Business of Cannabis: New York

November 3, 2022 | New York Academy of Medicine

Business of Cannabis returns to New York to deliver insights from leading voices across cannabis, investment, policy, technology and retail .

This November 3, we will once again welcome industry leaders, key politicians and cannabis innovators to the heart of the big apple - to identify trends, challenges and share ideas on the future development of the cannabis industry, through a lens focused also on it's most exciting new market: New York.

With the time for licenses to be issued on the horizon, whilst the financial opportunities may be evident, what perhaps still isn't clear are the finer details - and emerging issues - of New York's imminent adult-use cannabis market, and how long the necessary infrastructure will take to develop.

Join over 400 of the North American cannabis industry’s most influential stakeholders, to discuss the future of New York’s adult-use cannabis market - and the potential impact for the wider region. Agenda topics include The $200m social equity fund, licensing, New York's position as the new capital of cannabis plus panels on policy, investment and culture.

Speakers include:

• Axel Bernabe - Chief of Staff & Senior Policy Director, Office of Cannabis Management
• Crystal Peoples-Stokes - Majority Leader, New York State Assembly
• Tremaine Wright - Chair, Cannabis Control Board
• Peter Caldini - CEO, Acreage Holdings
• Yoko Miyashita - CEO, Leafly
• Karina Lahnakoski - Partner, Deloitte
• Will Muecke - Co-Founder, Artemis Growth Partners LLC
• Jeremy Berke -Reporter, Insider
• Fab 5 Freddy - Visual Artist, Filmmaker, Advocate & Founder, B NOBLE.
• CJ Wallace - Founder, Frank White & Think BIG

See the full list of speakers to date here - and provisional agenda here.

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Why Business of Cannabis: New York?

Networking

Benefit from unrivalled networking opportunities with high level speakers and c-suite executives from major businesses at the forefront of the cannabis industry.

Knowledge

Get insider knowledge and up to the minute data analysis on the state of the industry, alongside trusted market projections, with the tools to position your businesses ahead of the curve.

Experience

Hosted in iconic and inspiring venues, delegates enjoy a premium business conference experience - attracting c-suite executives (70% of 2021 audience), leading policy makers and the highest calibre of qualified investors and retailers.

Business of Cannabis: New York, 2021

The highly successful, sold-out Business of Cannabis: New York summit was the first major cannabis conference in the City since the Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act (MRTA) was passed in March 2021.

In September 2021, 300 of the most influential leaders in politics, business, law, and finance met at the iconic Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center, to determine the direction of the legal cannabis industry .

Over 30 influential speakers such as State Senator Liz Krueger, Tahir Johnson (Director of Social Equity and Inclusion, US Cannabis Council), Will Feuer (Business Reporter, New York Post), and Pablo Zuanic (MD, Cantor Fitzgerald) met to discuss the implementation of the state’s legal adult-use cannabis industry, alongside exploring the promise of New York as the USA’s largest emerging market.