PTMC – Portugal Medical Cannabis presents itself today on a virtual platform

FIRST 3D VIRTUAL CONFERENCE IN PORTUGAL GATHERS OVER 350 AVATARS OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS PROFESSIONALS

The official launch of PTMC – Portugal Medical Cannabis takes place today, April 21st, at 16 pm in Lisbon, in a virtual conference where more than 350 avatars of health professionals and the medical cannabis industry will gather.

PTMC will be presented in a fully virtual and interactive event, with the participation of researchers Cristina Sánchez (Spain), Mara Gordon (USA) and doctor Harry McIlroy (USA), special guests who will be available to answer questions from the public.

Among the more than 350 participants already registered are doctors, pharmacists, nurses, researchers, psychologists, patients, lawyers, growers, entrepreneurs e consultants from more than 20 different nationalities.

the event is free but subject to prior registration at www.ptmc.pt, after which instructions are given to install the application (only on computers) and create the avatar. We recommend at least 45 minutes to install the platform, create the avatar and adapt to the new virtual world. For those who cannot install the application, the event will be broadcast live on PTMC's Facebook page and later made available on the Youtube.

PTMC LAUNCH PROGRAM - 21/04/2020

15:30 – Welcome and Check-in
16:00 – Presentation of the new association PTMC
16h10 - Cristina Sanchez – “Cannabis and Cancer”
16h30 - Questions and Answers
16h45 - Mara Gordon invites Harry McIlroy – “The practical use of cannabinoids in the treatment of common pathologies”                         
17:10 pm - Questions and answers
17h30 - Closing session
17h40 - “PTMC Team Suite” Virtual Office Collaboration Private Event (Invitation Only)

ABOUT PTMC – PORTUGAL MEDICAL CANNABIS

Portugal Medical Cannabis (PTMC) facilitates comprehensive education and information to healthcare professionals and patients in Portugal about medical cannabis, through conferences, lectures, debates and a wide range of online resources. This educational initiative operates under a team of dedicated professionals with vision and passion, together with an international scientific council that includes some of the most respected doctors and researchers in the field of medical cannabis.

The PTMC team joined in 2017, even before the Portuguese Parliament approved Medicinal Cannabis. At the time, Laura Ramos, journalist, Fernando Bandrés, travel agent, João Costa, student of physical engineering, and Luís Matias, event manager, concluded that more training and reference information on medical cannabis was urgently needed.

Thus, in 2018, they organized the first International Conference and Workshops for Health Professionals in Lisbon, with the non-profit association Cannativa, which had 400 participants from 17 nationalities. https://cannativa.pt/conferencia/It was also carried out a documentary about Medical Cannabis Patients in Portugal, available free of charge on PTMC's Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpbVLiCVV00

In 2019, the same team joined the Portuguese Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis (OPCM), a patient association, to organize two more Conferences and Workshops, in Lisbon and Porto, where more than 600 professionals from 26 nationalities participated. https://pmc2019.pt/

In 2020, the team grew and continues to work together with a Scientific Council formed essentially by the speakers (doctors and researchers) who participated in the previous events, now creating a new association to guarantee the updated training of health professionals and access to information. about medical cannabis. www.ptmc.pt

PTMC Scientific Council:

Bruno Maia — Neurologist
Guilherme Figueiredo — Rheumatologist
Artur Aguiar — Radionologist / Pain Medicine
Paulo Freitas Tavares — Hematologist / Oncologist
Inês Romão Luz — Pediatrician
Vincenzo di Marzo — Researcher
Janosch Kratz — General Medicine
Cristina Sanchez — Researcher
Ethan Russo — Neurologist/Pharmacologist
Adi Aran — Neuropediatrician
Mauro Lins — Neuropediatrician
Sandra Carrillo — Neuropediatrician
Gregor Zorn — Investigator
Natalya Kogan — Investigator
Raquel Peyraube — Psychiatrist
Richa Love — General Medicine
Franjo Grotenhermen — General Medicine
Dedi Meiri — Investigator
Michael Verbora — General Medicine
Mara Gordon — Investigator