The Summit agenda can be found below, providing you with an overview of how the 2-day schedule will unfold. *The agenda below is subject to minor changes without notice.
TIME
SCHEDULE
UPDATED SEPT. 7th
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Sept.14
1:20 pm PST
2:20 pm MST
3:20 pm CST
4:20 pm EST
5:20 pm AST
Cannabis COCKTAIL CLASS
Summit opening virtual Cannabis Cocktail Class
With Andrew Freedman the Cannabis Sommelier
LIMITED TO 25 GUESTS ORDER YOUR KIT NOW
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Join us for a fun Virtual
Cannabis twist Cocktail Class
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DAY 1 SEPT. 14th
2:20 pm PST
3:20 pm MST
4:20 pm CST
5:20 pm EST
6:20 pm AST
THE ROLL CALL
Summit opening virtual Networking event
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It's 420! Jeff Ord hosts
The Roll Call events are a great way to break the ice and meet industry professionals in a virtual world. Listen, share, collaborate like never before in this new virtual networking experience.
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DAY 2 SEPT. 15th
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Sept.15
6:35 am PST
7:35 am MST
8:35 am CST
9:35 am EST
10:35 am AST
KEYSTONE LABS
Welcome Remarks:
Stephanie Ostrander, Summit Organizing Committee Member
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6:45 am PST
7:45 am MST
8:45 am CST
9:45 am EST
10:45 am AST
C45 ASSOCIATION
President’s Address:
Bethan Rider, Interim President of the C45 Association
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7:00 am PST
8:00 am MST
9:00 am CST
10:00 am EST
11:00 am AST
FIRESIDE WITH
HEALTH CANADA
Topic: Fireside Chat with Health Canada
Health Canada speaker: France Beaudet, Dana Bruce, and Andrew Waye
Facilitator: Bethan Rider, Interim President of the C45 Association
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8:10 am PST
9:10 am MST
10:10 am CST
11:10 am EST
12:10 pm AST
THE INNOVATION CYCLE & QUALITY MANAGEMENT
How do we learn from the innovation cycle and plan for organizational success? How do we maximize the return on innovation? How do we
coordinate and control activities? Are there technological tools we can use to monitor progress and measure outcomes?
Marlene Line, Hosts
Av Singh - Flemming & Singh
Chadwick Anderson - RPC
Ashley Chiu - EY
Vinodha Chetty - Tantalus
Chris Bud - Isolocity
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7:50 am PST
8:50 am MST
9:50 am CST
10:50 am EST
11:50 pm AST
Perkin Elmer
With Innovative Thinking, We Are Changing Things For The Better
ISOLOCITY
Automate GMP & ISO compliance and get significant time savings.
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9:10 am PST
10:10 am MST
11:10 am CST
12:10 pm EST
1:10 pm AST
LIGHT EmiTting Computers
Leaders in Plant Whisperer® technology and innovation. Empower Growers. Unlock Plant Potential.
SHYIELD
Disinfectants for Cannabis Facilities
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9:30 am PST
10:30 am MST
11:30 am CST
12:30 pm EST
1:30 pm AST
INNOVATION & THE FUTURE OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS
Innovation transformation, Turning good ideas into rock-solid
business. What are the trends of innovation? What has gone well,
what has not gone as expected?
Patrick Steffes, Hosts
Phil Kwong - 3-Carbon
Priyanka Mehra - Indiva
Ivy Zmuda - Tantalus
Jill Provencal - Topicals Expert
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10:40 am PST
11:40 am MST
12:40 pm CST
1:40 pm EST
2:40 pm AST
A&L Cannabis Labs
We are an innovative, research-driven technology company focused on sustainable development.
SIGMA
Sigma Analytical Services is a leading provider of testing, research, product development, and consulting services in cannabis and hemp science.
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11:00 am PST
12:00 pm MST
1:00 pm CST
2:00 pm EST
3:00 pm AST
NEW PRODUCTS
New Challenges
With new ideas come unforeseen opportunities for improvement. How have you successfully managed to navigate new products in your organization?
Ryan Roch, Hosts
Christine Ladewig - Anandia
Justine Hicknell - CannaFarms
Stephane Dupervil - Heritage Cannabis
Greg Rusnak - Dynaleo
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12:20 pm PST
1:20 pm MST
2:20 pm CST
3:20 pm EST
4:20 pm AST
A&L CANNABIS LABS
Soil 2 OIL
Haifeng Song, PhD chemist & Lab director
Daryl Patterson, Technical Customer support
Brian Coutts, Biz Dev Manager
Social - @alcannabislabs
12:40 pm PST
1:40 pm MST
2:40 pm CST
3:40 pm EST
4:40 pm AST
HOW-TO
To access the rooms please follow these instructions:
1. Login to the summit.
2. At the bottom of the screen you weel see a networking rooms tab click it.
3. Click the room you wish to enter.
VIRTUAL NETWORKING
ROOMS
Round table discussion with Experts
Please only stay in each room for a maximum of 15 mins.
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ROOM LISTS
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A&L Cannabis Labs with Brian Coutts
THC Testing – What you need to know
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Shyield with Troy Henderson
Sanitation Simplified: Healthy Crops and Happy Staff
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RPC - Can we judge a bud by its label? Are there pitfalls to adopting analytical methods for cannabis that were not originally designed for cannabis matrices?
Diane Botelho, Chief Science Officer
Bruce Phillips, Director of Organic Analytical Services
Karen Broad -Organic Chemist with specialization in pesticides
Andrien Rackov - Research Scientist
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Isolocity with Chris Budd
Transitioning to an electronic quality system; what needs and considerations must be addressed in order to maintain compliance.
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Keystone Labs with Stephanie Ostrander
Using testing data to inform product development, improve process and create crop consistency.
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Elevated Signals
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BOAZ with Bethan Rider
Creating robust CAPAs
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Perkin Elmer with Tom Hey and Erasmus Cudjoe
The Absolute Solution to Cannabis Testing
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Sigma with Kaveh Kahen
Overcoming QC Challenges in Testing Cannabis 2.0
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Brevitas with Anil Peer, Helen Ho, and George Keresztesi
For Commissioning, Qualification, Process Validation & Cleaning Validation – EU GMP Readiness
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2:15 pm PST
3:15 pm MST
4:15 pm CST
5:15 pm EST
6:15 pm AST
C45 Summit
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Summary of the day, what's next, closing comments
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Join us for DAY 3
Sept.16
8:00 am PST
9:00 am MST
10:00 am CST
11:00 am EST
12:00 pm AST
STEPHANIE OSTRANDER
&
HUBERT MarCeAU
A Virtual Tour! This tour will be avaiable in French on our social feeds and website later this week.
DAY 3 SEPT. 16th
8:18 am PST
9:18 am MST
10:18 am CST
11:18 am EST
12:18 pm AST
LABSTAT
A Centre For Analytical Excellence
BREVITAS
Your Quality & Compliance Partners – EU GMP Readiness, Quality Management Systems, Operational Excellence, Commissioning, Qualification & Validation, Computer System Validation & Data Integrity
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8:50 am PST
9:50 am MST
10:50 am CST
11:50 am EST
12:50 pm AST
KARINA Lahnakoski
Quality Assurance & Operational Risk
Results from QA Roundtables discussing operational risk
CCI Deloitte
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9:50 am PST
10:50 am MST
11:50 am CST
12:50 pm EST
1:50 pm AST
Current Trends in Laboratory Data Establishing Best Practices
As our industry evolves and develops, there is a constant push for labs to keep up to date with client requests and regulatory requirements from the federal government. What trends are you currently seeing, and what strategies have you employed to be successful?
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Ernesto Sanchez hosts
Emily Kirkham - National Laboratory Services
Bryan Shaw - CARO
Hubert Marceau - Phytochemia
Brigitte Simons - Craft-Labs
Erin Miller - Anandia
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9:30 am PST
10:30 am MST
11:30 am CST
12:30 pm EST
1:30 pm AST
Elevated Signals + Tantalus Labs
Learn how Elevated Signals manufacturing execution software (MES) helps Tantalus Labs reduce siloed information across their quality control and operations departments to run an industry-leading (and scalable) quality assurance program.
CALA
CALA invites you to explore the advantages of laboratory accreditation for cannabis testing.
10:40 pm PST
11:40 pm MST
12:40 pm CST
1:40 pm EST
2:40 pm AST
A&L CANNABIS LABS
Soil 2 OIL
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Daryl Patterson, Technical Customer support
Brian Coutts, Biz Dev Manager
Social - @alcannabislabs
11:00 am PST
12:00 pm MST
1:00 pm CST
2:00 pm EST
3:00 pm AST
FIRST ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
First Annual General Meeting of the C45 Association
Specific agenda being managed by C45 executive:
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formal meeting proceedings as required for non-profit organizations
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adopt the bylaws
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election of new executive
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12:15 pm PST
1:15 pm MST
2:15 pm CST
3:15 pm EST
4:15 pm AST
THE END
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Gratitude for joining the virtual Summit.
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From the team at Hempfest Canada,
we would like to thank you for your support as we shifted into the virtual world in 2020.
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We hope to see you all in person in 2021!
Till then stay classy Cannabis industry.
12:00 pm PST
1:00 pm MST
2:00 am CST
3:00 pm EST
4:00 pm AST
TOUR PARKLAND FLOWER
Kieley Beaudry gives the summit a virtual tour of the newly licenced Parkland Flower
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