Schedule of Events
Ask the Experts: Cultivation Virtual Conference
01:00 PM – 01:05 PM
Welcome
01:05 PM – 01:25 PM
Rebates: An Incentives Journey
During this portion of Cannabis Business Times’ ‘Ask the Experts’ Cultivation Virtual Conference, Jason Battles, a rebate expert with Fluence, will share helpful insights on lighting rebates available for cannabis growers, including:
Why Do Rebates Exist?
- The reasoning behind rebates
- Information about the utility company and how they view facility upgrades
How Can They Help You Do Upgrades to Your Facility?
- Discussion about Cap and Op Ex and how facility upgrades can impact both
How Do You Know if You Are Eligible?
- The different ways in which utilities let you know if you are eligible for rebates/incentives
Lucrative Programs
- Information about the most lucrative programs currently active in the country

01:25 PM – 01:45 PM
Dama - The full end to end solution for your cannabis business.
Dama is the cannabis industry's leading provider of access to banking and financial services, powering safe and secure depository solutions for top licensed cannabis operators throughout the United States as well as electronic consumer payment solutions. In 2022, Dama acquired Growflow, a SaaS seed-to-sale POS, and whose business management and compliance tools have processed more than $3.3 billion for cannabis businesses. Combining Dama’s fintech and payment solutions and GrowFlow’s industry-leading software platform has created the most sophisticated, comprehensive solution for cannabis companies, integrating product, operations, compliance, and financial data in a more usable and flexible solution than any current offering in the industry.
It has enabled the cannabis industry to be able to operate more traditionally. Learn how we provide our customers access to all the business tools they need to thrive, from a full suite of banking and merchant services to cash management, credit and payroll products, to retail POS.

01:45 PM – 02:05 PM
An Unseen Enemy: The Hidden Costs of Microbial Contamination
How can you minimize or prevent a microbial contamination in your grow? This is one of the great questions facing all cannabis cultivation teams. Alex Hearding, Chief IMPACT Officer, and Andrew Hatch, Director of Biosecurity will share critical insights from their work with IMPACT Powered by NCRPS. Producing safe, clean cannabis is paramount for your business to compete in today’s complex economic environment.


02:05 PM – 02:25 PM
Professional criteria in the selection of your growing media
Pablo Segovia from Medicoir discusses the importance of selecting the right growing media for your cannabis crop requirements, what to look out for and which questions to ask.
