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Agenda
Sunday, November 3, 2019
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1:00 pm - 6:30 pm Registration Opens
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up
2:00 pm - 5:15 pm Pre-Conference Workshop - Part I
Moderator: Daniel R. Russell, Of Counsel, Dean Mead, Attorneys at Law
Jeffrey Friedland, Global Corporate Strategies LLC
Hemp: The Dawning of a New Day, Growing Hemp to Enhance America's Farmland and Economy
Geoff Whaling, Chairman, National Hemp Association and Co-Founder and President, Canopy Hemp Developments, LLC
An Orchard of Molecules: Why the Future of Marijuana is Hemp in 2020
Adam Elend, CEO, Florigrown, LLC
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Refreshment Break - Foyer
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm Pre-Conference Workshop - Part II
Optimizing Extraction & Residual Processing
Chad York, Milling Solutions Consultant, Colorado Mill Equipment
Allen Witters, Founder, CEO, and Managing Director of Gravitas Infinitum and Gravitas Kannavis
5:15 pm - 6:45 pm Welcome Reception: Exhibit Hall
Monday, November 4, 2019
8:00 am - 6:30 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast: Exhibit Hall
8:00 am - 10:00 am Opening Session: Federal and State Policy Overview for Industrial Hemp
Welcome: Gene Jones, Co-Founder, Florida Industrial Hemp Conference & Exhibition and the Florida Medical Cannabis Conference & Exhibition
Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Sharkey, The Florida Hemp Association
Keynote Welcome Address:
Overview of Florida's Hemp Program
Holly Bell, Director of Cannabis, Florida Department of Agricultural & Consumer Services
Panel Discussion (Click here to view participant bios):
Dr. Eric Rohrig, Chief – Bureau of Methods Development and Biological Control, Division of Plant Industry Florida Department of Agricultural & Consumer Services
Representative Ralph Massullo, MD (Invited)
Allen Witters, Founder, CEO, and Managing Director of Gravitas Infinitum and Gravitas Kannavis
Roger Brown, CEO/President, ACS Laboratory
Mike Kelley, President, Sunshine Hemp (Invited)
Paula Savchenko, Esq., Associate Attorney, Mofffa, Sutton & Donnini, P.A.
Tara Tedrow, Chair, Cannabis and Controlled Substances Group, Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Patrick Hayden, President, Brightfield Group (Invited)
10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break: Exhibit Hall
10:30 am - 12:30 pm What Your Business Needs to Grow. Market Forecast, Marketing, Banking,
Merchant Services, Finance, and Insurance in the Industrial Hemp Space.
Moderator: Jeff Greene, Vice President of Marketing, The Florida Hemp Council
Anastasia D. Stull, Attorney at Law, Clark Partington
Catherine Zito, CEO, Cannabis Business Solutions
Taxing Issues Affecting the Cannabis/Hemp Industries
Stacey Udell, Director of Valuation, Litigation and Forensics, HBK
Opportunities of Supply Chain Financing in the Hemp Market
James-Scott Wong, Managing Partner, AlmaStone
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Industrial Hemp Research Projects
Moderator: Jerry Fankhauser, Industrial Hemp Program Logistics Coordinator, Assistant Director, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, UF/IFAS
Field Trials in the UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project
Dr. Zachary Brym, Industrial Hemp Program Research Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Agronomy, Tropical Research and Education Center, UF/IFAS
Propagation and Controlled Environment Research in the UF/IFAS Industrial Hemp Pilot Project
Dr. Roger Kjelgren, Professor, Center Director, Mid-Florida Research and Education Center, UF/IFAS
Invasion Risk of Industrial Hemp in Florida
Dr. S. Luke Flory, Associate Professor, Agronomy, UF/IFAS
Industrial Hemp Research Projects Panel Q&A
Presenters to be Determined.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break: Exhibit Hall
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Growing, Cultivating and Harvesting Industrial Hemp:
What the Farmer Needs to Know!
Moderator: Harvey Bowden “Bo” Snively, IV, Fourth Generation Floridian Farmer
Navigating the Construction Process for a Grow Facility
Ed Lorenz, Vice President/Regional Development, WIELAND
Buyer Beware: The High Price Farmers Pay for Seeds
Adam Elend, CEO, Florigrown, LLC
What Now? " The Extraction Process"
Danny Persaud, CEO, Danika Farms
Leveraging Agricultural Cooperatives to Compete
Erik Range, RGW Enterprises/Minorities 4 Medical Marijuana
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Networking Reception: Exhibit Hall
7:15 pm - 10:15 pm VIP Reception - Invitation Only
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Registration Open
8:00 am - 8:30 am Continental Breakfast: Exhibit Hall
8:30 am - 10:00 am Nutritional and Medical Applications of Cannabis/Hemp
Moderator: Dr. Rob Streisfeld, NMD
Hemp CBD Oil and the Endocannabinoid System
Dr. Gregory Gerdeman, Chief Scientific Officer, United Cannabis Corporation
Dr. Derrick DeSilva, Jr., MD, Senior Attending Staff, Dept. of Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center (RBMC) and Teaching Faculty JFK Medical Center
Role of Cannabinoids in Infectious Diseases
Dr. Jenny Wilkins, NMD, CRA, PharmD Candidate, AgeVital Pharmacy
10:00 am - 10:30 am Refreshment Break: Exhibit Hall
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Industrial Hemp Applications and End-use Market Development
Moderator: Steve Edmonds, President, Native Hemp Solutions
Bootstrapping an Industry. How do we do it?
Robert Clayton, Owner, Florida Hemp Processing, LLC
How Manufacturing with Hemp Will Help Save the Planet
Bruce Michael Dietzen, Creator of the Hemp Car
Supply Chain Infrastructure: What Needs to Happen for Florida's Hemp Industry to Flourish
Dustin Robinson, Esq., CPA, Founding Partner, Mr. Cannabis Law
Thinking Outside of the Flower
Brianna Kilcullen, Founder, Anact
The Development of Hemp Braile Bioplastic and Paper
Monique Zimmerman, President, Braille Boss
Hemp4Water – A Phytoremediation Solution for Our Lakes and Rivers
Steve Edmonds, President, Native Hemp Solutions
12:30 pm Adjourn