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MJBizCon 2021 The cannabis industry’s most celebrated in-person event made a triumphant return to Las Vegas in October, 2021. The last live MJBizCon was held in December of 2019. The event took place virtually in 2020 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The tenth annual event featured speakers such as Chris Day of the Global Cannabis Network Collective, Tahir Johnson with the Marijuana Policy Project, Corinne Wilder from Fluence by OSRAM, and Amber Littlejohn from the Minority Cannabis Business Association. Celebrity guests like Redman, Jason Gann, and Josh Kesselman signed autographs with the Cannabis & Tech Today crew. Ample afterparties and postshow networking events added an extra element to the much anticipated event.
CWCBExpo New York Cannabis & Tech Today Editor-in-Chief Charles Warner attended this business-to-business trade show along with the National Cannabis Party and renowned MC Redman. The event welcomed visitors from all over the globe to New York, one of the nation’s largest business, financial, and media markets. CWCBExpo offers educational and networking opportunities for dispensary owners, growers, suppliers, investors, medical professionals, government regulators, and entrepreneurs entering the industry. The three-day expo took place from Nov. 4-6 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
2021 NACB Social Equity Conference This virtual event took place in Hyperfair, the Emerge Virtual Cannabis Conference platform that allows attendees to engage as avatars in a three-dimensional world. The National Association of Cannabis Businesses is fiercely focused on creating a more equitable cannabis industry. This conference, titled “Race Forward: The Future of Social Equity” emphasized the persistent impact of the war on drugs on communities of color and focused on the enduring harm caused by cannabis incarceration. Sessions included discussions such as: Ending the War on Drugs; the Aftermath of Incarceration; the Journey of Social Equity Licensees; and Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Cannabis Workplace. 16
Cannabis & Tech Today // Winter 2021
