INCBA Event Production

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Welcome to CLI2026 Production

Everything related to the production of CLI2026 in one place. INCBA is incredibly grateful for your participation in our event.

Event Contacts

  • Content Chair: Kyle Finnegan, Partner, Ice Miller LLP

  • Production Support: Jim Canto via [email protected]

HOW THIS SITE WORKS

This site is the access point for all production links related to your participation in our event, regardless of your roll. For convenience, the site is divided into three sections supporting each participant role; Participant Onboarding, Content Production, and Sponsorship & Revenue.Navigate using the buttons at the top of the page, and see below for additional details about each section.

PARTICIPANT ONBOARDING

Track Leads, Session Leads, and Speakers all go through the same onboarding process for our events. Click the button below to begin onboarding.

CONTENT PRODUCTION

This section is for CLI Committee members, Track Leads, and Session Leads. It contains all relevant instructions and links to organize and support your efforts.

SPONSORSHIP & REVENUE

For our team dedicated to generating the revenue needed for INCBA to host and produce Cannabis Law Institute 2026, relevant links are in this section.

Speaker Onboarding Instructions

INCBA is grateful you have accepted an offer to speak at CLI2026. Your session lead is your primary contact and will provide all information related to your participation in your session.

Speakers DO NOT need to PAY
to attend the conference.
We will register you automatically.

ONBOARDING

First-time speakers, please follow the Speaker Intake and Speaker Release instructions on this page.
Use our support email if you need an help completing.

Speaker Release

If you have never completed an INCBA Speaker Release, please electronically sign our release form.

Speaker Intake

Use the intake form if you are a first-time INCBA speaker that has not received a speaker account login.

Previous Speakers

Click to login and edit your speaker profile.
- if needed -

CLI2026 Production

Need help? Email Jim Canto: [email protected]

CLE Accreditation Guidance

ATTENTION Track and Session Leads:
Critical guidance regarding CLE accreditation.

Guidance doc contains minimum requirements along with two sample outlines for your reference.

Where do I upload docs?
Where is my PowerPoint slide deck?

**Access the track folder containing your session and open your session folder. No account required
- Upload outline and supporting docs (handouts).
- Click and edit the PowerPoint (do not download)

FOR CLE ACCREDITATION - The ABA prefers PDF files.
Please upload course materials in PDF format.

Day 1 - Plenary | Track Lead: David Ruskin

Sessions in this track:

  • Progress Without Parity: Federal Cannabis Policy at a Crossroads

  • Okay, There's A Proven Medical Benefit… Now What?

  • Regulated, Rescheduled, and Reimagined: State Regulators on the New Federal Reality

  • Cannabis Capital: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • Beyond Borders: International Cannabis Law Developments

  • Same Problems, Different Vice: Lessons from Gaming, Alcohol & Other Vice Industries

Day 2 Track 1a | Track Lead: Jill Cohen

Sessions in this track:

  • What Are You Smoking? AI Hallucinations, Ethics, and Compliance

  • Business Disputes Better Left out of Court: ADR in the Cannabis Industry

  • Startups No Longer: Corporate Practice at a Cannabis Company

Day 2 Track 1b | Track Lead: Daniel Molina

Sessions in this track:

  • After the Reschedule: Navigating the New Federal Cannabis Landscape

  • The Recriminalization Mirage: Federal and State Backtracking, and the New Prohibitionist Playbook

  • Understanding why Hardware is Hard: Legal Issues for Cannabis Vapes

Day 2 Track 2a | Track Lead: Kyle Finnegan

Sessions in this track:

  • Whistleblowers, Subpoenas, Demand Letters, oh my! Best Practices for Responding to Notice of Potential Infractions and Non-Compliance

  • Data Privacy, Data Security, and the Cannabis Business

  • Advanced Playbook for Negotiating Cannabis Leases: Navigating Landlords, Zoning, and Industry-Specific Challenges

Day 2 Track 2b | Track Lead: Steve Schain

Sessions in this track:

  • Forbidden Fruit: Hemp Derived Intoxicants and How Science Outpaces Legislation

  • What is Hemp's Restrictive Redefining? Is it Here to Stay?

  • Hatfield and McCoys Litigation – Will Big Cannabis Crush Intoxicating Hemp

PRODUCTION PAGE FOR...

CLI2026 Sponsorship

CLI2026 Sponsorship Committee Contacts

Relevant Links

Erin has organized an outreach effort and has created sales support materials and spreadsheets for tracking efforts and results.

NOTE - If you are uncertain what to edit, please reach out to Erin.
Trouble accessing the folders? Reach out to Jim Canto for tech support.

PRODUCTION PAGE FOR...

CLI2026 Socials & Volunteers

Contacts