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Cannabis technology, media fuse at first-ever New West Summit

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/04/2015 - 12:37

Cannabis and technology — two of the Bay Area’s biggest exports — are about to become even more intertwined.

One thousand of the cannabis industry’s leading technologists, investors, and media professionals will gather for the world’s first technology, venture capital and media-focused cannabis industry conference, the New West Summit Friday and Saturday, November 20th and 21st, at Parc 55 San Francisco.

Co-founders Jim McAlpine and Dean Arbit state there is an immediate, unmet need for a marijuana industry conference tightly focused on the most dynamic, and disruptive segments: applications of high technology, deep capital, and professional branding and content. As the tide of prohibition recedes, free market competition is leading to the rapid maturation and professionalization of the sector.

Legal cannabis has an estimated $10 billion economic impact in 2015 in the U.S., and the field is rapidly professionalizing and specializing. Thirty-five states have medical marijuana laws, four states and Washington...

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