SXSW 2020
Cannabis Tech: The surge of innovation
Description:
Advances made in technology for growing, tracking and testing cannabis are extending to all types of industries, especially agriculture. Why is that? Cash Crop - Cannabis is becoming the leader of innovation in agricultural and consumer product technology mostly due to its status as the most valuable plant on the face of the earth. Demand – As countries all over the world open their doors to legal medical and recreational marijuana, the demand for crop and regulation is rising quickly.
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Takeaways
- Other consumer product industries may also take up the tracking technologies they have developed for cannabis.
- Cannabis grows can now be monitored at the individual plant level through low-cost sensors and computing power self-learning algorithms
- Due to harsher regulation and illegality of cannabis, growers are forced to adopt environmentally friendly practices for their commercial- scale grows
Speakers
- Brad Nattrass, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Gro
- Lulu Tsui, Founder, AMBR Technologies
- Edward Fields, CEO and Chairman, DionyMed
- Shea Alderete, CEO and Co-Founder , Gen X Biosciences
Organizer
Ashley Thane, Account Executive, KCSA Strategic Communciations
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