Hemp Professionals Meet-up

Thursday February 10, 2020

6:30PM

https://www.meetup.com/newyork-cannabis-meetup-group/events/283443490/

Hi Cannabis Professionals, welcome to our meetup!

Welcome to the NY Cannabis Professionals Meetup Group. We are a group of Cannabis professionals with extensive experience in the regulated industry. We welcome those who are ready to learn and educate on Cannabis.

We intend to Cultivate an Informed Network of Cannabis industry members in New York State.

We are excited to have today, Dr. Daniela Vergara, Emerging Crops Specialist from Cornell University’s Cooperative Extension.

Dr. Daniela Vergara is an evolutionary biologist, data analyst, educator, scientific writer, and public speaker. In addition to her multiple peer-reviewed publications, she founded and directs a non-profit organization, the Agricultural Genomics Foundation (AGF; AgriculturalGenomics.org). AGF aims to make hemp and cannabinoid science available to a broad public. Vergara has been part of e scientific teams at private companies including Steep Hill, Inc. who are a global leader in agricultural testing, and the biotech company Front Range Biosciences.

Dr. Vergara conducted her research in Cannabis genomics at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where she still co-teaches a Cannabis biology course. Dr. Vergara’s scientific publications include the comparison of the cannabinoids by the federally produced Cannabis to that produced by the private market. These results were featured in news platforms such as The Atlantic, Science, and FiveThirtyEight. Recently, she published a comparison between the genome of these federally produced varieties to the genome of the varieties found in the private markets.

To know more about Daniela please contact her in linkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/verdaniela/; Twitter and Instagram: @CannaBacana or at her website www.VergaraScience.com

Schedule:
6.30 -6.45 – Arrival
6.45-6.50 – announcements, introducing speaker
6.50-7.20pm – Daniela presentation
7.20-7.30 – Q&A
7.30-7.40 – Individual Introductions
7.40-8.30pm – Networking

The mission of the New York State Cannabis Professionals Meetup is to connect educators, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, medical consumers, caregivers, growers, producers, and all members of the Cannabis industry in New York State. We hope to build strong networks that will help us construct a solid, welcoming, and kind industry. We celebrate diversity, and promote safety, and as such we have established three golden rules (below) that we hope everyone abides to. We intend to spread education and our experiences in this blossoming and exciting Cannabis industry, including all forms of Cannabis such as hemp for industrial purposes, and medical marijuana.

This meetup is free and open to the public, so feel free to bring anyone you think will