8:30-9:30am

Breakfast, Registration & Mingling
 

9:30-9:35am

Opening remarks:
JJ McKay, Founder/Publisher, The Fresh Toast 

 

9:35-10:30am

The Legal Marijuana Industry: An update on Federal Policy Reform

Moderator:
Michael Weiner, Partner, Dorsey & Whitney

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Panelists:
David Feuerstein, Partner, Feuerstein Kulick
Joe Garcia, Co-Chairman, Mercury Public Affairs
Saphira Galoob, Executive Director at National Cannabis Roundtable | Principal and CEO, The Liaison Group

Michael Robotti, Partner, Ballard Spahr

 

10:30-11:25am

Trends in the M&A Landscape
Moderator:
David Feldman, Skip Intro Advisors

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Panelists:
Matthew Kittay, Co-Chair, National M&A Practice, Fox Rothschild LLP
Murray Huneke, Managing Director, North Point Advisors 

Chris Walsh, CEO, MJBIZ

Ryan Udell, Partner, Ballard Spahr

Steven Bermudez, CEO, Redline Ventures

 

11:25-11:45am

Investing in Private Loans in the Cannabis Industry:  
Taking advantage of mispriced risk in the cannabis industry

Tony Cappell, Founding Partner, Chicago Atlantic Group

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11:45-12:40pm 

Investor Pitch Session
5 companies will each pitch for seven minutes followed by Q&A by judges

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Judges:
Khadijah Adams, Private Investor
Brett Finkelstein, Private Investor

Vikas Desai, Achari Ventures

Companies:
Molly Maloof, CEO, Adamo Bioscience
Christos Nicolaidis, CEO, PHILTER LABS
Michael Marinaro, Founder & CEO, Bada Bloom! Inc.
Jonathan Lubosch Haenisch, Chief Executive Officer and Director, iuvo Therapeutics 

George Hodgin, CEO, Biopharmaceutical Research Company

12:40pm-1:40pm

Networking Lunch in the Courtyard

1:40pm-2:10pm
Raising Debt for Real Estate 
Moderator:
Doug Watler, Trustee, Broward County Firefighter Health Trust Fund
 
Panelists:
Rob Sechrist, President, Pelorus Equity Group, Inc.
Elena Mervine, Managing Director, Cohn Reznick