• KAI
• Shoptics
• LKP Impact Consulting
• ECO
• Clark Hill
• Azuca
• Alpharoot
• Payrio
• Verano
• Kosmik Brands
• Grasshopper Farms
• Bigplan Holdings
• Chicago Atlantic
• Chorus
• Blazy Susan
• Lophos
• RLNILSS
• Leaflink
• Integrity Payments Group
• ZA
• X
• Wana
• Ritual
• Luminouse Capital
• Feldman Legal Advisors
• Dentons
• Ziel
• Timeless
• Motif
• Talarya Brands
• Skyvest
• RX Green Technologies
• Wedbush
• Liftherium
• Holland & Knight
• Prospiant
• Cannabiz Supply
• Foley
• Paper Planes
• It's All about Choices
• PKF
• CCU
• Ispire
• Flowhub
• Commons
• Highlands Venture Partners
• WTR
• iter Investments
• Blinc Group
• Safe Harbor Financial
• CLS
• OAK
• Bayou City Hemp Co.
• New Holland Group
• Vicente
• Obedio
• Gron
• Cannabiz Collects
• Philips
• Dutchie
• House of Puff
• Sndl
• Trulieve
• NCR
• Marimed inc
• Crowe
• Altmore Capital
• Hoodie
• Centri
• Green Check
• Canopy Growth
• NewLake Capital Partners
• C3 Industries
• Paybotic
• Viridian
• Upwise
• The United Green
• Akerman
• AdvisorShares
• Higher Love
• Curaleaf
• AVR Wellness
• Poseidon
• Entourage Effect
• CBA
• The Cannabist Company

TRUSTED PARTNERS:
• The Girls
• Last Prisoner Project
• The Dime Podcast
• NCMC
• Mocanntrade
• GVM Communications
• Highly Capitalize Network
• IG Kahner Global
• MITA
• BIPOCANN
• Women Grow
• Sensi
• Cannabiz Media
• Mattio
• KCSA
• Duree & Company