“We’ve got some outstanding international and national thought leaders presenting, covering all aspects of the medicinal cannabis sector.
International speakers include Dr Adele Hosseini, chief scientific officer at Bod Australia and a pioneer in the Australian medicinal cannabis industry.
Doctors and pharmacists attending MedCan’s one-day Healthcare Professionals Forum will hear from medical experts including chief medical officer at ZYUS Life Sciences, Dr Lionel Marks de Chabris – a Canadian expert in treating chronic pain with medicinal cannabis.
Dr Anna Campbell will discuss opportunities to run an internationally competitive structured plant breeding programme for New Zealand, while Puro’s cultivation director Tom Forrest will cover world-leading indoor and outdoor approaches to successfully growing high yielding medicinal cannabis plants.
Critically, GP attendance at MedCan will further improve patient access to medicinal cannabis,” says Carmen Doran, chief executive of Helius Therapeutics.
MedCan Summit 2022 is organised by NZTech and BioTechNZ – a not for profit, membership-funded organisation with the goal of maximising New Zealand’s bioscience and technology capability to create a strong New Zealand bioeconomy.