A Semi-Automated Approach to Concentrates
With a majority of cannabis companies focusing on automation for higher volume and lower cost of goods sold, concentrate packaging remains one of the last frontiers in cannabis automation. Historically, producing a high quality concentrate requires hours of labor to extract, wash, sift and/or press and then to package by hand on a scale. A…
How to buy safe lab supply
With Benzene, Crashing and Medusa Stones causing significant losses and product liability for extractors around the country, Lexis Shontz will share with you best practices and standards based on his work with chemical engineers, testing labs and government agencies to ensure toxic impurities don’t compromise your business.
Refining the Extraction Process with On-site Testing
In the rapidly evolving world of cannabis extraction, there exists a wide spectrum of philosophies on ideal methods and best practices. Without access to accurate and affordable analytical tools, extraction specialists had limited opportunity to make data-driven conclusions real-time. Process-tracking practices with on-site analytical technology can provide invaluable data to cannabis extractors, helping them optimize…
Trends & Tools: Using the Right Equipment to Make Market-Hot Extracts & Concentrates
Extracts and concentrates have become dominant segments of the cannabis market. Available in a wide variety of formats, extracts and concentrates offer companies the ability to create unique formulations that appeal to a wide range of consumers – from connoisseurs to the cannacurious. But creating high-quality extracts and concentrates requires the right cannabis processing and…
Profiting from Solventless: Tips and Tricks for Success
This professional insight-filled seminar will teach attendees how some of the most successful processing businesses leverage solventless SKUs to add profits to their bottom lines and boost their brand presence among the influencers that care the most. Presented by Josh Rutherford, CEO of Kush Masters, an award winning processing lab in Boulder Colorado, among other…
Industry Essentials for Finished Product Processing & Development
The cannabis & hemp industries are changing. As legalization expands & the preferences of medicinal & recreational consumers evolves, it is essential that processors not only understand what products the market demands & what tools are necessary to produce them; they must also invest in technologies that will accomplish those goals efficiently, cost-effectively & with rock-solid…
The Secrets of Solventless Extraction
The Secrets of Solventless Extraction: A Seminar on How to Leverage Premium Rosins and Hashes for Your Business. This seminar will focus on teaching attendees the ins and outs of the premium infused products and concentrates space, specifically on solventless products, which command the highest price points of all concentrates across the board. In delivering…
Educating the Industry: Bridging the Gap to Professional Cannabis
The cannabis industry has always struggled with the image of lack of professionalism. What has always been missing from the industry to give to the professional legitimacy it deserves? The answer is Education! For too long there has not been higher education to back the industry. In this presentation Dustin will discuss the new programs…
Extraction: A Product and Process Design Guide
Extraction is a dynamic, fast growing sub-industry of cannabis and hemp. Legalization is opening medicinal and recreational use to a huge variety of different products humans, and even their pets, may enjoy. That being said, it is easy to get lost in the steps. Max will help attendees gain a better understanding of the extraction…
Pesticides and Heavy Metal Testing
The panel moderator will ask questions from the panelists to learn more about the state of cannabis analysis in Washington. Recently it was told to the labs by the WSLCB (WA’s regulatory agency) that mandatory pesticide screening for all cannabis products can be expected within the year. Since July of 2018, the Laboratory Guild has been…
The Future is Strain-Specific: What Lossless Activation Means for the Cannabis Industry
Lossless activation is one of the hottest emerging trends in the cannabis industry and for good reason. Through this technology we can begin to capture the specific medical benefits of each distinct cannabis strain into non-smoked forms.
Designing Cannabis with Science-Driven Technology
This talk will discuss how the technology developed in industrial biotechnology has been adapted to recreate Cannabis flavors, aromas and effects through biomimicry.
Getting the Most Money for Your Extracts: Refining and Purifying Your Final Products.
Learn how to make the most of your extract and command top dollar for your product. Find out what people are doing to clean up their extracts. From old school methods to modern technology, find out what you can do to make any product imaginable.
Security, Safety & Regulatory Compliance In Marijuana Production & Processing
Whether it’s an amateur growing facility or an expansive industrial site, producing and processing marijuana is inherently hazardous. With high volume indoor growing on the rise, safety is a key concern. CO2 enrichment systems, high-density lighting, pesticides and fertilizers, and the use of chemical solvents such as butane, hexane and others, present fire and poison…