Conversations 4:20 – Let's talk about cannabis, April 20th in Lisbon

Social Weed and Cannareporter are promoting this Wednesday, April 20th, “Conversas 4:20”, an event to celebrate cannabis day, at the cultural space of the Crew Hassan association, in Lisbon. The event includes a workshop on the cultivation of cannabis for therapeutic purposes and a round table with five guests, who will address the work and business opportunities in the cannabis industry, in addition to several parallel activities related to the most talked about plant in the world. See the full program at the end of the news.

The “Conversas 4:20” project was born from a partnership between Social Weed, an audiovisual and cultural producer focused on initiatives related to cannabis culture, and CannaReporter, an online newspaper about cannabis, founded in 2017, with the aim of to promote socialization, information and debate current issues or trends in the cannabis market. The idea is also that these conversations take place at least once a month, in order to disseminate more information and bring together the community of activists for the legalization of cannabis in Portugal.

Na light and intimate format and with spaces limited to 100 people, Conversas 4:20 proposes to stimulate the networking among the guests, also taking the debate to those who cannot be present through the live streaming No. Social Weed's YouTube channel.

For those who do not want to miss the opportunity to be present at this premiere, meet the guests in person and take the opportunity to make networking o registration can be done here. 

Data:
April 20, 2022 at 16:20 pm

Location:
Crew Hassan – Cultural Space
R. Andrade 8A, 1170-014 Lisbon
Hours: 16:20 – 23:00

Tickets:
Cultivation Workshop: 30€ – Limited in person to 30 people
Round table: 25€ – Limited in person to 100 people
Workshop + Round Table: 50€

WORKSHOP

“The cultivation of cannabis for therapeutic use”
Facilitator: Thyago Bitencourt Ferreira* – Professional in the Medical Cannabis Industry

First of all, this workshop does not encourage the illegal cultivation of the cannabis plant in Portugal, but aims to provide tools to those who, for health reasons and at their own risk, grow and/or intend to grow cannabis in order to have access to therapies based on cannabinoids.

Topics:

• Introduction to the Cannabis plant – Different cultivars.
• Therapeutic cultivation. Make your cultivation a hobby and spend time in harmony with your plants.
• Make your plan, estimated amount you will need vs expected time to get the flower dry.
• Operations carried out in cultivation to optimize productivity. 
• Raw materials, essential equipment, different cultivation techniques.
• Fertilization, stick to a planned plan or make your plan.
• Harvesting, drying and curing.
• How to preserve your harvest for therapeutic use.

*Thyago Bitencourt Ferreira has a degree in Biology, with more than 10 years dedicated to projects aimed at the cultivation of aromatic and medicinal plants. He currently works in the pharmaceutical industry, as director of production for medical cannabis companies.

ROUND TABLE

“Job and Business Opportunities in the Cannabis Market” 

Working in the cannabis sector is the dream of many people who already have some connection with this ancient plant and the time to enter the market could not be more propitious. It is expected that the cannabis sector will generate hundreds of thousands of jobs around the world and Portugal is a strategic point of reference at an international level. 

It is estimated that more than 100 companies will be licensed by Infarmed to operate from Portugal in the next two years, and our country is already one of the main exporters of medical cannabis in the world, with 18 licensed companies and 30 tons of cannabis exported. in 2021. In addition, there are already more than 100 cannabis stores across the country, in addition to other companies that have entered this sector, such as security, distribution, agronomy, biotechnology, chemical, lighting, software, transport, machinery, agencies specialized in training, communication, design and event organization, consultancy and law firms, among many others. 

But in addition to the economy and business, this is also the time to educate and break myths and stigmas related to the cannabis culture, which also translates into countless job opportunities in terms of training, education and communication. If you want to know where the opportunities for working with cannabis are, then you don't want to miss this roundtable. But register quickly, as places are limited to 100 participants!

GUEST SPEAKERS

Luna Vargas - Anthropologist, founder of Inflore
Luna Vargas is a social scientist from PUC-SP and a master's in social anthropology and ethnomusicology from EHESS-France. In 2007 he began his research in the cannabis universe, focusing on culture. Since 2018, he has been investigating the cannabis market in Canada, where he has developed an education program, while curating and researching products from over 500 companies operating in Canada's legal market. Always focusing on quality and safety, in 2020 she created INFLORE, a training course for those who want to work in the cannabis industry in its various areas. With more than 200 graduated students, INFLORE is currently in 8 countries and 3 continents, promoting knowledge within the market and raising the education of the general population about the plant.

Humberto Joao Nogueira - Vice President of ACCIP
Consultant, vice-president of ACCIP and active collaborator of CannaCasa – Associação do Cânhamo Industrial de Portugal, Humberto João Nogueira is a Portuguese-Angolan entrepreneur, producer and agro-industrial consultant, dedicated to industrial hemp, being also linked to cannabis consultancy medicinal. His professional career in the cannabis industry began in 2014, in Angola, for medicinal and industrial purposes, and later, in 2017, in Portugal, with a greater focus on industrial hemp. In 2018 he was responsible for producing the first hemp flower cultivation declared in Portugal and since that year he has cultivated and supported other projects. He has been collaborating with CannaCasa since 2019 and in 2021 he became the vice-presidency of ACCIP – Industrial Hemp Traders Association of Portugal.

Sergio Neto – CEO and Founder of Pure Healing
Co-founder and board member from Pure Healing, a 100% Portuguese company dedicated to the cultivation and study of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes, Sérgio Neto entered the medical cannabis business after seeing the benefits that the plant had in the last years of his life. grandfather. Winner of two Dutch Passion awards for achieving the highest levels of THC in two autoflowering plants, Sérgio will share some of his experience in organic cannabis cultivation and the creation of Pure Healing.

André Paquete Carvalho – Retail Manager – Sensi Seeds, Amsterdam
André Paquete Carvalho, from Madeira, studied biochemistry before moving to the UK, where he worked in a head-shop and combined his personal passion with his professional career. He later opened a grow shop in Funchal, but ended up moving to Holland in 2015, where he decided to start from scratch. He sent CVs to several seed banks and Sensi Seeds invited him for an interview. Today he is Amsterdam's Retail Manager, he manages 4 official stores and two museum spaces, where he has a team of 20 to 25 members. André says that he works a lot, but with pleasure.

Marta Vinhas – Founder of Sensi Hemp
Marta Vinhas worked for 20 years in the textile industry and realized the negative impact it had, both on an environmental and social level. After having visited the “Cabril Eco-Rural” project, where she learned the flax cycle, from sowing to weaving, and having participated in the first edition of Cannadouro – International Hemp Fair, Marta began to have her first ideas to create something from hemp. It was in 2021 that the dream came true. Marta launched Sensi Hemp, a brand with sustainable, lasting and timeless pieces, which aims to be fair trade, Made in Portugal and with purpose zero waste.