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18 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | SEPTEMBER 4, 2023 HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL Presents THE BUSINESS OF CANNABIS C O N N E C T I C U T C O N F E R E N C E T H E S E C O N D A N N U A L 09 • 21 • 23 AQUA TURF CLUB 8AM -4PM CONFERENCE AGENDA 8:00— 9:00 AM BREAKFAST Sponsored By: Pullman & Comley 9:00 — 9:45 AM KEYNOTE 9:45 — 1 0 : 4 5 A M BUILDING AN INDUSTRY IN CONNECTICUT 10:45 — 11:15 A M BREAK Sponsored By: BPS Lawyers 11:15— 12:15 PM OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES IN CONNECTICUT ADULT USE MARKET 12:15 — 1:00 PM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Topics • Staffing • Recruiting & Training • On-Boarding 1:00 — 1:45PM LUNCH + FIRESIDE CHAT: SETTING UP YOUR CANNABIS BUSINESS Sponsored By: Shipman & Goodwin Keynote Speaker BRYAN T. CAFFERELLI Commissioner Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Moderator OJALA NAEEM, Sr. Director, Experience Design Operations at Travelers Speaker PAUL LAVOIE, Chief Manufacturing Officer State of Connecticut Speaker GINNE-RAE CLAY Executive Director Social Equity Council Speaker MICHELLE BODIAN Partner Vicente LLP Speaker ADAM WOOD CEO, Connecticut Cannabis Chamber of Commerce Speaker BRUCE STEBBINS Commissioner, Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Moderator ANDREW C. GLASSMAN, Chair Cannabis, CBD & Hemp Practice Pullman & Comley LLC Speaker KRISTEN TANGARONE Director Operations Curaleaf Speaker JEANNE SULLIVAN Co-Founder and CEO Arcview Collective Fund Speaker BEN ZACHS COO Fine Fettle Moderator KELLI-MARIE VALLIERES Chief Workforce Officer CT Office of Workforce Strategy State of Connecticut Speaker TIANA VICTORIA HERCULES Founder & CEO Lady Jane LLC Moderator THOMAS CURTIN Publisher Hartford Business Journal Speaker ROBERT LICKWAR Tax Managing Director UHY Advisors Speaker JEFF KOOPMEINERS VP, Human Resources Green Thumb Industries • A Review of New and Existing Laws in Connecticut • How does Connecticut foster innovation and competition with neighboring States • DCP and its relationship with Operators Topics • Supply and Demand • Product Testing • Product Development and Marketing • Supply Chain issues • Access to Capital Topics • Understanding IRS Rule 280E • C-Corp or LLC?