The Midwestern USA will get an academic viewpoint of the topic at the second annual Southern Illinois Hemp/Cannabis Symposium, held March 26 from 8 am to 1 pm. Attendees may join in person or join in virtually, from anywhere, or in person at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Center auditorium and international lounge.
The symposium offers useful information for people with an interest or history in the cannabis industry and recreation and medical use of cannabis. Knowledgeable speakers will discuss their research, and exhibitors will display modern production technologies in cannabis, in addition to consumer products.
Participants who register for in-person attendance by Tuesday, March 15, will pay $85, with continental breakfast and lunch. After that, tickets cost $95 for the public and students pay $20 to participate in person. Virtual attendees will pay $50 for live streaming access to presentations, which doesn’t include exhibitor access.
Speakers include
- Keynote: Marsha Rosner, Charles B. Huggins Professor, University of Chicago Cancer Center, will discuss cannabidiol (CBD) and its potential use against COVID-19.
- Regulatory and legislative landscape in the cannabis industry, by Mark Peysakovitch, senior advisor at Cannabis Business Association of Illinois and senior policy advisor and partner at MBM Advantage LLC.
- Lessons learned from cannabis work around the world, by Lezli Engelking, founder and president of the Foundation of Cannabis Unified Standards (FOCUS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting public health, consumer safety and safeguarding the environment in the cannabis industry.
- Societal status of delta-8 THC in the modern day world, by John Murray, president of Sustainable Innovations Inc.
- Truth in labeling CBD products, by Mary Kinsel, director of Mass Spectrometry Facility at SIU, based on her product testing research.
- Research of cannabis in medicine and treatment of cancer, by Buck Hales, professor and chair, Department of Biomedical Science, SIU School of Medicine.
SIU’s Cannabis Science Center, whose mission includes formally establishing a collaborative network for cannabis research, is sponsoring this event.
Vendor/exhibitors’ spaces at the Carbondale campus are $100 each.
For more information and registration, visit the Southern Illinois Hemp/Cannabis Symposium website or contact Rebecca Dycus at rdycus@siu.edu.