Beach Cleanup Activity

Just steps from the Loews Coronado Bay Resort, you’ll connect with San Diego’s world-famous coastline and spend a few hours enjoying the ocean air alongside your cannabis science colleagues during the Silver Strand Beach Cleanup Event in partnership with I Love a Clean San Diego – Adopt A Beach Program.  Interested? Sign up during online registration.

Exhibitor Move-In

Location: Pavilion

Registration Open

Location: Commodore Foyer

Welcome Networking Reception

Location: Bay & Commodore Terrace

Registration Open

Location: Commodore Foyer

Networking Breakfast

Location: Marina Terrace

Emerald Conference Welcome

Speakers:

• Pam Moore, Chief Content Strategy Officer
• Dr. Chris Hudalla, President & Chief Scientific Officer, ProVerde Laboratories, Inc.

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Keynote – Understanding the Phytochemical Diversity in Cannabis sativa to Support Industry Growth

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Dr. Daniela Vergara, President & Founder, Agricultural Genomics Foundation

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Key Panel – The Current State of Cannabis Research in the U.S. and the Implications of New Reform

Click here for full abstract

Speakers:

• Wes Burk, President & CEO, Emerald Scientific
• Jeff Keller, PhD, Owner, Rapid Analytics LLC
• AC Braddock, CEO, Eden Labs
• Dr. Matthew Indest, Technical Director of Agronomy and Plant Improvement, Curaleaf

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Exhibit Floor Open

Location: Pavilion

Morning Networking Break

Location: Pavilion

Characterization of delta-8 THC Distillates using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Emily R. Britton, PhD, Principal Marketing Manager for Food & Natural Products, Waters Corp.

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Harnessing the Cannabis sativa plant’s ability to recruit microbes in search of a developmentally specific rhizosphere microbiome

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Michael J. DiLegge, MSc, Director of Microbiology, Impello Biosciences, Inc.

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Networking Lunch (Exhibit Floor closed during this time)

Location: Marina Terrace

A Framework for Scientifically Deriving Safety Limits for Inhalable Cannabis Concentrates

Click here for full session abstract

Speakers: Shawna Vreeke, PhD, Head of Research, True Terpenes & Echoleah Rufer, PhD, Director of Health Sciences, PAX

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Afternoon Networking Break

Location: Pavilion

Poster Presentations

Check out the 2023 poster presenters.

Location: Pavilion

Spread and impact of Hop Latent Viroid on cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) growth and quality

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Dr. Zamir K. Punja, Professor, Simon Fraser University

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Evening Networking Reception

Location: Pavilion

Registration Open

Location: Commodore Foyer

Networking Breakfast

Location: Marina Terrace

Chemical Synthesis of Minor Cannabinoids

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Matthew Roberts, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Nalu Bio

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Cannabis use in autism spectrum disorders

Click here for full abstract

Speaker: Dr. Bonni Goldstein, MD, Founder & Medical Director, Canna-Centers Wellness & Education

Location: Commodore Ballroom A-B

Forced Degradation Studies – An under utilized but powerful tool

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Harpreet Kaur, PhD, Founder, Rudra Solutions Inc.

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Analysis of Psilocybin and Psilocin in Mushrooms and Mushroom Products by Portable Liquid Chromatography: Insights and Progress

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Dylan Wilks, Chief Technology Officer, Orange Photonics, Inc.

Location: Commodore Ballroom A-B

Exhibit Floor Open

Location: Pavilion

Morning Networking Break

Location: Pavilion

Purification of cannabis extracts using CapturaTM ‘nanosponge’ adsorbents: from kilo to micro, batch to high throughput, and selective elution

Click here for full abstract

Speaker: Dr. Ian Atkinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Grow Group PLC

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

Paradigm shift in cannabis drug discovery: From Deductive to Inductive R&D

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Dr. Shimon Lecht, Chief Innovation Officer, Day Three Labs

Location: Commodore Ballroom A-B

Simulations of Test Reduction Using Pooled Heavy Metals Analysis in Cannabis

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Dr. Markus Roggen, President & Chief Science Officer, Delic Labs

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E

The Effect of Macronutrient Manipulation During Flowering on Cannabis Sativa Yield and Potency

Click here for full session abstract

Speaker: Rachel Edwards, MSc, Research and Development Manager, Statehouse Holdings

Location: Commodore Ballroom A-B

Networking Lunch (Exhibit Floor closed during this time)

Location: Marina Terrace

Interactive Session – The Impacts of Genetic Engineering and Other Technology on Manufacturing and Consumption of Medicinal Products

Click here for full abstract

Speakers:

• Kellan Finney, Chief Scientific Officer, Eighth Revolution
• Alisha Holloway, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Phylos
• Brett McMillen, Cannabis and Hemp Division Manager, Perry Johnson Companies
• Dr. Jason Poulos, Director CBx, Lygos
• Dr. John Abrams, Chairman & CSO, The CESC

Location: Commodore Ballroom A-B

Closing Session – Advancing the degree of laboratory competence

Click here for full abstract

Speaker: Dr. Susan Audino, Principal, S. Audino & Associates, LLC

Location: Commodore Ballroom C-E