The MedCan 2022 Industry Summit will help local companies accelerate their path to market through valuable insights into exporting, innovation and education. Industry experts will be presenting the latest scientific findings and breakthrough technologies and exploring the current challenges and opportunities around the likes of cultivating, manufacturing, New Zealand regulations, export, clinical trials, prescription and investment.
Day 1 – Industry Summit – 10 February
11:15
11:20
Science
Digging for seeds | Opportunities to run an internationally competitive structured breeding programme for New Zealand
• New Zealand gene bank
• different genetic technologies
• development of unique plants to those grown internationally
• Which traits to select- from disease resistance to cannabinoid profiles
• role of data management in a well-run breeding programme
Dr Anna Campbell Consultant, AbacusBio
11:50
Science
Understand the diseases that threaten NZ’s medicinal cannabis industry Kai Keli’iho’omalu Cultivation Manager, Helius Therapeutics
12:20
Science
Fireside chat: Helping talent navigate through the sector Carmen Doran Chief Executive Officer, Helius Therapeutics
Ali Seyfoddin Associate Professor of Drug Delivery and Biological Engineering Deputy Head of School, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology
12:50
Science
Fireside chat: Insights from the study on COVID for the MedCan industry Dr. Adele Hosseini, PhD Chief Scientific Officer, Bod Australia