Canna West 2018

Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr.

CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY

Alice Mead

GW PHARMACEUTICALS

Dr. Asif Maan

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Cat Packer

CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Amanda Borup

OREGON LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION

Heather Krug, M.S.

STATE OF COLORADO

Erika McConnell

STATE OF ALASKA

Kara Lavaux

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, CO

Heather Forshey, MS, REHS

COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

David Pellman

HEALTH CANADA

Lindsay Robinson

CALIFORNIA CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Alexis Podesta

CALIFORNIA BUSINESS, CONSUMER SERVICES AND HOUSING AGENCY

Reggie Gaudino, Ph.D.

STEEP HILL LABS, INC.

Jmichaele Keller

STEEP HILL LABS, INC

Steep Hill

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Steep Hill is an independently owned and operated cannabis analysis, biotechnology, and research and development facility. We seek to empower cultivators, dispensaries, manufacturers, and consumers with a transparent understanding of cannabis science.

A2LA

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Users of cannabis products depend on testing to ensure that the products are safe for use/consumption and that the labeled potency can be trusted. Proper testing is imperative to this assurance, and confidence in the laboratories that perform this testing may be achieved through accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025 Standard.

A2LA offers two accreditation tracks for cannabis testing laboratories. Both offer independent, third-party accreditation assessments crafted to meet both the Medical Marijuana and Recreational Adult Use markets. The first track consists of using ISO/IEC 17025:2005 as the primary framework, along with any additional, state-specific requirements. A2LA also offers an optional second tract, which adds to the first accreditation track the additional accreditation requirements derived from Americans for Safe Access (ASA) Patient Focused Certification (PFC) Program for testing laboratories. In this way, A2LA can provide assurance that all state regulatory as well as industry-specific requirements are being met by the laboratory.

EVIO Labs

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EVIO Labs is the premier provider of analytical testing, advisory services and research serving California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts and Oregon. We offer independent and quality assured state compliant analytical testing services,
as well as a full range of informational testing. In addition, EVIO Labs offers consultative services related to product development, licensing and research and development.

TGunther Group

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TGunther Group (TGG) is a veteran-owned consulting organization that works with cannabis regulators, accrediting bodies, and businesses to create compliance programs through policy, training and regulatory development. TGG has helped clients with ISO 17025, FOCUS, NELAC, and OSHA compliance and is working with state and national entities in the creation of cannabis standards.

Through a partnership with software provider PowerDMS, TGG supports the legal cannabis market with the use of online compliance tools. PowerDMS condenses cabinets full of paper into a single, searchable online source that automatically disseminates, collects signatures on, and tracks an organization’s important policies, procedures, accreditation/certification, and training. Having this single repository for critical content is essential for every business. Over 2,800 organizations in highly-liable industries including cannabis, healthcare, law enforcement, fire services, banking, manufacturing, retail, education, and aviation use PowerDMS to manage their compliance operations. TGG golden rule, “if it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen!”

International Accreditation Service

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Headquartered in Southern California, IAS is a nonprofit, public-benefit corporation that has been providing accreditation services since 1975. IAS accredits testing laboratories to ISO/IEC Standard 17025 and industry specific standards.

This accreditation demonstrates to the marketplace and to regulators that the laboratories havemet the accreditation requirements and are periodically monitored for compliance. IAS accredits a wide range of companies and organizations including governmental entities, commercial businesses, and professional associations. IAS accreditation programs are based on recognized national and international standards that ensure domestic and/or global acceptance of its accreditations.

IAS is in compliance with ISO/IEC Standard 17011, General Requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies (CABs). IAS is also a signatory to the Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), both international organizations that form a unified system for evaluating and recognizing competent accreditation bodies worldwide.

PathogenDX

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Founded in 2014, PathogenDx Inc developed, validated and sold the only microbial testing product that detects human pathogens to the one colony forming unit (CFU) standard AND counts CFUs for Total Yeast and Mold, Total Aerobic Bacteria and 44 other microbials simultaneously, in under six hours. The patented PDx technology is simple, executed at ambient temperature and requires limited special equipment! One lab assistant can process up to 96 SAMPLES from preparation to results in one shift!   Indoor grows can utilize our collection kits and test their rooms for pathogens even before they introduce one plant into the area, removing risk of contamination. With PathogenDx, the consumers receive validation that their medicine is clean and safe.  Labs that run the PathogenDx technology will provide the specificity, sensitivity and consistency demanded by the public and all within six (6) hours!

ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board

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ANAB is your partner in ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. ANAB validates the technical competence of cannabis testing laboratories by a thorough review of the testing processes whether for potency, pesticides or any other state program driven test.

ANAB accreditation can provide a solid foundation on which to build an organization that can withstand the challenges of the marketplace by demonstration technical competency. The principles of the standard can help involve employees in working toward a shared goal, high quality data to support the industry. Investment in ANAB accreditation helps protect the public’s health by ensuring that regulatory agencies, can act quickly on high quality analytical data from accredited laboratories when those laboratories detect a problem in the product supply.

In addition to providing laboratory related accreditation, ANAB offers accreditation for proficiency testing providers, reference material producers, and certification bodies, including certification bodies for a number of GFSI-recognized certification programs.

Cool Clean Technologies, LLC

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Cool Clean Technologies (CCT) is a global leader of carbon dioxide (CO2) technology solutions and has been developing equipment for over 20 years. CCT has built industrial systems, including designing and manufacturing FDA compliant CO2 extraction equipment for medical devices. Our systems are addressing the emerging challenges in large scale processing for the cannabis/hemp industry. Large capacity machines can process up to 200 pounds per batch and are scalable for larger volumes. Cool Clean has adapted decades of expertise in CO2 based technology to provide the cannabis/hemp industry the proven advantages and features we have developed for other industries. CCT has partnered with recognized innovators in this field to offer an automated, simple to operate CO2 extraction system with high capacity, low price/extraction volume, and low operating costs. Operating parameters of our machines are tuned to optimize extract quality and adjunct technologies can be incorporated to match production requirements.

E-Labs

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Our Scientists are Agricultural Industry World-Class Experts and California State Qualified Professionals; in addition we are Doctorate Chemists with decades of analytical laboratory management. In addition to required tests to allow for sale of your production we can monitor your crop for compliance. Early detection of contamination that can fail your crop will save grow time and expenses. We guide you to producing a high yield, legally compliant crop. Many crops are not always tended to 24×7 by the financial owner and people who have access could cause irreparable damage. The source of contamination could be the clones to start the grow. Some of the nutrients and pesticides used have illegal ingredients that can and do cause failure. We can test all these sources. With early warning you can take corrective action and salvage a growth cycle. Pests may hitch a ride on workers clothes. We look for traces of pests using genetic analysis. No surprises at harvest time. A clean crop is healthy success for everyone.

Grimaldi Law Offices

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Grimaldi Law provides high value, cost-effective counseling and litigation services for businesses of all sizes facing diverse chemical and product regulatory challenges. The firm’s primary practice area is Proposition 65, a California product labeling law that in 2017 alone threatened over 600 cannabis businesses with enforcement lawsuits. As the cannabis industry becomes mainstream, these businesses will increasingly become Proposition 65 targets if they don’t manage their Proposition 65 risk now.

With 20 years of international law firm experience, Grimaldi Law founder Ann Grimaldi is a knowledgeable and pragmatic Proposition 65 attorney who has advised hundreds of companies, including cannabis businesses.

The firm’s popular training webinars guide businesses on new Proposition 65 regulations becoming effective in August 2018 that will significantly change the Proposition 65 compliance landscape. Grimaldi Law is the right choice for businesses seeking a large firm’s depth of knowledge and experience – and a small firm’s cost-effectiveness and flexibility.

Intellect

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Intellect is a leading software company that helps organizations meet compliance and regulations, including FDA, state, county, and city requirements. The Intellect compliance platform is designed for speed, flexibility, and operational excellence with a 100% drag-and-drop technology and no codding required. Hundreds of organizations like Humboldt County, a leading region in cannabis production, and Merieux NutriSciences, one of the largest food and safety labs in the world, use Intellect to meet compliance and improve operational efficiencies. On top of the Intellect compliance platform, Intellect built a highly flexible enterprise Quality Management Software (eQMS) suite, TrueFlex eQMS, to address document control, supplier management, corrective and preventative actions (CAPA), risk management, nonconformance, change management, audit management, complaint management, employee training and risk management. With Intellect, you can meet compliance today and tomorrow with the cannabis industry’s rapidly changing business needs, regulations, and legal requirements.

Perkin Elmer

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PerkinElmer is a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world. Our dedicated team of 8,000 employees worldwide are passionate about providing customers with an unmatched experience as they help solve critical issues especially impacting the diagnostics, discovery and analytical solutions markets. Our innovative detection, imaging, informatics and service capabilities, combined with deep market knowledge and expertise, help customers gain earlier and more accurate insights to improve lives and the world around us.

Phenomenex

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Phenomenex is a global technology leader committed to developing novel analytical chemistry solutions that solve the separation and purification challenges of researchers in industrial, clinical research, government and academic laboratories. From drug discovery and pharmaceutical development to food safety, environmental analysis, and cannabis testing. Phenomenex chromatography solutions accelerate science and help researchers improve global health and well-being. Phenomenex serves 143; countries direct from Phenomenex home offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and its network of nearly 60 distributors worldwide. Operating nine manufacturing lines in three locations in the United States, Phenomenex produces a comprehensive collection of separation science technologies and accessories, and is a 11-time recipient of the R&D 100 Award for innovation. Phenomenex has built an intellectual property portfolio of patents, trade secrets, and innovations covering a wide range of enabling technologies, which include surface chemistry, polymer and silica particle technology, proficiency testing standards, as well as column hardware systems and novel packing technology.

Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA)

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Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA) is a third-party accreditation body that performs ISO 17025 assessments to cannabis testing laboratories. PJLA has over 1000 accredited laboratories in various fields of testing, field sampling, inspection and calibration. PJLA is an experienced organization within the cannabis industry and has accredited over 30-40 facilities worldwide.

Rogoway Law Group

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Rogoway Law Group is one of California’s largest dedicated cannabis industry law firms with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Rosa. We serve businesses and investors through our robust practices in regulatory compliance, corporate transactions, enforcement actions, business disputes, and brand protection/IP. Rogoway attorneys are recognized as thought leaders in the cannabis industry and provide insightful, proactive, and personalized representation to our clients.

Cannabis Quality Group

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Cannabis Quality Group (CQG) provides the most complete choice of integrated quality and compliance solutions – all within a single, cloud-based software suite. Our solutions include: Audit Management, Complaint Management, Document Management, Lab Management, Supplier management, and Training Management. We are the Vault QualityOne for the cannabis industry. Additionally, Cannabis Quality Group is a graduate of the Canopy Boulder Fall 2017 class.

DMD Connects

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Anresco Labs

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SRI Instruments

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Battlefield Foundation

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Cannabis Certification Council

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Cannabis Distribution Association

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Cannabis Marketing Association

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CCIA (Member – CCIA)

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ECTA

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HCGA

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Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)

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Monterey County Cannabis Industry Association (MCCIA)

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The Monterey County Cannabis Industry Association’s (MCCIA) mission is to advocate and promote all aspects of the cannabis industry in Monterey County, with an emphasis on professionalism, collaboration, and safe access. MCCIA brings together members and stakeholders providing needed industry representation, education, and leadership. MCCIA strives to create a sense of community in the industry, providing a responsible outlet for sharing resources and talents and lobbying for the industry as a whole.

Skunk Feather

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a Journal of Cannabis & Cannabinoid Research / Mary Ann Liebert Publishers

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Cannabis & Tech Today

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Leading publication for all things Science, Business, Cannabis, & Technology.

Ganjapreneur

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Marijuana Venture

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Sativa Science Club

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Stratton Report

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As the power industry finds innovative ways of financing and delivering assets and services, the Stratton Report is there with coverage and analysis of deals, developments, and innovation in business models, policy and technologies. Our coverage includes everything you need to know about today’s world of electric power finance, clean generation and distributed grid innovation. We provide interactions with experts, innovators, and key industry players. We deliver insight via traditional journalism, social media, video content, and face-to-face meetings.

TNM News

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