Cannabis Tech Talks

Dialed In Gummies President Max Vansluys joins Cannabis & Tech Today to discuss Summer Set, the brand’s three-month campaign celebrating Colorado’s independent music scene through limited-edition gummies, artist collaborations, performances, merchandise, and concert giveaways. Vansluys explains how the campaign grew from his team’s genuine connection to Colorado music and developed into collaborations with hip-hop artist Ray Reed and electronic artists parkbreezy and Artifakts. Working alongsid

Recorded at ICBC Berlin 2026, Chuck sits down with Rob Pero of the Indigenous Cannabis Industry Association to discuss the expanding role of Indigenous nations in the global cannabis economy. Pero explains why ICBC has become an important destination for international dealmaking, relationship building, and conversations about the industry’s future. He shares how ICIA represents Indigenous communities within those discussions while advocating for meaningful participation in industrial, medicinal

Recorded live at ICBC Berlin 2026, Chuck sits down with Stephanie Pow of Emerald Lane Recruitment to explore the people building the global cannabis industry. Pow explains why human capital remains the foundation of every successful cannabis company and shares her unconventional journey from Canadian government and health care work to Humboldt County, cannabis recruitment, and international talent acquisition. She also reflects on the industry’s early “billion-dollar years,” when companies hire

Recorded live at ICBC Berlin 2026, Chuck sits down with Sergio Martinez, CEO of Blimburn Seeds and BBG Projects, to discuss the evolution of one of the cannabis industry’s most established international seed companies. Martinez shares how an unexpected opportunity brought him into the industry more than two decades ago and eventually led to the creation of Blimburn Seeds. What began as a European wholesale operation has since evolved into a global e-commerce, logistics, and cannabis genetics bu

Denver hip-hop artist Ray Reed joins Cannabis & Tech Today to discuss his collaboration with Dialed In Gummies for The Summer Set, a campaign celebrating Colorado’s independent music scene through limited-edition rosin gummies, merchandise, performances, and original content. At the center of the collaboration is Yesterday, a sativa-dominant rosin gummy inspired by Reed’s hit single of the same name. He explains how the song’s energy, artwork, and more than 2 million streams helped shape the pr

Recorded live at ICBC Berlin 2026, Chuck sits down with the team behind Martian Grow, an ambitious international research initiative that's sending cannabis seeds into orbit aboard a SpaceX mission to study how cosmic radiation and microgravity influence cannabis genetics. Partnering with biotechnology researchers in Slovenia and aerospace companies developing microsatellites, Martian Grow aims to become the first organization to apply proven space agriculture research protocols to cannabis. Th