Committees
Conference President
Raphael Mechoulam
Prof., Institute for Drug Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelRaphael Mechoulam
Prof., Institute for Drug Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelConference Co-Chair
Yossi Bornstein
Founder & CEO of Shizim Group; Founder & Partner of Cann10, Israel Click here for more informationYossi Bornstein
Founder & CEO of Shizim Group; Founder & Partner of Cann10, IsraelConference Co-Chair
David (Dedi) Meiri
Ph.D, Head of Scientific Advisory Committee; Head, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research, Faculty of Biology and Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Click here for more informationDavid (Dedi) Meiri
Ph.D, Head of Scientific Advisory Committee; Head, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Cannabinoid Research, Faculty of Biology and Technion Integrated Cancer Center, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IsraelScientific Advisory Committee
Mike Barnes
Prof., MD, Neurological Rehabilitation, Cannabis Physician, Chair, UK Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society, Chair, UK Cannabis Industry Council, Director, Maple Tree Medical Cannabis Consultancy, UKProf Barnes is a neurologist and rehabilitation physician and cannabis physician. He was the first to prescribe cannabis in the UK for a little boy with resistant epilepsy - Alfie Dingley. He then campaigned for a law change and the campaign, with Hannah Deacon, Alfie's mother, was successful and the UK law changed in November 2018 to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis.
Click here for more informationMike Barnes
Prof., MD, Neurological Rehabilitation, Cannabis Physician, Chair, UK Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society, Chair, UK Cannabis Industry Council, Director, Maple Tree Medical Cannabis Consultancy, UK
Nirit Bernstein
Ph.D, Senior Research Scientist, Head of the 'Laboratory of Cannabis Physiology and Agronomy', Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel Click here for more informationNirit Bernstein
Ph.D, Senior Research Scientist, Head of the 'Laboratory of Cannabis Physiology and Agronomy', Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel
Jeffrey Hergenrather
M.D., Founding member, Society of Cannabis Clinicians, USA Click here for more informationJeffrey Hergenrather
M.D., Founding member, Society of Cannabis Clinicians, USA
Mauro Maccarrone
PhD, MS, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, ItalyMauro Maccarrone, Dr. Enzymology and Bio-Organic Chemistry,
is Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at the Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila (Italy). He is also Head of the Lipid Neurochemistry Unit at the European Center for Brain Research – IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome.
Mauro Maccarrone
PhD, MS, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Yuval (Tuby) Zolotov
Ph.D, Senior Research Associate, Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelYuval (Tuby) Zolotov
Ph.D, Senior Research Associate, Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelAgriculture and Business Advisory Committee
Yael Meir
Chief Operating Officer, Cann 10 - Medical Cannabis, IsraelYael Meir
Chief Operating Officer, Cann 10 - Medical Cannabis, Israel
Stefan Meyer
CEO, Phytoflow GmbH, SwitzerlandStefan Martin Meyer, MBA, was raised in the Italian side of Switzerland, near the city of Lugano. He then moved to Spain where he co-founded Phytoplant Research SL, which was granted the first research license for medicinal cannabis in Spain in 2012. While there he was able to get various R&D grants by the European Union for projects related to cannabinoids and medicine as well as publish results in high impact scientific journals. In 2019 Stefan joined Plena Global Holding Inc (Canada) as Chief Strategy Officer, where he has been leading a project licensed to grow medicinal cannabis in Colombia. In 2020 Stefan founded Phytoflow GmbH, a Swiss based company PhytoFlow GmbH providing experience-driven strategic business advice to companies active in the medical cannabis sector.