
Cannibus Industrial Marketplace Chicago Summit and Expo
Thu • Jun 24, 2021 • 9:00 AM
Chicago Seminar Agenda
Thursday June 24th
Expo Floor 10 AM – 6 PM ~ Seminars 9 AM – 6 PM
Networking Mixer 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
June 25th
Expo Floor 10:30 AM – 4 PM ~ Seminars 9:00 AM – 3 PM
June 24th
* Seminar seating is limited and will be on a first come seating basis.
Seminar Room #1 – Regulations & Business Services
9:30 AM: Learning Solutions to Boost Your Business Revenue, Increase Profits, and Build a Stronger Workforce
Shannon Tipton, Owner – Learning Rebels
10:30 AM: Get the Weeds out of Your Contracts
John Mackewich, Legal Counsel – Marshall-Melhorn, LLC
11:30 AM: High Quality Payroll & HR Services
Teresa Kearney, VP of Sales – Panacea Payroll
1:30 PM: Surviving and Thriving Through the Maze of Tilted Taxation
Bryan McDonald, Client Development Partner – CPAMD, Ltd.
2:30 PM: You Dream It, We Bring It To Life
Ryan Lafferty, Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer – Kush Design Studio
3:30 PM: Do You Have A Great Cannabis Accountant? What They Should Tell You and What You Should Ask
Jody Yarbrough – SavantCFO
4:30 PM: What Illinois Can Learn from Other States
Tom Howard, Attorney – Collateral Base, LLC
Seminar Room #2 – Extraction & Processing
9:45 AM: The Fundamentals of CO2 Extraction
10:45 AM: 5 Success Factors for CBD Brand Leaders
Dr. Jon Thompson – extraktLAB
1:45 PM: Extract Purification: Making Your Cannabis Product as Valuable as Possible
Ezra Pryor – Heidolph North America
2:45 PM: The Growing Demand for Co2 Supply Systems for Extraction
Kevin Klotz – Weldcoa
4:45 PM: Focusing on Safety for Infused Products
Seminar Room #3 – Cultivation & Facility Management
11:00 AM: Getting the Most out of your LEDs with the Right SOPs
Ash Ganley, CEO, GrowRay Technologies, and Co-Founder and Board Member, NOBO, Inc. – NOBO
1:00 PM: Energy Savings
Stevan Bratic, Managing Director – Bratic Enterprises, LLC
2:00 PM: Critical Cleaning – The Key to Quality & Safety
Michael Moussourakis, Senior Director, Strategic Affairs – Alconox Inc.
4:00 PM: Selecting the Right Protective Coatings for Protection of Assets in the Cannabis Industry
Michael Durbin – Sherwin-Williams
5:00 PM: Selecting an LED Grow Light for Any Plant: Turning Photons Successfully and Efficiently into Plant Food
Anthony Ibarra, President of Sales – Blossom LED, LLC
June 25th
* Seminar seating is limited and will be on a first come seating basis.
Seminar Room #1 – Cannabusiness Marketing & PR
9:30 AM: TBD
10:30 AM: Online Cannabis Marketing; Tips & Tricks for the Entrepreneur
Hector Hernandez, Director of Operations – Websites FX
11:30 AM: Four Factors That Make For An Awesome Dispensary Experience: As Told By 5,000 Unhappy Customers
Mike Lisek, Founder – Althea
1:30 PM: Strategic Branding and Loyalty Programs
Seminar Room #2 – Cannabusiness Security
9:45 AM: Illinois Adult Use Cannabis Security
Tim Sutton, Senior Security Consultant – Guidepost Solutions LLC
10:45 AM: Security Regulations and Compliance
1:45 PM: Cannabis Transportation Licensing Requirements
Seminar Room #3 – Cannabusiness Regulations, Finance, and Insurance
9:00 AM: Risk Management, Cannabis Businesses, and Insurance – Here’s the Connection
Rocco Petrilli, Chairman – National Cannabis Risk Management Association
10:00 AM: Payments Landscape in Cannabis
Bill Ranta – Verde Payments
11:00 AM: Cyber Insurance and Risk Management in Cannabis
Michael Peters – PL Risk Advisors
1:00 PM: Cannabis Licensing, Land Use and Zoning
Dan Shapiro – Shapiro & Associates Law
2:00 PM: Streamlining Payment Processing and Expense Payment Systems for the Cannabusiness Community
Forrest Sealey, VP of Technical Sales – KindCard
Cost: $180.00 per person full 2-day access
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