ASTM Conference on Overcoming Barriers to Entry in Cannabis Industries: Views from Around the World
Date: TBD
Event Location: Virtually
Organized by: ASTM Committee D37 on Cannabis
About the Event
ASTM International Committee D37 on Cannabis plans to hold the ASTM Conference on Overcoming Barriers to Entry in Cannabis Industries: Views from Around the World virtually in March 2025. We are in the process of finalizing the details for this event and will post any updated information on this webpage as it becomes available.
Objective and Scope
The global cannabis (and all its end uses, including industrial hemp) industries are diverse, represented by several stakeholder groups, many of whom have been historically marginalized and prevented from participating, even in their own market.
ASTM International Technical Committee D37 on Cannabis recognizes these inequities and wants to provide a forum to listen and learn from more diverse representatives of these global industries.
The goal of this two-day conference is to build a bridge between traditional knowledge, science, and commercialization of the many uses of the Cannabis sativa L. plant, its parts, and associated products so that underrepresented groups have an equal opportunity to succeed in the international cannabis marketplace.
Tentative Conference Schedule
Day 1
1. Listen to legacy, indigenous, women and other underrepresented groups that have been marginalized and disenfranchised from the international cannabis (and all its end uses, including industrial hemp) market.
2. Learn from those impacted by prohibition. Learn from these mistakes so we can avoid making them in the future.
3. Reflect upon the shared stories and challenges to better understand how to empower groups to overcome barriers to entry.
Day 2
1. Identifying specific barriers to entry impacting legacy, indigenous, women and other underrepresented groups from accessing the international cannabis (and all its end uses, including industrial hemp) market.
2. Embracing philosophies for overcoming barriers to entry.
3. Learning about actions that can be taken to overcome barriers to entry.
4. Uncovering tools that are available to assist with overcoming barriers to entry and ones that are needed.
Technical Chair Contact Information
For more information reach out to the planning team technical contacts: Amy King kpservicesunlimited@yahoo.com or Darwin Millard darwin@thespockofcannabis.com.