Tony P's Cannabis Industry Networking Event: Thursday May 16th

Tony P's Cannabis Industry Networking Event: Thursday May 16th

Great news! Your plans for the night of Thursday May 16th are already set, please keep reading this invitation for the details....

By Tony P's Networking Events

Date and time

Thursday, May 16 · 6 - 9pm CDT

Location

TeamWorking by TechNexus

20 North Wacker Drive 10th Floor Chicago, IL 60606

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

You are cordially invited to attend Tony P’s Cannabis Industry Networking Event...taking place on the evening of Thursday May 16th, from 6 pm to 9 pm

Come join us and network with over 150 Cannabis Industry Thought Leaders, Entrepreneurs, and Startup Founders....we look forward to seeing you there!


WHO WILL BE ATTENDING:

  • Startup Cannabis Company Founders and their Employees
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Venture Capitalists
  • Cultivators and Growers
  • Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
  • Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries
  • Real Estate Professionals focused on the Cannabis Industry
  • Technology and Marketing Professionals
  • Stakeholders in Chicago’s Startup and Innovation Community
  • Those who want to connect with the Chicago Cannabis Ecosystem


AGENDA WILL INCLUDE:

  • Networking
  • Panel Discussion
  • Sponsor Tables and Exhibits


Civic Opera Building

20 N. Wacker Drive

10th Floor

Chicago, IL 60606


Ticket Includes:

  • Prize entry and 8 pm raffle from the event sponsors
  • Stunning venue with over 150 Cannabis industry professionals attending
  • An awesome name tag (even though you don’t need one)


Ticket Options:

* Early Registration: Available through April 30th $15

* Standard Registration: May 1st - May 15th $20

* Day of the Event Registration (* pending ticket availability): May 16th $25

Laurie Parfitt (Event Emcee & Panel Moderator)

Laurie is an accomplished Executive, Leader, and Coach who inspires companies with her vision for what's possible and her ability to execute and drive results. She has over two decades of driving innovation and execution across multiple functional areas within companies from start-up to Fortune 500.

She has honed her skills at organizations such as Kraft Foods, Beam Suntory, Topco Associates, Mizkan, and Mission Dispensaries.

Through her company, LKP Impact Consulting, LLC , Laurie works with cannabis and consumer products companies on brand strategy/design, consumer insights and commercial go-to-market strategy.

Laurie’s background includes experience in large-scale, integrated cross-channel marketing and experience campaigns, including a background in traditional marketing, category development and sales strategy in an omni-channel environment.

She served as the Vice President of Customer Engagement and Marketing for Mission Dispensaries, which owns or manages nine retail locations in six states. In that role, she oversaw consumer experience and marketing/brand strategies for the booming cannabis dispensary operator, as well as developed the concept of joint business planning, which includes strategic sourcing, assortment optimization and activation.

She is a recognized speaker at Cannabis Conference, Cannabis Beverage Expo, Illinois Women in Cannabis, and The Hatchery.

Learn more about Laurie by connecting with her on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurieparfitt

Also, please follow Tony P’s Networking Events on Social Media for updates to our future events.


INTERESTED IN BEING A SPONSOR and/or FEATURED SPEAKER or PANELIST?

Please contact me at tony@appointmentsiq.com to discuss in further detail.

Organized by

Tony Paolella, aka Tony P, has lived and breathed the Chicago networking scene for over 15 years.  If you haven’t met him yet, don’t worry you will.  After building trusted relationships with Chicago’s top business leaders, Tony knew it was important to expand the channels of communication.  With that in mind, he has created Tony P’s Networking Events Calendar Newsletter, Tony P’s Networking Events Calendar Facebook Group, and now….

The goal of these events is to bring together Chicago’s upwardly-mobile professional community for an elegant and energetic networking experience.  If you are interested in optimizing the time you spend networking, and building meaningful business relationships, then these events are tailor-made for you.

$15 – $499