CBD and The Future of Cannabis

CBD (cannabidiol) -- a legal cannabis and hemp-based product -- is coming to a store near you. Are you ready to compete, or will your customers go elsewhere? Not since energy drinks and e-cigarettes have c-store operators seen such demand in a category.

Join us at our newest education forum – CBD and The Future of Cannabis – to be held April 9-11, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. We are inviting leaders in the convenience industry to this unique education event.

It is designed exclusively to help you sort through the legalities, the facts, and the opportunities. Speakers include experts in the hemp industry; legal representatives who can explain the impact of the Farm Bill, anticipated regulations, compliance and other legal issues; and resources you can turn to for ongoing help.

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Agenda

Tuesday, April 9
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Welcome and Introductions Melissa Vonder Haar
2:45pm - 3:30pm	Hemp-derived CBD overview Colleen Keahey Lanier, Executive Director, Hemp Industry Association The Farm Bill 2018 and how it has opened opportunities for CBD products and how we need to educate consumers
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Networking Break
4:00pm - 4:45pm	Adult Consumer Attitudes and Usage Don Burke, Senior Vice President, Management Science Associates Inc. (MSA) A look at 60+ markets and behaviors of adult consumers over 3 years, illustrating trends in all trade channels and how attitudes may have changed on consumer’s use of CBD and Cannabis.
4:45pm - 5:30pm	The C-Store Consumer and CBD Donna Hood Crecca, Principal, Technomic A just-completed survey looks at the convenience-store consumer and their knowledge of CBD and hemp, usage, product categories, purchase locations, and more.
5:30pm - 8:00pm	Networking Reception & Dinner
Wednesday, April 10
7:30am - 8:30am	Breakfast
8:30am - 9:30am	Start with a plan, not a product Bob Hoban, President and CEO, Hoban Law Group
9:30am - 10:15am	CBD in the News? Kristen Nichols, Editor, Hemp Industry Daily Economic, agronomic overview of hemp and what’s in the news since the Farm Bill passed.
10:15am - 10:45am	Gold Sponsor Presentations
10:45am - 11:15am	Networking Break
11:15am - 12:00pm	Preparing to sell CBD in your stores Alan Lewis, Strategist, Natural Grocers What a retailer needs to know before buying products to sell.
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Networking Lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Dispensary Tour
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Reconvene
3:00pm - 3:45pm	Navigating the CBD Maze Anna Symonds, CBD Educator & Advocate What inquiring consumers want to know and how you become an educator.
3:45pm - 4:30pm	CBD in Health & Wellness, Nutrition - A Fireside Chat Moderator: Melissa Vonder Haar Panelists – Carla Boyd, Melanie Rose Rodgers, Mike Luce
4:30pm - 5:00pm	Sponsor Panel Moderator: Amanda Buehner, Executive Vice President, Convenience Media and Events Panelists: Floyd’s of Leadville, Reliva CBD, Kretek, Max Distributing, S2S Partners, Aceso
5:30pm - 6:30pm	Casual Networking Gathering
Thursday, April 11
7:30am - 8:15am	Breakfast
8:15am - 9:30am	Retailer Panel with Melissa and Brett Dworski Bill Ripley, Stop-N-Go of Madison & Leo Vercollone, VERC Enterprises
9:30am - 10:15am	Open Discussion
10:15am - 11:15am	Cowen’s Collective Views on CBD Vivien Azer, managing director and senior research analyst, Cowen & Co. Top down and bottoms up analysis of the $16 billion CBD opportunity by 2025, including both consumer and category level analysis, complemented by a discussion of other CBD opportunities across retail, apparel and health care.
11:00am - 11:30am	Wrap Up – Final thoughts