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  • MAR 25, 2020 12:00 PM PDT

    PANEL: Current Challenges Facing Parents using Cannabis in Pediatric Conditions

    Jill Swing
    Founder and President of SC Compassionate Care Alliance
    Janelle Nobel Donavan
    CEO and Co-Founder of ANSHI
    Kenton Crowley, Pharm. D., FAARFM, ABAAHP
    Palliative Patient Care Corp
  • MAR 25, 2020 10:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Cannabis in 2020: The Contemporary Healer's Responsible Conversation

    Jeffrey S. Block, MD
    Founder, Nurturing Nature Group, Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Master Gardener, University of Florida IFAS Ag-Extension Program
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAR 25, 2020 9:00 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: How the cannabis market is driving the development of intelligent farming and the future of agriculture

    James Eaves, PhD
    Professeur titulaire/Full Professor, Département de management/ Department of Management, Faculté des sciences de l'administration / Business School Pavillon Palasis-Prince, Université Laval
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAR 25, 2020 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Cannabis Medicine is Flowering: How Clinical Trials Validate Cannabis

    Debra Kimless, MD
    Medical Director, ForwardGro
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cannabis Testing - Current Regulatory Landscape and Updates

    Anna Williams
    Accreditation Supervisor, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Challenges to Starting a New Cannabis Lab: from Sample Traceability to Method Development to Data Management

    Matthew Brittain, PhD
    Laboratory Director, One Bond Laboratories / Toxicologist, SEA, Ltd.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Considerations in selecting a LIMS for Cannabis Testing

    Christine Paszko, PhD, MT (ASCP)
    Sr. Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Managing Fungal and Bacterial Risks

    Josh Smith
    CEO & Chief Scientist, Premium CBD Labs, LLC
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Metabolomics: An Evolving Approach to Cannabis Breeding

    Caleb King
    Front Range Biosciences, Director of Process Development and Implementation
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Some Risk and Economic Tradeoffs related to the Cannabis Drying Process

    Cyndi Willems-Gibson
    Quality Assurance Manager (QAP), GreenSeal Cannabis Company
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Worried about QA/QC in an in-house Cannabis Extraction Testing Lab? Automate processes using LIMS

    Worried about QA/QC in an in-house Cannabis Extraction Testing Lab? Automate processes using LIMS

    Arun Apte
    CEO, CloudLIMS
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Analysis of Terpenes in Hemp by Headspace/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

    Analysis of Terpenes in Hemp by Headspace/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

    Adam Floyd
    Commercial Operations Manager for Think20 Laboratories
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cannabis 101 for the Healthcare Professional: What you need to know to answer your patients' questions and feel good about it!

    Kenton Crowley, Pharm. D., FAARFM, ABAAHP
    Palliative Patient Care Corp
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Case Study: Metastatic Breast Cancer In Remission After Standard Cancer Treatment, Cannabis & Psilocybin

    Jaime Brambilia
    Co-Owner and founder of Grace Health and Wellness, HEED CBD Cannabis Business Owner, Cannabis Advocate/Activist/Educator/Patient, Plant Based Medicine Advocate
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Degradant formation in cannabis concentrate aerosols

    Jiries Meehan-Atrash
    Graduate Researcher; PhD Candidate, Portland State University, Department of Chemistry
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Hemp Seed: Searching for the Present and Future Opportunities

    Hemp Seed: Searching for the Present and Future Opportunities

    Tom Dermody
    Vice President of Strategic Development, International Hemp Solutions
    BIOGRAPHY
  • How Nonprofits are driving the leading edge of research into Cannabis Sativa L

    Ezra Pryor
    Applied Markets Specialist, Heidolph North America, Development Chair at the Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision at the American Chemical Society's Chemical Health and Safety Division
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Manipulating environmental inputs to optimize genetic expression

    Michael Key
    Founder and CEO, Impello Biosciences
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Solving the Hemp Challenge: Pesticide Detection

    Avinash Dalmia, PhD
    Senior Principal Application Scientist, PerkinElmer
    BIOGRAPHY
  • The Science of Hemp

    The Science of Hemp

    Zacariah Hildenbrand, PhD
    CTO, ZED Therapeuti
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Vaping Risks and Product Safety

    Jahan Marcu, PhD
    Founding Partner, Marcu & Arora; Chief Scientific Officer, Physicians Research Center Plus
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Advancements in Cultivation and Extraction Methods and Technologies
  • Manipulating environmental inputs to optimize genetic expression

    Michael Key
    Founder and CEO, Impello Biosciences
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Hemp Seed: Searching for the Present and Future Opportunities

    Hemp Seed: Searching for the Present and Future Opportunities

    Tom Dermody
    Vice President of Strategic Development, International Hemp Solutions
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAR 25, 2020 9:00 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: How the cannabis market is driving the development of intelligent farming and the future of agriculture

    James Eaves, PhD
    Professeur titulaire/Full Professor, Département de management/ Department of Management, Faculté des sciences de l'administration / Business School Pavillon Palasis-Prince, Université Laval
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Evolving Laboratory Landscape
  • Degradant formation in cannabis concentrate aerosols

    Jiries Meehan-Atrash
    Graduate Researcher; PhD Candidate, Portland State University, Department of Chemistry
    BIOGRAPHY
  • How Nonprofits are driving the leading edge of research into Cannabis Sativa L

    Ezra Pryor
    Applied Markets Specialist, Heidolph North America, Development Chair at the Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision at the American Chemical Society's Chemical Health and Safety Division
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cannabis Testing - Current Regulatory Landscape and Updates

    Anna Williams
    Accreditation Supervisor, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Metabolomics: An Evolving Approach to Cannabis Breeding

    Caleb King
    Front Range Biosciences, Director of Process Development and Implementation
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Medical Cannabis - Therapeutic Updates
  • Case Study: Metastatic Breast Cancer In Remission After Standard Cancer Treatment, Cannabis & Psilocybin

    Jaime Brambilia
    Co-Owner and founder of Grace Health and Wellness, HEED CBD Cannabis Business Owner, Cannabis Advocate/Activist/Educator/Patient, Plant Based Medicine Advocate
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cannabis 101 for the Healthcare Professional: What you need to know to answer your patients' questions and feel good about it!

    Kenton Crowley, Pharm. D., FAARFM, ABAAHP
    Palliative Patient Care Corp
    BIOGRAPHY
  • MAR 25, 2020 7:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Cannabis Medicine is Flowering: How Clinical Trials Validate Cannabis

    Debra Kimless, MD
    Medical Director, ForwardGro
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Quality Control
  • Vaping Risks and Product Safety

    Jahan Marcu, PhD
    Founding Partner, Marcu & Arora; Chief Scientific Officer, Physicians Research Center Plus
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Worried about QA/QC in an in-house Cannabis Extraction Testing Lab? Automate processes using LIMS

    Worried about QA/QC in an in-house Cannabis Extraction Testing Lab? Automate processes using LIMS

    Arun Apte
    CEO, CloudLIMS
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Some Risk and Economic Tradeoffs related to the Cannabis Drying Process

    Cyndi Willems-Gibson
    Quality Assurance Manager (QAP), GreenSeal Cannabis Company
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Considerations in selecting a LIMS for Cannabis Testing

    Christine Paszko, PhD, MT (ASCP)
    Sr. Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Challenges to Starting a New Cannabis Lab: from Sample Traceability to Method Development to Data Management

    Matthew Brittain, PhD
    Laboratory Director, One Bond Laboratories / Toxicologist, SEA, Ltd.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Managing Fungal and Bacterial Risks

    Josh Smith
    CEO & Chief Scientist, Premium CBD Labs, LLC
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Hemp Science and Testing
  • Solving the Hemp Challenge: Pesticide Detection

    Avinash Dalmia, PhD
    Senior Principal Application Scientist, PerkinElmer
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Analysis of Terpenes in Hemp by Headspace/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

    Analysis of Terpenes in Hemp by Headspace/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

    Adam Floyd
    Commercial Operations Manager for Think20 Laboratories
    BIOGRAPHY
  • The Science of Hemp

    The Science of Hemp

    Zacariah Hildenbrand, PhD
    CTO, ZED Therapeuti
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Medical Cannabis
  • MAR 25, 2020 10:30 AM PDT

    Keynote Presentation: Cannabis in 2020: The Contemporary Healer's Responsible Conversation

    Jeffrey S. Block, MD
    Founder, Nurturing Nature Group, Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Master Gardener, University of Florida IFAS Ag-Extension Program
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Regulatory Landscape - Beyond the US
  • MAR 25, 2020 12:00 PM PDT

    PANEL: Current Challenges Facing Parents using Cannabis in Pediatric Conditions

    Jill Swing
    Founder and President of SC Compassionate Care Alliance
    Janelle Nobel Donavan
    CEO and Co-Founder of ANSHI
    Kenton Crowley, Pharm. D., FAARFM, ABAAHP
    Palliative Patient Care Corp
MAR 25, 2020

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2020





 

The 3rd Annual Event in the Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series is now available On-Demand. The Cannabis Sciences planning committee planned and selected speakers that best embody the overall challenges, opportunities, and issues in the current landscape around cannabis sciences.

The theme for this years event is Cannabis in 2020: The Evolution of Science, Research and Legislation with the following Topics:

Medical Cannabis: Therapeutic Updates >>

  • Medical Trials and Data
  • Clinical Experiences: Physicians share real-world patient responses to medical cannabis

Quality Control >>

  • Methods of Color Remediation/Removal of Specific Contaminants/Distillate Production
  • QA/QC for the Cannabis Extraction Lab Using LIMS
  • Managing Mold and Bacteria Risk

Regulatory Landscape - Beyond the US >>

  • Regulatory Compliance
  • How to Avoid Mistakes of California in Future Markets
  • Optimal Regulation Policies for Safety
  • How Regulations Impact Healthcare and Quality of Life

Evolving Laboratory Landscape >>

  • Future of Testing for Rare Cannabinoids, Terpenes and Flavonoids
  • LIMS for the Cannabis Industry - From Seed to Sale
  • Automation of Cannabis Method Development

Hemp Science and Testing >>

  • Opportunities and Hazards of the Hemp CBD Market

Advancements in Cultivation and Extraction Methods and Technologies >>

  • Plant Genetics
  • Cultivation Research
  • Managing Climate

Our virtual conference allows you to participate in a global setting with no travel or cost to you. The event will remain open 6 months from the date of the live event.  The webinars will be available for unlimited on-demand viewing.  This virtual conference also offers increased reach for the global microbiology community with a high degree of interaction through live-streaming video and chat sessions.

Like the 2019 conference, this event will be produced on our robust platform, allowing you to watch, learn and connect seamlessly across all desktop or mobile devices. Equipped with gamification and point system, you can now move around the entire event, earning points for a chance to win one of LabRoots' most popular T-shirts.



Continuing Education
LabRoots is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program. By attending this event, you can earn 1 Continuing Education credit per presentation for a maximum of 20 credits.

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Speakers
  • Jeffrey S. Block, MD

    Founder, Nurturing Nature Group, Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Master Gardener, University of Florida IFAS Ag-Extension Program
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Debra Kimless, MD

    Medical Director, ForwardGro
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Arun Apte

    CEO, CloudLIMS
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jaime Brambilia

    Co-Owner and founder of Grace Health and Wellness, HEED CBD Cannabis Business Owner, Cannabis Advocate/Activist/Educator/Patient, Plant Based Medicine Advocate
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Matthew Brittain, PhD

    Laboratory Director, One Bond Laboratories / Toxicologist, SEA, Ltd.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kenton Crowley, Pharm. D., FAARFM, ABAAHP

    Palliative Patient Care Corp
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Avinash Dalmia, PhD

    Senior Principal Application Scientist, PerkinElmer
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Tom Dermody

    Vice President of Strategic Development, International Hemp Solutions
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Janelle Nobel Donavan

    CEO and Co-Founder of ANSHI
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Adam Floyd

    Commercial Operations Manager for Think20 Laboratories
    BIOGRAPHY
  • James Eaves, PhD

    Professeur titulaire/Full Professor, Département de management/ Department of Management, Faculté des sciences de l'administration / Business School Pavillon Palasis-Prince, Université Laval
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Valérie Fournier PhD

    Professor, Université Laval (Québec, Canada)
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Michael Key

    Founder and CEO, Impello Biosciences
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Caleb King

    Front Range Biosciences, Director of Process Development and Implementation
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jahan Marcu, PhD

    Founding Partner, Marcu & Arora; Chief Scientific Officer, Physicians Research Center Plus
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jiries Meehan-Atrash

    Graduate Researcher; PhD Candidate, Portland State University, Department of Chemistry
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Christine Paszko, PhD, MT (ASCP)

    Sr. Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc.
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ezra Pryor

    Applied Markets Specialist, Heidolph North America, Development Chair at the Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision at the American Chemical Society's Chemical Health and Safety Division
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Josh Smith

    CEO & Chief Scientist, Premium CBD Labs, LLC
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jill Swing

    Founder and President of SC Compassionate Care Alliance
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cyndi Willems-Gibson

    Quality Assurance Manager (QAP), GreenSeal Cannabis Company
    BIOGRAPHY
  • Anna Williams

    Accreditation Supervisor, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
    BIOGRAPHY

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Speakers


  • Jeffrey S. Block, MD

    Jeffrey S. Block, MD

    Founder, Nurturing Nature Group, Professor, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Master Gardener, University of Florida IFAS Ag-Extension Program

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Debra Kimless, MD

    Debra Kimless, MD

    Medical Director, ForwardGro

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Arun Apte

    Arun Apte

    CEO, CloudLIMS

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jaime Brambilia

    Jaime Brambilia

    Co-Owner and founder of Grace Health and Wellness, HEED CBD Cannabis Business Owner, Cannabis Advocate/Activist/Educator/Patient, Plant Based Medicine Advocate

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Matthew Brittain, PhD

    Matthew Brittain, PhD

    Laboratory Director, One Bond Laboratories / Toxicologist, SEA, Ltd.

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Kenton Crowley, Pharm. D., FAARFM, ABAAHP

    Kenton Crowley, Pharm. D., FAARFM, ABAAHP

    Palliative Patient Care Corp

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Avinash Dalmia, PhD

    Avinash Dalmia, PhD

    Senior Principal Application Scientist, PerkinElmer

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Tom Dermody

    Tom Dermody

    Vice President of Strategic Development, International Hemp Solutions

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Janelle Nobel Donavan

    Janelle Nobel Donavan

    CEO and Co-Founder of ANSHI

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Adam Floyd

    Adam Floyd

    Commercial Operations Manager for Think20 Laboratories

    BIOGRAPHY
  • James Eaves, PhD

    James Eaves, PhD

    Professeur titulaire/Full Professor, Département de management/ Department of Management, Faculté des sciences de l'administration / Business School Pavillon Palasis-Prince, Université Laval

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Valérie Fournier PhD

    Valérie Fournier PhD

    Professor, Université Laval (Québec, Canada)

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Michael Key

    Michael Key

    Founder and CEO, Impello Biosciences

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Caleb King

    Caleb King

    Front Range Biosciences, Director of Process Development and Implementation

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jahan Marcu, PhD

    Jahan Marcu, PhD

    Founding Partner, Marcu & Arora; Chief Scientific Officer, Physicians Research Center Plus

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jiries Meehan-Atrash

    Jiries Meehan-Atrash

    Graduate Researcher; PhD Candidate, Portland State University, Department of Chemistry

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Christine Paszko, PhD, MT (ASCP)

    Christine Paszko, PhD, MT (ASCP)

    Sr. Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc.

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Ezra Pryor

    Ezra Pryor

    Applied Markets Specialist, Heidolph North America, Development Chair at the Cannabis Chemistry Subdivision at the American Chemical Society's Chemical Health and Safety Division

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Josh Smith

    Josh Smith

    CEO & Chief Scientist, Premium CBD Labs, LLC

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Jill Swing

    Jill Swing

    Founder and President of SC Compassionate Care Alliance

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Cyndi Willems-Gibson

    Cyndi Willems-Gibson

    Quality Assurance Manager (QAP), GreenSeal Cannabis Company

    BIOGRAPHY
  • Anna Williams

    Anna Williams

    Accreditation Supervisor, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)

    BIOGRAPHY
Posters

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Event Series


Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2025
April 16, 2025 6:00 am Pacific Time

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2025

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2024
April 17, 2024 7:00 am Pacific Time

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2024

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2023
April 20, 2023 6:00 am Pacific Time

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2023

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2022
March 23, 2022 5:30 am Pacific Time

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2022

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021
March 24, 2021 6:00 am Pacific Time

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2021

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2019
March 27, 2019 6:00 am Pacific Time

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2019

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2018
March 28, 2018 6:00 am Pacific Time

Cannabis Sciences Virtual Event Series 2018

Program Committee

To download the Program Committee brochure here.


  • Kent Crowley, Pharm.D., FAARFM, ABAAHP

    Kent Crowley, Pharm.D., is a board-certified Pharm.D. through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy from University of California, San Francisco and completed his residency with Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, CA. He completed his ...

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  • Russ Cersosimo, Jr.

    Russell Cersosimo Jr. is the founder of Pittsburgh-based Miradati Technology, which is currently developing HIPAA-compliant, enterprise software that creates standardized data for medical cannabis research. Integrating both legacy and proprietary technologies, Miradati helps ...

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  • James Eaves

    James Eaves received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis. He is currently a professor at Université Laval, where his research focuses on methods of improving the profitability of growing cannabis indoors at scale. He has worked with a ...

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  • Gia Fazio, PhD

    Gia is currently working as an independent consultant supporting the agricultural biotechnology industry, after leaving in 2017 as the Director of Project Planning with Arcadia Biosciences managing the program portfolio of the company. Prior to that she managed the Analytical ...

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  • Justin Kander

    Justin Kander is the Patient Coordinator for The Oil Plant, a licensed manufacturer of whole-plant cannabis medicines in California. He has been with the company and its associated brand Aunt Zelda's since July 2015. In 2008, he began collecting research and experiences ...

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  • Debra Kimless

    Debra Kimless, M.D. graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Muhlenberg College with a double major in Natural Sciences and Biology. She attended medical school at Rutgers, and residency at Temple University Hospital and is a boarded Anesthesiologist with a subspecialty ...

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  • Catharine Layton

    Catharine is a Scientific Operations, Principal Scientist at Waters Corporation based in Milford, MA. She began her career at a fast paced, biopharmaceutical R&D contract research laboratory where she was responsible for designing analytical methods used for characterization of ...

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  • Allegra Leghissa

    Allegra Leghissa graduated with her PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Texas at Arlington in July 2018, working under the direction of Prof. Kevin A. Schug. She was born and raised in Bologna, Italy. She left Italy in August 2014 after completing an undergraduate ...

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  • Jahan Marcu

    Dr. Jahan Marcu has over 15 years of experience in cannabis research, policy, and operations. He has been a passionate advocate focused on consumer safety and the medical benefits of cannabis. He is also among a select group of professionals globally that has earned a PhD ...

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  • Christine Paszko

    Dr. Paszko is the Sr. Vice President at Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. a LIMS, laboratory automation and informatics firm. She is an innovative, customer-centric leader with strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate well with both technical and sales ...

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