joy beckerman profile

Joy Beckerman is an internationally renowned hemp policy expert and public speaker involved in the hemp and cannabis movements for over thirty years. Joy is the Principal at Hemp Ace International, a consulting, legal support, and expert witness firm serving the global community; as well as Director of Regulatory & Legal Affairs of Zilis, an international leader in superior quality hemp extract and CBD products; Co-Founder and Senior Advisor to Colorado Hemp Works, America's first post-prohibition hemp grain processing facility; and host of the popular podcast Hemp Barons. Among many leadership roles, Joy is the President of the Center for the Study of Cannabis & Social Policy, a Director of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable on behalf of Zilis, a Director of the NORML Women’s Alliance, and The Seminar Group’s National Hemp Continuing Legal Education Program Chair. After joining the hemp and Cannabis movements in 1990, Joy opened the first hemp store in New York state in 1994. When the inaugural Vermont Hemp Bill passed in 1996, Joy relocated there with her family to serve as Secretary to the Vermont Hemp Council. After an extensive and successful dual career in compliance and complex civil litigation in Seattle, Joy founded Hemp Ace International in 2014. Joy works directly with lawmakers and regulators as a grassroots activist, both proactively and upon request.

Lorenza Romanese profile

Lorenza is the Managing Director of EIHA. Based in EIHA’s Brussels office, Lorenza is a veteran policy advisorand communication manager at the European level. She has led EIHA’s efforts in Brussels since February 2019, having worked with a number of MEPs to propose reforms affecting hemp in the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy. Lorenza previously advised interests in the oil and gas sector and led the European Association of independent Winegrowers.

geoff whaling profile

Geoffrey W. Whaling ​has volunteered for seven years to advance the hemp crop in North America and has served for five years as Chair of the National Hemp Association, one of the world’s largest Hemp advocacy group. NHA is based in Washington D.C. and is considered the leading non-partisan voice for the industry. Whaling has worked with, The White House, Members of Congress, to pass federal legislation and is now focused on developing an industry, with groups including USDA, State Regulators, the WTO, EU and the United Nations, addressing issues as this industry evolves.
Until recently, Whaling served as Co-founder and President of publicly traded Collective Growth Corporation which combined on April 5, 2021 with Innoviz Technologies in a $1.4billion transaction. Collective Growth Corporation, Co-founded by Whaling and former Canopy Growth Founder and CEO Bruce Linton, raised $150 million before beginning public trading under the ticker symbol CGRO in April 2020.
www.nationalhempassociation.org

abhishek mohan profile

Abhishek leads Hempstreet, India’s first and largest research to retail medicinal cannabis company, that is taking tbe fight to mass ailments in India, starting with the chronic pain crisis. The company is working to solve this via their nationwide 60,000 strong doctor network, more importantly, doint it in a responsible manner, using blockchain based tracking to rid the “pill milling” risk that the industry faces in India.

yogesh jhamtani profile

Yogesh is an economist and a financial whiz, endowed with boundless energy, diligence, and multitasking capacity that propels a startup in its early days. Yogesh has worked in banking, operations, change management, business analysis, and assets pricing, while leading cross-functional projects in EMEA and APAC. An entrepreneur since 2013, Yogesh co-founded Buffalo Extraction Systems in 2019. Earlier, he was the Operations Chief for a textile company, Dakshinam, a craft based handloom enterprise in India.

avnish pandya profile

Avnish is a self-taught science analyst who explores the universe of Hemp that’s buried under the overwhelming majority of traditional crops. Coming from an analytical background, he combines insights from business & policy with those from scientific domains in his revelations about Hemp. 
Apart from research, he liaises with government officials at different levels to translate our vision into results. He heads the medicine business at BOHECO.

ulla singapuri profile

Experienced within Marketing & Sales, 46 years old, with 21 years of experience from Endoca, Northern Medical, Danske Bank, GN & The Coca-Cola Company. Good track record of delivering volume, profit and brand equity targets based on global & local brand strategies in markets with various development levels. Good strategic and interpersonal skills. Ability to challenge and influence with a clear sense of direction and ownership to achieve results. Ability to work across organizational and geographical boundaries.
Through my professional and educational background I have a large and applicable toolbox to work in both small project teams and in large global organizations.

darwin millard profile

Darwin Millard is an active member of ASTM International’s technical committee D37 on Cannabis which is an international group dedicated to the development of voluntary consensus standards for the global cannabis/hemp industry. Darwin is the Subcommittee Vicechair of D37.04 on Processing and Handling of Cannabis and Cannabis-derived Products, and the Co-chair of Subcommittee D37.07 on Industrial Hemp. He has been active in cannabis policy change and an advocate of the cannabis plant for over a decade.
Darwin Millard specializes in mechanical and solvent based extraction methodologies for isolating highly volatile terpenophenolic secondary metabolites from botanicals. For the past 15-years, Darwin has been focusing on the extraction and manufacture of nutraceutical products comprising of phytocannabinoids and other bioactive constituents from the cannabis plant. He works with clients to design and implement cost-effective built-for-purpose phytocannabinoid processing and herbal product manufacturing solutions.

Callie seaman dr profile

Dr Callie Seaman is a leading expert of the UK hydroponic industry and first became passionate about medicinal cannabis when she was diagnosed with epilepsy over 20 years ago.
First studying for a degree in Biomedical Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University (during which she worked at GlaxoSmithKline), she went on to complete a PhD titled “Investigating Nutrient Solutions for Hydroponic Growth of Plants”. During her PhD she became a founding director of Aqua Laboratories Ltd – a formulator and producer of specialist hydroponic nutrients.
In 2018 she joined the United Patient Alliance, making many contacts and friends. She went on to help educate others about cannabis, speaking at events such as the CMC research synopsis in 2019, Analytical cannabis, CBD Expo and many more. 
In the summer of 2019, Callie became one of the scientific co-curators of a pilot program at Cambridge University - CANNTalks and is now on the advisory Board for the patient advocacy group CPASS and support group MedCan. Recently she joined the campaign EndOurPain at the Houses of Parliament to hand in a petition to allow access to cannabis-based medicines on the NHS for children with drug-resistant epilepsy. 
In the summer of 2020, Callie  co-founded and became the scientific lead for  MedCan Support, a group that supports families of children with refractory epilepsy and other neurological conditions. Helping to educate and support families who are looking at medicinal cannabis to help treat their children. 
In 2021 she joined the advisory board at PLEA, the Patient Lead advocacy group and became an active member, sharing her story and journey with cannabis helping to improve access. 
Instagram: @dr.callieseaman
Facebook: @DrCallieSeaman
Twitter: @dr_CallieSeaman
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-callieseaman/

chris hudalla profile

ProVerde Laboratories is an ISO 17025 accredited, full service analytical testing laboratory specializing in research for the cannabis and hemp industries. State-of-the-art Liquid Chromatography (LC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) and Convergence Chromatography (CC) techniques are used to provide services to include chromatographic method development, batch release testing, basic research and consultation services. Chromatographic techniques are coupled with Mass Spectrometric (MS) detection to achieve the highest possible sensitivity for applications in pharma, materials science, petroleum, and clinical research. Analysis of elemental compositions is achieved using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS). Additional capabilities include screening for microbiological contaminants and pathogens.

robert byssz profile

I love this thought from Russ Foltz-Smith: there are only 2 activities in any business: making stuff and selling stuff. Even if you want to make stuff you have to at least sell yourself as someone, who can make something that others will sell for you... At the end there is only one main activity and that is selling stuff.

At the end when I look at why I wake up every day. I'm helping leaders and organizations in scalling their stuff and to enable them to be successful. I have had the chance to travel the world, work with very inspiring people on all continents. Together we successfully built business cases, designed business models and refocused businesses so that my busines Partners could achieve unprecedented impact with their offerings. 

In my whole professional career the words which were constant are transformation and change. I have experienced so many times that a great team achieves more than a bunch of individuals that it made me the greatest believer of teamwork and a constant seeker of superb team players. The key to my success so far was the ability to build successful organizations, with strong cultures of commitment, innovation, drive to succeed and still have fun. This always helped attracting the best talents to the organization led by me.

I love spreading great business practices and helping startup ideas to grow and later to scale.

james vosper profile

An experienced senior executive with extensive knowledge of environmental management and solutions for all types of entities.
Significant experience in online, marketing, advertising and media.
Specialties: Management, Business Strategy, Marketing, Brand Development, Marcomms, Sales, Business Development, Staff Training and Public Speaking.

srivatsa mahesh profile

Srivatsa epitomizes excellence in automating the extraction process. As the CTO at Buffalo Extraction Systems, he helps clients in navigating the cannabis/hemp extraction landscape to arrive at the best processing techniques to achieve high quality hemp products with global GMP conformance. A Master of Science in Automotive Engineering from RWTH Aachen, and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from The State University New York at Buffalo, Srivatsa’s career trajectory spans across the United States, Europe, and India.
With over 12 years of experience, he is passionate about technical design, automation, AI & digitisation, Srivatsa’s engineering expertise in the extraction and processing space provide clients with a robust, trustable solution for their business endeavours. 

vikramm mitra profile

Vikram Mitra is an Ayurvedic Medicinal Cannabis researcher and pioneer who helped establish the legal Indian Medicinal Cannabis and Hemp Industry. He has 10 years of extensive Industry knowledge of working with different State Governments of India in a Pre - Regulation Cannabis Economy. 
In 2012, He worked as a freelance techno-legal consultant for GW Pharma to identify the various legal and regulatory framework in India for running clinical trials of the first ever FDA approved drug Sativex in India. 
In 2013, co-founded one of India's first Ayurvedic Medical Cannabis Company HempCann Solutions, In 2017, he co - founded Dvija Phytoceutical Corporation, Canada, along with Dr Gary Starr MD, co – founder of Leafline Labs, Minnesota . 
In 2018, Vikramm Mitra became India's first ever Internationally contracted Medical Cannabis Consultant for a publicly traded Multi-state Cannabis Company called Vireo Health.

hana gabrielova profile

Hana Gabrielová is a 20 year veteran in the hemp and cannabis industry. Her career spans the gamut of policy, NGO and for-profit organizations. She has led advocacy and policy initiatives both in the EU and international cannabis policy. She is also CEO of Hempoint company which produce organic food and feed products, supplies hemp seeds to the farmers and advice them about cultivation, harvest and other steps of manufacturing. Hana uses Hempoint as a vehicle for her policy work with various non profit organisations including CzecHemp, Hemp The Climate and FAAAT where she coauthor the book Cannabis and Sustainable development. ​

mandi kerr profile

Mandi is passionate about bringing sustainable economic growth to the United States with Hemp Based products and industry development. With a successful background in networking and business development, she has  generated millions in revenue revenue through strategic partnerships and building relationships. As the Founder of Global Hemp Association (GHA), her focus is now identifying growth opportunities on a broader scale, and working with revenue minded connections to educate others about the opportunity evolving from the Hemp Industry.

Women in STEM.
STEAM Entrepreneur.

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Woo, Arranger, Communication, Positivity, Activator  
Women in STEM. STEAM Entrepreneur. 

Gallup StrengthsFinder 2.0 Top 5 Strengths: Woo, Arranger, Communication, Positivity, Activator

jamil hasan profile

Hosted 50 Irish Tech News podcasts on decentralized finance, crypto, blockchain, sustainability, global regulatory issues, and mobility with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, founders, artists, and executives from over 20 countries. 

Advised a number of startups, institutions, and individuals. Provided professional guidance and research to them in the crypto space.

​written three books, available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble: 

Local Business Mavericks volume 16 (chapter) 12/2017

Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance (3/2018)

Re-Generation X: How We (Generation X) Can Leverage Blockchain Technology to Save Ourselves and Rebuild America (9/2020)

marcel gamma profile

Senior Executive Manager with more than 25 years working experience in several industries. Proven skills in Organizational Restructuring, Business Development, Partner Management, Customer Relationship Management, Financial Advisory, M&A and general Entrepreneurship. Higher Education with a M.A. in Accounting & Finance from University of St. Gallen (HSG) and a M.B.A in International Business from Brunel University London.