Why This Topic Matters

Cannabis is a multi-billion-dollar industry operating under constraints no other sector faces — federal illegality, 280E taxation, state-by-state licensing, and rapidly shifting regulations. Business and industry speakers bring hard-won operational wisdom from building companies in this uniquely challenging environment.

These speakers have launched dispensaries, scaled multi-state operations, survived price compression, and navigated the complexities of cannabis retail, manufacturing, and distribution. They share real numbers, real failures, and real strategies — not theoretical frameworks borrowed from other industries.

Whether your audience is first-time applicants, seasoned operators looking to optimize, or investors evaluating the market, business and industry speakers deliver the operational intelligence that drives better decisions.

Sample Talk Titles

• Scaling Cannabis Operations: From Single Store to Multi-State
• Retail Optimization: Dispensary Layout, Staffing, and Conversion
• Cannabis Supply Chain: Seed to Shelf Logistics
• M&A Trends: Who's Buying, Who's Selling, and Why
• Brand Building in a Regulated Market
• Surviving Price Compression: Margin Strategies That Work
• Lessons from Failure: What Went Wrong and What I'd Do Differently
• The Craft Cannabis Opportunity: Competing Against MSOs