"The Cannabis and Hemp Industry: Cultivating Knowledge and Growing Opportunities"
Channel: DavisMediaAccess
Date: 2020-02-27

The Future of Work Series at UC Davis presents

"The Cannabis and Hemp Industry: Cultivating Knowledge and Growing Opportunities"

With Vince Lane and Dr. Donald Land. 

Vince is an entrepreneur and investor with over twenty five years of startup and corporate experience. He's also a UC Davis alumnus. Vince's background spans across real estate, business development, technology, IT, entertainment - and now cannabis/hemp. Currently, he is Co-Chair and sits on the advisory board of the UC Davis Cannabis and Hemp Research Center. He also serves as Chair of Harvard Business School (HBS) StartUp Partners program, an advisory board for companies and entrepreneurs. Vince is currently a partner in three hemp/CBD projects in China and Asia, including cultivation/extraction, beauty products, and a venture capital fund. He's advised cannabis and hemp companies in the United States (California, Nevada, Oregon, and Colorado), the United Kingdom, Canada, Thailand, and Peru. Vince began his career in the mobile telephone industry, working for more than a decade at companies such as AT&T and Neustar, before co-founding Iron Horse Ventures in 2003, a real estate investment and development Company in based in Texas.

Dr. Donald Land is the Chief Scientific Consultant for Steep Hill, one of the leading scientific cannabis analysis labs in the world. He is also a Professor of Chemistry, Forensics, and Biotechnology at UC Davis.

The speakers are followed by a Q & A session with students.

Hosted by Julia and Livia Morris.

Brought to you by the

UC Davis Science & Technology Studies Program, Office of the Provost STEM Strategies, Center for Science & Innovation Studies, and the UC Davis Library

Recorded February 20, 2020, at 167 Shields Library, UC Davis by Davis Media Access.