GRCC 2016 Schedule

Grassroots Cannabis Conference 2016 (GRCC2016)
Friday November 18th and Saturday November 19th

Friday, November 18, 2016

9- 9:15 – Welcome

9:15-9:45 –  Key note – TBD

10:00- 12pm –  Local Regulations
Oakland – La Wanda Cox
Berkeley – TBD
Alameda County – TBD
Contra Costa County – TBD
Q & A

12pm – 12:30 – MMRSA
Edie Leman, Attorney

12:30 – 2:00pm – Lunch – Food Trucks

2:00 – 4:00 – CA Regulatory Agencies
Medical Cannabis Cultivation Program (MCCP) – TBD
Office of Medical Cannabis Safety‬ (OMCS) – TBD
Q & A

4:00- 6:00 pm – Prop 64
Chris Conrad, – chrisconrad.com
Mikki Norris – theLeafOnLine
Amanda Reiman – http://www.drugpolicy.org
Lauren Vazquez – FiredupLawyer.com
Q & A

Saturday

9:45- 10:00 – Welcome

10:00 – 11:00 – Fundamentals of Building Your Cannabusiness
Zeta Ceti – Green Rush Consulting – business structure/business plan
– http://www.greenrushconsulting.com
Liana Held – Liana Limited – Bookkeeping/Taxes
– http://lianaltd.com
Debby Goldsberry – Standard Operations Procedures (SOP)
Q & A

11:00 – 12:00 – Developing your Cannabusiness for Marketing
Karen Freese – Marketing Strategies
TBD – Social Media
TBD – Trademarking
Q & A

Noon – Lunch Demonstration
During a lunchtime demonstration, Chris Conrad will demonstrate how to measure your cannabis plant to determine your garden’s square footage. Read more about it.

1:30 – 3:00 – Alternative Business Structure
TBD – Flo-Kana – Building their Brand, Partnering with small craft farmers.
TBD – Worker owned Business’

3:00 – 4:00 – Funding Your Cannabusiness
Ben Larson – co-founder Gateway Incubator – http://www.gtwy.co/#about-section
TBD – Crowd Funding
TBD – Canopy

4:00 – 5:00 – Organizations Working on Cannabis Legislation Community
Don Duncan -Americans for Safe Access – http://www.safeaccessnow.org
Dr. Dale Gieringer – CA National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
– http://www.canorml.org/
TBD – California Growers Association/CGA
TBD – California Delivery Assaociation

5:00 – 6:00 – Organizations Working on Cannabis Community Development
East Bay Medical Cannabis Community Center – Sarah Cross
OakDecc – TBD
Supernova Women – Amber Senter – http://supernovawomen.wordpress.com
Women Grow – Jazmin

6:00 – 9:00 –  Grassroots Cannabis Conference Closing Reception
How did we get here!
Storytelling around the fire pit by local activist:
Jeff Jones
Jim Squatter
Dr. Frank Lucido
Debby Goldsberry
Angel Raich
Karen Byars
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