Schedule
ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME
WEDNESDAY APRIL 17th
All sessions are in the Wolf Law Wittemyer Courtroom
Coffee and pizza will be provided in Boettcher Hall off the lobby
11:00-11:15am: Welcome and Introductions
11:15am-12:15pm Opening Plenary: Wanda James
CU REGENT • FOUNDER & CEO, SIMPLY PURE DENVER DISPENSARY
12:30-1:45pm Panel #1 Cannabis: Past, Present, and Future
MODERATOR: Lauren Mundell, Hi-Curious Founder
PANELISTS:
Sarah Woodson, Founder and Executive Director of the Color of Cannabis
Susan Squibb, Cannabis Maven, Founder of Mother's High Tea, Cannabist Journalist
Jake Mitchell, Colorado’s Cannabis Resource Optimization Program, Senior Sustainability Program Manager at Resource Innovations, and former Owner of Sustainabis
Ernest Toney, Founder and CEO BIPOCann
2:00-3:15pm Panel #2 Psychedelics: Past, Present, and Future
MODERATOR: Reilly Capps, Editorial Director of Healing Maps
PANELISTS:
Dr. Travis Cox, Associate Professor in the Masters in Ecopsychology and Bachelors of Environmental Studies at Naropa University
Dr. Scott Thompson, Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Director for Novel Therapeutics, Brain and Behavior Innovation Center; Laboratory of Translation Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine at Anschutz
Dr. Loriliai Biernacki, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
Dr. Marty Otañez, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
3:30-4:45pm Activism Workshop
Brigitte Mars, Professor in Herbal Medicine at Naropa University
Ramzy Abueita, Owner of Myco Cafe in Boulder
Evan Segura, Director of The Mycoalition in Denver
5:00-6:30pm Closing Plenary: Stephanie Shepard
DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY, LAST PRISONER PROJECT