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SUMMARY:NATIONAL MARIJUANA RETAIL & DISPENSARY EXPO
DESCRIPTION:RAD Expo is a business-only event that is 100% focused on the retail side of the industry. Attendance is free for licensed retail stores and dispensaries\, as well as qualified applicants in states not yet issuing licenses.\nAll exhibitors will have products and services aimed at making retailers more profitable. It’s a national show featuring businesses from all over the U.S. Portland\, Oregon sits squarely in the middle of the biggest legal marijuana market in the world. (60 million consumers in California\, Oregon\, Washington and Alaska.)
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/national-marijuana-retail-dispensary-expo/
LOCATION:Oregon Convention Center 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd\, Portland\, OR 97232
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SUMMARY:4th Annual Cannabis Collaborative Conference
DESCRIPTION:What is the Cannabis Collaborative Conference?\n\nThe annual Cannabis Collaborative Conference is a show dedicated to growing the industry and connecting cannabis professionals.\nCCC 4.0 Focus: \nOur 2018 conference will focus on resources and knowledge to help your business become PROFITABLE in the coming year! \nShow-Floor Areas Dedicated to Businesses Profitability – Energy Pavilion: Tips for saving money\, New Technology\, Cultivation Corner\, Lifestyle\, Retail\, “Canna Help You” and much more.  \nOLCC – “Seed to Sale” training and licensing training \nAll State Outreach – We are inviting key representatives\, lawmakers and businesses from across the USA for education\, networking & collaboration. \n30 Educational Sessions with up-to-date & relevant information. \nInvestor Forum & Investor speed-dating lounge. \nCannabis Connex– Connecting buyers and sellers of retail stores\, properties\, flower\, oil\, hemp etc.  \n\n\n\n\n\nWho else will be there?\n\nThe Cannabis Collaborative Conference attracts entrepreneurs\, investors\, experts\, innovators\, retailers\, producers\, processors\, commercial cultivators\, wholesalers\, manufacturers\, ancillary business supporters and funding specialists from the Pacific Northwest and around the nation.
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/4th-annual-cannabis-collaborative-conference/
LOCATION:Portland Expo Center\, 2060 North Marine Dr.\, Portland\, OR\, 97217\, United States
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SUMMARY:NCIA Seed To Sale Denver
DESCRIPTION:Seed to Sale Show is the only national show focused solely on innovative best practices\, science\, and cutting edge technology surrounding the whole life cycle of the cannabis plant grown\, processed\, and sold in a regulated market.\nThis February 7–8\, more than 3\,000 of the nation’s leading professionals will convene in Denver\, CO\, at the forefront of the cannabis industry’s technological advancement and modernization\, to learn about the latest innovations behind the growing\, extracting\, infusing\, marketing and retailing of cannabis in three highly-focused educational tracks:\nAttendees can explore more than 40\,000 square feet of expo bringing together exhibitors and top industry professionals pioneering innovation and technology in all aspects of the cannabis economy. Shop for all of your business-to-business needs at NCIA events\, known for having the highest concentration of legitimate buyers and sellers when compared to any other industry event\, to make sure you stay successful in a highly competitive market.\nHear from more than 70 thought leaders on forward-thinking\, progressive topics in panel sessions designed to enlighten and inform YOUR business. Want to learn from the experts? They’re all under one roof at Seed to Sale Show.
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/ncia-seed-sale-denver/
LOCATION:Colorado Convention Center\, 700 14th St\, Denver\, CO\, 80202\, United States
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SUMMARY:Emerald Conference San Diego
DESCRIPTION:Join us in San Diego for an exclusive immersion in the latest breakthroughs in cannabis science and technology.\nThe 4th Annual Emerald Conference features top industry speakers sharing fresh research on: \n\nCannabis analytical testing\nRevolutionary extraction techniques\nCustomized cannabis concentrates\nAnd much more!\n\n 
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/emerald-conference-san-diego/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina\, 1441 Quivira Rd\, San Diego\, CA\, 92109\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cannacon Seattle
DESCRIPTION:CannaCon is dedicated to creating and strengthening lifelong partnerships within the emerging cannabis industry. It is our mission to provide a global venue for Cannabis Businesses\, entrepreneurs\, Investors\, and community partners to showcase industry products\, people\, and innovations; to cultivate business values within the cannabis industry through education and responsible community involvement. We serve as the global marketplace for education\, innovative products\, and businesses serving the cannabis industry. Enjoy a 3-day long interactive gathering of like-minded cannabis professionals and peers. Benefit from this immersive experience learning from leading problem-solving professionals\, speaking on the wide range of topics on the latest developments in the industry. Place your hands on the latest cannabis technology and consumer products and learn about the trends influencing today and beyond.\n 
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/cannacon-seattle/
LOCATION:Washington State Convention Center\, 705 Pike St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
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SUMMARY:CHAMPS Las Vegas
DESCRIPTION:Since 1999\, CHAMPS TRADE SHOW has established itself as the premier counterculture business-to-business wholesale trade expo for the smoke shop industry. For 16 years\, CHAMPS has been a global trailblazer as a specialty gift show for contemporary smoking accessories\, hand-blown glass\, clothing\, and everything else for the specialty gift market. \n\nCHAMPS has grown into the world’s largest and most popular convention for the industry bringing hundreds of exhibitors face-to-face with thousands of retail and wholesale buyers from all over the globe four times a year. Shows are in the spring and fall in exciting Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center (February and August); the annual east coast show\, CHAMPS EAST\, held in Atlantic City in May; and CHAMPS Denver\, Colorado\, held in October and/or November. \n\nExhibitors including manufacturers\, distributors\, wholesalers\, glass artists\, inventors\, suppliers and many others come together under one convention center roof to view the massive selection of smoking accessories\, 420 products\, clothing\, hand-blown glass and other specialty gifts. CHAMPS 33rd Las Vegas show\, held in July 2015\, had over 500 exhibitor booths encompassing 180\,000 square feet of floor space and had over 36\,000 new product launches on display. \n\nJeff Hirschfeld and Peter Gage have presented the CHAMPS Trade Show since the first show in 1999. Over the course of a dozen years\, we took great strides in forging successful business relationships with thousands of clients across a broad spectrum – manufacturers\, distributors\, and retail buyers. But it goes beyond doing business: the CHAMPS Trade Show has stood by Gage’s principles of Fairness\, Consistency\, and Quality both in words and in practice\, maintaining the level of honesty and integrity that our friends and associates have come to expect and helping solidify the CHAMPS Trade Show as the PREMIER COUNTERCULTURE B2B WHOLESALE EXPO. We are proud to be constantly getting bigger and better\, and we look forward to seeing you at our next show! \n\nCHAMPS highlights also include the internationally known glassblowing competition\, CHAMPS GLASS GAMES™ (known in the glassblowing industry as a Flame-Off) featuring the talents of the some of the world’s top glass blowers competing in live glass blowing events vying to win over $50\,000 in cash and prizes. CHAMPS GLASS GAMES are directed and inspired by Matty White\, a Eugene Oregon based glass artist at MW Studios\, a well-known and respected winner of other Flame-Off events such as the Degenerate Flame Off.
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/champs-las-vegas/
LOCATION:Las Vegas Convention Center\, 3150 Paradise Rd\, Las Vegas\, NV\, 89109\, United States
CATEGORIES:B2B
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SUMMARY:Cannabis Market Strategies Boston
DESCRIPTION:CBI’s Cannabis Market Strategies New England is an intimate meeting designed for executives and founders of dispensaries in the rapidly growing New England marketplace. This senior-level summit will allow the industry to convene in one place to discuss their biggest challenges in the cannabis industry and devise strategies to overcome them. Hear the leadership of medical and recreational dispensaries discuss their solution purchase requirements\, challenge areas\, growth plans and collaboration and partnerships. This peer-to-peer format and extensive networking opportunities will allow you to make connections\, expand your network and collaborate on future projects. \nKEY INSIGHTS AND TAKEAWAYS:\n\nIdentify strategic dispensary and solution partners\nto build dispensaries and expand operations\nNetwork with the industry and secure\nfuture business partnerships\nGain the tools to secure approval and build a dispensary\nfrom the ground up\nDevise strategies in legislative and community engagement\nBenchmark the tools and techniques being used in the community\nfor construction\, leasing\, compliance\, finance\, tax\, legal\, security\,\nstaffing\, technology\, delivery\, operations and other areas\nGive input and influence on the future direction of the industry\nGain national expertise from dispensaries and growers that\ncan be applied to the New England marketplace\n\n 
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/cannabis-market-strategies-boston/
LOCATION:DoubleTree Suites Boston-Cambridge\, 400 Soldiers Field Road\, Boston\, MA\, 02134\, United States
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SUMMARY:High Times Cannabis Cup Jamaica
DESCRIPTION:A Cannabis Cup pass includes entry to the expo for the duration of the festival along with admission to all seminars\, concerts\, ceremonies and a free shuttle from your hotel to all Cannabis Cup-related activities. You also get a gift bag\, a special Cannabis Cup T-shirt and program guide outlining the schedule of events. Tickets are available for purchase prior to the festival at cannabiscup.com.\nThe core of the Cannabis Cup is the expo\, which is similar in some aspects to a business convention. There are booths showcasing smoking paraphernalia\, cultivation seminars\, food stalls and live music performance—reggae being a popular favorite. If you are lucky\, you might even bump into a famous celebrity weed-smoker like Snoop Dogg\, who has attended the festival in recent years. And festival activities are not limited to the expo. 420-friendly side excursions will be on offer from many hotels and resorts in Negril.
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/high-times-cannabis-cup-jamaica/
LOCATION:Jamaica\, Negril\, Jamaica
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SUMMARY:Infused Products Conference
DESCRIPTION:With the market for edibles\, vape cartridges\, wax\, shatter\, beverages\, tinctures\, capsules\, patches and topicals nearing 50% of dispensary and adult-use sales\, the infused products sector is exploding.\nYet it’s among the least understood and most complex segments of the cannabis industry. To succeed requires expertise in science\, manufacturing and business practices.\nUntil now\, acquiring knowledge in all these areas and keeping current on the latest technologies\, techniques\, regulations and best practices required reviewing multiple periodicals\, attending dozens of conferences and trade shows\, and reading a myriad of reports. But that’s no longer the case.\nNow there’s an educational conference dedicated to the infused products sector.\nWelcome to the Infused Products Conference
URL:https://champssmokeshops.com/event/infused-products-conference/
LOCATION:Los Angeles Convention Center\, 1201 S Figueroa St\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90015\, United States
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