EXPO BOGOTÁ CANNABISIII Congress of Therapeutic and Industrial

Cannabis

www.expobogotacannabis.com

Provide a forum to discuss topicsregarding the benefits of cannabis in themedicinal field.

Create a space for collaborationbetween producers, suppliers,researchers and academics Build a network around MedicinalCannabis in Colombia andinternationally.

Build a network around MedicinalCannabis in Colombia andinternationally.

Our objectives

Why Colombia ?

The panorama of Medicinal Cannabis in Colombiais very favorable. Since the International Board forthe Control of Narcotic Drugs granted Colombia

44% of the world production for medicinalpurposes.

Why Bogotá?

Main economic center of Colombia. 

It is the contry´s trade center due to its largepopulation of more than 8 millon inhabitants.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, Bogota's GDP was $37.2 billion pesos (DANE)

Advantages of growing medicinalcannabis in Colombia

Geographical position 

Very high rainfall has established reservoirs in deep wells, which serve toirrigate crops without using water from the aqueduct. In terms of trade, the geographical location of Colombia serves as a point ofconnection between the countries of the north and south of the hemisphere.

It works as the gateway to South America, with ports serving the rest of theAmericas, Europe and the countries in the Pacific basin.

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ObjectivesBusiness Day

Networking

Bussines to Bussines Current Legislation andRegulations in Colombia

Companies with acultivation license

Security in internalpolicies for foreigninvestment

Type of Participants:

Strategic alliances in themedicinal cannabis business

in Colombia:

Sativa DistribucionesRevista Cáñamo

Physicians specialized inneurology and oncology.

Companies licensed.

University students who arefocusing their degree projects onmedicinal and/or industrialcannabis. Hospitals Pharmaceutical companies. Laboratories

Location Expo BogotaCannabis 2018

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This year the Third Congress of Therapeutic andIndustrial Cannabis. will take place in the Campusof the Ecci University (Auto Pista Norte with Calle170). Many advantages were found to carry out the

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- Easy Access (Autopista Norte or Calle 170).

- Green areas of more than 3,000 m².

- Coliseum for more than 4 thousand people

Expo Bogotá Cannabisin Figures

Expo Bogotá Cannabis started as a dream, and this dreamhas grown over these 3 years. In our first edition in 2016 wehad more than 500 attendants. In our second edition forthe year 2017 we had more than 1,000 attendants. For thisyear we expect more than 1,500 attendants and for the year2019 we hope to be the most visited congress by national

and international participants with more than 2,500 peopleinterested in Medicinal Cannabis.

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November 16 - Business Day 17 - 18 de Noviembre

Crossing and stabilization of cannabis genetics Extraction modes for pharmaceutical markets. INVIMA regulations on Cannabis derivatives. Scientific and academic experts Experts in Legislation and Regulations Talks on current legislation

Invitro micropropagation

Cannabis genetics Cannabinoid chromatographic analysis Quality Control Industry Professionals - Business to Business (B2B)

Strategic alliances Investment in national and international companies in the sector.

Conferences of national and international speakers on the benefitsof Medicinal Cannabis in the medicinal, industrial and economicenvironment. Workshops:- Urban Agriculture- Self cultivation

- Extraction modes - Gastronomy

- Compost - Recycling

Commercial sample

Artistic show

Concerts

Speakers 2018

Dr Mariano García de Palau.

Treatment of Epilepsy and Autism with Cannabinoids..   .

Medical Director of KALAPA Clinic. One of the most recognized and specialized doctors in Cannabinoidtreatment; for having turned to give a new vision of the use of Cannabinoids as a palliative and adjuvanttreatment. Graduated from the University of Barcelona in 1979 as a surgeon and currently collegiate inBarcelona. Regular member of the I.A.C.M and member of the Spanish Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis,clinically advises on treatments with cannabinoids.

Dra. Paola Pineda

Medical surgeon of the Bolivarian Pontifical University of Medellin, Colombia. Specialist in medical law andmaster in HIV. Paola became interested in medicinal cannabis after seeing its effectiveness in people withchronic diseases that did not respond to allopathic treatments. She currently treats more than a thousandpatients with medicinal cannabis and serves as the scientific director of the Curativa group.

Dr Raphael Mechoulam

Is an Israeli organic chemist and professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem in Israel. Mechoulam is best known for his work (together withY. Gaoni) in the isolation, structure elucidation and total synthesis of Δ9-

tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active principle of cannabis and for the isolation andthe identification of the endogenous cannabinoids anandamide from the brain and 2-

arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG) from peripheral organs together with his students,postdocs and collaborators.

Dr Juan Carlos Restrepo. 

Cannabis and Metabolomics, an approach to diagnosis, treatment and monitoring.

Medical surgeon, with a master's degree in process of validation and degree with HarvardUniversity, as a clinical epidemiologist; focused on the area of clinical trials and observationalstudies and effectiveness, in addition to scientific writing.

He has been working with medicinal Cannabis and some projects with THC for almost 8 years,focusing on innovation of new products from CBD, Terpenoids, tannins, phenols and has beenventuring into topics such as metabolomics and molecular topology to implement newtechnologies (nanotechnology and robotic hand) in the creation of new "medicines". He is currentlydeveloping a project that includes the formation of a laboratory for innovation and development inmedicinal plants with emphasis on Cannabis and its sub-types.

Eng. Andres Felipe Molano Guarin

Use of Biological Inoculants as Biotechnological Tools for the Productive Improvement of Soils BSc. Industrial Microbiologist (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Esp. Integrated Environmental

Management (Universidad de los Andes), Master of Environmental Management (PontificiaUniversidad Javeriana), Professor of Technology Programs in Environmental Development and

Environmental Engineering, ECCI University - Leader of the GADES Research Group, ECCI University,

SIE Specialist, Ecological Engineering Solutions, Technical-Professional Support of Total Biotechnology.

Eng. Cesar Ariza.

Agronomist Engineer (Universidad Nacional de Colombia). Management and interpretation ofresults in the spectrum-absorption photometer (Universidad de Cundinamarca) master’s Degreein Agricultural Sciences with emphasis on Phyto-breeding and genetics. Natural and organicagriculture of the sun and weeds. Principles of sustainable tropical livestock (Inter-AmericanInstitute for the Development of Agriculture). 

 

Organizer Expo Bogotá

Cannabis 2018

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