Cannabis Tech Group: Cannabis + Analytics

Cannabis Tech Group presents: Cannabis + Analytics -- a platform created to raise awareness of innovative technologies and solutions used in the legal cannabis space. Industry thought leaders will discuss how data and analytics is impacting the cannabis industry, from dispensary management, pharma, tech, finance, brands and marketing. The event will take place on Thursday, June 29, 2017 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM at Galvanize Soho in New York City. Speakers Include Ryan Smith, CEO Leaflink LeafLink partners with growing cannabis brands to simplify how retailers order the products they love online. We are the industry standard platform for orders, sales & relationship management. Meg Sanders, CEO Mindful Meg Sanders, as CEO of Mindful, heads the largest woman-led cannabis company in America. Mindful is one of the most respected and most recognized cannabis producers and infused products manufacturers with medical and recreational dispensaries operating across the state of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Black Hawk, Denver, and Berthoud, and soon expanding with licenses to operate in Aurora, in the State of Illinois and more in the works. Meg is also a General Partner in Marimind Cannabis Engineering, a national and international cannabis consulting company providing a wide range of services within and around the cannabis industry throughout the United States. Pamela Johnston, SVP Electrum Partners Pamela Johnston, Senior Vice President of Electrum Partners, is a widely respected thought leader and operator who helps cannabis companies and leaders make good choices in finance and investment banking, technology and operations, branding and marketing and crisis management. Electrum Partners has become among the most influential leaders in the cannabis space, sought after by policy makers, investors, entrepreneurs and leaders of ancillary and impacted global industries for unique insights and inroads for success in cannabis business and investing. Solely focused on cannabis businesses, Electrum Partners works with leading companies around the globe in the hemp, legal medical cannabis, recreational cannabis, cannabis based pharmaceuticals, cannabis based nutraceuticals and supplements, technology, retails sales, processing, cultivation, ecommerce, unique brands, edibles manufacturing, intellectual property, finance and banking. Johnston leads the company’s strategy domestically and internationally and oversees several of the firm’s advisory services divisions. She brings a long history of success in business innovation, creating value, and helping organizations harness change in highly competitive and fast paced marketplaces. Electrum Partners' mission expresses a shared vision of social justice and the opportunity to foster markets and companies that innovate and serve the public. David Goldstein, CEO Potbotics Potbotics mission is to elevate the cannabis industry to higher medical standards by streamlining the prescription, cultivation & consumer cannabis selection process. Their diverse technology offering blends robotics, artificial intelligence, DNA analysis & cannabis research to address the major pain points in the medical marijuana industry, benefiting patients, physicians, cultivators & dispensary owners. Mitch Kulick, Steep Hill Steep Hill is the country's leading cannabis science & technology firm. Steep Hill's core business is testing & analyzing medical & recreational marijuana to ensure compliance with public safety standards. In addition to its core business, Steep Hill is also an innovative R&D Lab that has developed & commercialized two highly-differentiated & proprietary products: the QuantaCann & the GenKit. Jacobi Holland, Dutch Compass Jacobi is an advocate for cannabis as a medical product. As founder & Managing Director of Dutch Compass a business Intelligence, software & big Data consulting company with an emphasis in cannabis business, Jacobi has used his background in mathematics to help companies create value in software & data capture throughout the cannabis industry to make wise business decisions and is planning to launch his next company, Jade; an affordable and intuitive Saas (Software as a Service) data analytics dashboard for Cannabis business owners that turn insights into action. Doors Open | Check-In @ 5:30 - 6:00****Session 1| 6:00PM - 6:30PM REBRANDING MARIJUANA: SPARKS & HONEY Sparks & Honey created a new agency model based on the belief that cultural relevance is the most important driver of business in today’s economy. They have authored "Rebranding Marijuana," which looks into trends around the cannabis market, its consumers, its products and ways in which brands can tap in. __****Session 2| 6:30PM - 7:15PM PANEL: BRAND IMPACT: PREDICTIONS, TRENDS, DATA AND ANALYTICS As content providers continue to create cultural trend reports around marijuana to get brand marketers and advertisers more comfortable playing in the space. Session 3 | 7:15PM - 7:45PM ONE ON ONE RYAN SMITH, CEO LEAFLINK LeafLink partners with growing cannabis brands to simplify how retailers order the products they love online. We are the industry standard platform for orders, sales & relationship management. Session 4 | 7:45PM - 8:30PM PANEL: INVESTMENTS & OPPORTUNITIES IN CANNABIS TECH SECTOR Panel discussion with some of the most innovative influencers in tech, who will lead the discussion on investing in the Cannabis space with an emphasis on CannaTech investments. Session 5 | 8:30PM - 9:00PM**** ONE ON ONE WITH MEG SANDERS, CEO MINDFUL Meg Sanders, as CEO of Mindful, heads the largest woman-led cannabis company in America. Mindful is one of the most respected and most recognized cannabis producers and infused products manufacturers with medical and recreational dispensaries operating across the state of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Black Hawk, Denver, and Berthoud, and soon expanding with licenses to operate in Aurora, in the State of Illinois and more in the works. Meg is also a General Partner in Marimind Cannabis Engineering, a national and international cannabis consulting company providing a wide range of services within and around the cannabis industry throughout the United States