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Thursday, May 24th, 2018

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Session II: Herscher Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 202

CBDs and the Green Web: Introducing the New Penicillin

Moderator - David Traub, Co-Founder, Epiphany Film Fund

Jessica Assaf, Founder, Cannabis Feminist, co founder, Hempia

Tim Blake, Founder and Producer, TheEmeraldCup.com

Bob Schubring, Co-Founder, Give Pain a Voice

Will Hobbs, CEO, THC.Com

Cameron Keluche, President and Ceo, KelSie Biotech

Brett Leonard, co-founder, STUDIO LIGHTSHIP Producer/Director/Writer Futurist/VX Expert-Creator

Kassim Osgood, retired All-Pro Football Player, actor, and entrepreneur

 

David Traub, Co-Founder, Epiphany Film Fund: David earned a Masters in Education in 1990 from Harvard University, while conducting simultaneous class-work in interactive cinema and AI-based narrative at the MIT Media Lab.  HIs master thesis: design of the world's first virtual reality simulation game modeling family therapy. In 1984 he earned his undergraduate degrees in rhetoric and film with honors from the University of California at Berkeley, concluding with an honor thesis focusing on the use of film and television as "educational propaganda."  His primary focus: the aggregation and delivery of "social and emotional" and other learning-centric applications/content via feature films, TV, mobile phones, video games, thin clients/PCs and VR/AR.  In

the real world, David has 20-years of experience as a digital media-oriented executive producer, entrepreneur, investor, venture catalyst, global business development executive, ind/or board member to over 40 startups/private equity companies. He has co-raised and deployed nearly $30 million dollars in support of these ventures. His most recent feature film as executive producer was JOBS, starring Ashton Kutcher;  with Bronx Bull his next movie to market (co-producer), and multiple others feature films and TV shows in  development.  David has created games, apps and other content as a co-founder,  executive and/or executive producer of digital products across a wide variety of clients such as EMI North America, MCA Records, Philips/Polydor, Microsoft/ MSN, Apple Computer and many others. He is also an author of nearly 50 articles and reports on the evolution of the digital domain for trade publications, professional books and institutional clients; and a speaker who has given nearly 50 forward-looking keynote and other speeches throughout the world for clients such as the EU, the Swedish and Canadian Governments, TV Globo (Brazil), the National Institute of Film in Denmark, Viacom, US West, Mercedes/Siebold, The Broadband Content Development Forum and numerous other economic development agencies and universities.

 

Jessica Assaf is a cannabis activist and entrepreneur on a mission to make plant medicine mainstream. Jessica is the founder of Cannabis Feminist, a digital community of over 50,000+ promoting cannabis wellness and empowering women to lead the industry. She is the co-founder of Hempia, a line of hemp products launching this September, and the Well+Good official cannabis columnist. Jessica received her MBA at Harvard Business School and has been nationally recognized for her leadership in the cannabis and clean beauty industries.

 

Kassim Osgood is a retired All-Pro Football Player, actor, and entrepreneur. Kassim strives to make his community the best it can be. This never-ending need to help the community is why his teammates and friends nicknamed him “The Mayor of San Diego.” Kassim was born in Boston Massachusetts. He moved to California as a young child. He grew up in the small town of Salinas. He graduated from North Salinas High School with a 4.17 GPA. As a scholar-athlete, he accepted a scholarship to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to play football. He was an All American as a sophomore, posting a single game record of 376 receiving yards in one game. After three years there, he transferred to San Diego State. There, he and teammate JR Tolver set an NCAA record for most receiving yards and catches by a tandem in one season. In 2003, Kassim signed with the San Diego Chargers as an Undrafted Free Agent. He was a three-time Pro Bowl selection for his Outstanding Performance on Special Teams. He was also named to the All-Pro team. Kassim also played two years with Jacksonville, one year in Detroit, and finished his career with two years in San Francisco. After football ended, Kassim reignited his acting career. He landed a role in the just-released movie, Beyond Skyline. He is also an entrepreneur. Kassim is part owner of a couple restaurants, and a brewery in San Diego called Resident Brewing Company. In his downtime, Kassim enjoys spending quality time with his wife and daughters. He also enjoys giving back to the community through various nonprofit affiliations.

 

Brett Leonard: CO-FOUNDER STUDIO LIGHTSHIP, PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER: For over 25 years, Brett Leonard has been at the forefront of the digital media revolution - whether as Director/ Writer of the groundbreaking cult-classic hit film Lawnmower Man, which introduced the concept of Virtual Reality to popular culture - or being the first to pioneer modern stereoscopic techniques and photo-realistic CGI in his hit IMAX 3D film “T-Rex” - or introducing American audiences to Russell Crowe and many other talents both in front of and behind the camera. Brett’s work as a visionary Director/Producer Futurist has always pushed the edge of innovation in the entertainment industry, and continues to do so at his company Studio Lightship, focused on creation of VX (Virtual eXperience) executed in a hybrid approach with Film and Television. Studio Lightship is dedicated to defining a platform for truly interactive narrative VX StoryWorlds for the emerging mediums of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality.

 

Tim Blake, Founder and Producer, TheEmeraldCup.com: Tim Blake earned his real estate license at the age of nineteen. He was one of the founders and the CEO of several productions companies in the 1980’s. This included an audio/video production company, a music label, an original children’s program called “Eco, You, and Simon too”, and a line of “New Age” video releases. Tim is blessed to have three daughters, six grandkids, and one great granddaughter. He has owned property in Mendocino County since the early eighties. In 1998 he bought an old campground ten miles north of Laytonville on highway 101 and renamed it “ Area 101”. Tim created The Emerald Cup, the worlds largest outdoor cannabis competition thirteen years ago. Tim sponsored and helped produce the first gathering of law enforcement and cannabis farmers to openly discuss how they would work together. This helped lead to the creation of the original 9.31 program, whereby cannabis farmers could grow up to ninety nine plants legally with a permit from the county. Tim was one of the first cannabis farmers to join the program. He was the co-founder of the Mendocino Farmers Collective and also Healing Harvest Farms, both local cannabis dispensaries designed to help facilitate getting outdoor cannabis into the dispensaries across the state. He was a founding member of California Cannabis Reform Policy (CCPR), which evolved in CA Reform, and was also a founding member of the Mendocino Cannabis Policy Council ( MCPC). Tim was on the steering committee for the Heritage Initiative ( Measure AF), which was on the Mendocino County ballot in November, and is on the board of directors of The Mendocino Cannabis Industry Association ( MCIA). Tims personal goal is to help the world integrate spirituality, cannabis, organic food and living into a holistic lifestyle.

 

Robert "Bob" Schubring, Co-Founder, Give Pain a Voice (GPAV): Film producer, cannabinoid delivery system inventor and investor Bob Schubring co-founded Give  Pain a Voice, a Toronto-based nonprofit that teaches chronic pain sufferers the skills of self-advocacy. The first of Bob's three productions, the John Holowach documentary HIGH: The True Tale of American Marijuana, sparked Bob's interest in the plight of chronic pain patients. He determined that US policy viewed pain relief as a kind of luxury or privilege, rather than as a medical necessity and found this trend troubling.  Bob, who has a chemistry and engineering background and was already working a number of legal cases involving product failure, sought to do something about it.  He chose the media side, teamed with Canadian documentary director Tina Petrova and co-produced her forthcoming film, Pain Warriors, which explores the divisive effects that miscommunication about pain exert upon families and society at large.  Bob has appreciable experience in chemistry and chemical analysis. He interned under Dr Jerome Horwitz, discoverer of the antiviral drug AZT, and later collaborated with Dr Daniel Klempner on an EPA-funded research project to recycle plastics, both in Detroit.  For the past year he has engaged in research and technical writing for The Alliance for Treatment of Intractable Pain, and submitted a research report to the FDA, Evidence-Based Policymaking: What's Absent from the Opioid Crisis.  Bob's other film productions are Twist, director Ochir Mashbat's biopic on noted Mongolian contortionist and coach Angelique Erdenechimeg, and Saraya's Universe, a sci-fi narrative short directed by Christopher P. Fure. Bob recently invented and is patenting an improved delivery system for the cannabinoid nerve protection agent invented by HHS scientists Hampson, Axelrod and Grimaldi (their US Patent 6,630,507) that promises to reduce the harm of Alzheimer's disease and Traumatic Brain Injury.

Will Hobbs, CEO, THC.Com  (will@keypriority.com)

 

Will Hobbs is the CEO of THC.COM Will started his career on the Internet in 1993 when he helped pioneer music downloads online through IUMA, widely celebrated by the press as the first site of its kind that would revolutionize the music industry. From there his company Cobalt Moon launched the first original programming on the nascent MSN channel with the Second City News, a daily updated parody of the news that, in 1995, pre-dated the Daily Show. Will was a lead product developer at Geocities in 1998 when it sold to Yahoo for over $5 Billion and went on to help start Homepage.com an idealab! Company. In 2003, Will created Dedicated Media to take advantage of the dramatic rise of the home entertainment industry following the proliferation of DVDs. He produced several fitness programs including the iconic Carmen Electra’s Aerobic Striptease, which sold over 5 Million copies and remains one of the best selling fitness programs of all time. In 2007 he became an agent at Creative Artists Agency where he built a health and wellness business with talent such as Jillian Michaels, Jane Fonda, Suzanne Somers, Billy Blanks, Sting & Trudie Styler, Brooke Burke, Julianne Hough and Georges St. Pierre, launching dozens of media and merchandise programs.  Will continued as the top manager in the health and wellness sector until turning his attention to the Cannabis industry in 2016 and launching The Hit Channel.

 

Together these two companies have produced some of the biggest initiatives in the Fitness business with top talent such as Jillian Michaels, Billy Blanks, Julianne Hough, Georges St. Pierre, Tara Sicles and Cassey Ho launching scores of programs. Prior to founding KPM, Will spent 5 years as an agent at the Creative Artists Agency where he built a health and wellness business. He got his start in the fitness industry in 2003, when he started producing fitness DVDs including the iconic Carmen Electra’s Aerobic Striptease which sold over 5 Million copies and remains one of the bestselling fitness programs of all time. Will started his career as an early Internet pioneer helping to found the first Internet music site in 1993 and then continued to be an early digital innovator by creating some of the first online programming and branded entertainment for Microsoft’s nascent MSN in 1995. By 1998 he was a lead product developer for the first major social media site: Geocities prior to its sale to Yahoo! And then went on to start Homepage.com an idealab! company.

 

Cameron Keluche, President and CEO, KelSie Biotech: Cameron Keluche has provided Economic Modeling, Business Plan Development and Management Services to numerous Technology based enterprises. Prior to founding KelSie, he directed the development and implementation of a proprietary Big-Data Cloud based Platform and Management Information Systems, including Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems, for the management of natural resources valued in the Billions. In addition, he has conducted market research and provided analytical, business planning, feasibility impact studies, economic modeling and management services ranging from large scale community developments and environmental assessments to the management of commercial property portfolios valued in excess of $500 Million. Mr. Keluche is a graduate of the University of Denver with a B.A. Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience with course work in Business Administration at Wake Forest University, and continues his activities in the development and management of new technology based enterprises in the health care industry.