Wellness Pavilion

Friday, July 18

4:30pm

BeButtered by Krem Educational Workshop

Join us for skin care education and demo including health facts. We’ll do a DIY demo of a body scrub while taking questions from the audience. 

• Ashley Duverneau, CEO & Founder

5:00pm

Elevate & Align: A Sacred Sufi Cannabis Meditation for Healing & Higher Vibration

Experience Uzma’s Sufi meditation—a unique journey that gently clears your energy and reconnects you to love and unity. Paired with cannabis care, Bloom Higher helps unlock your highest levels of physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. Feel refreshed, supported, and aligned.
Bloom Higher with Uzma.

• Uzma Zakir, Licensed Pharmacist and Founder of bloomHigher

5:30pm

Cannabis Massage for Caregivers & Couples

Learn how to use cannabis-infused topicals safely and effectively to relieve stress, reduce pain, and deepen connection through intentional touch. This hands-on workshop is perfect for couples and caregivers seeking to support wellness through plant-powered massage.

• Jade Sancho-Duser, Licensed Massage Therapist

6:15pm

Puff & Pilates!

Join Ariana Foote (@indicawife) for Puff & Pilates, a playful wellness experience blending intentional movement with elevated vibes. This session brings together cannabis culture and core connection through a beginner-friendly mat Pilates flow led by Ariana’s signature style—grounded, grungy, and feel-good. Come as you are, leave a little higher.

• Ariana Foote aka. Indica Wife, Pilates Instructor + Content Creator 

6:45pm

Kush Karaoke: Where High Notes Meet High Vibes

Roll up, show out, and sing your heart out! Kush & Karaoke at NCF is where good vybz meet loud lungs. Expect dope energy, high notes, and higher times. Bring your crew, spark up, and grab the mic—this ain’t your average open mic night.

• Abaynesh, Founder of Loud Vybz

Saturday, July 19

2:30pm

Lit & Aligned: An Elevated Yoga Flow 

Roll up, root down. This short but potent class blends grounding postures, gentle stretches, and breathwork to align your body and elevate your spirit. A vibe for the mind, body, and endocannabinoid system.

• Ebony Wheeler, Certified Yoga Instructor

3:00pm

When the Smoke Clears - Firefighters & Cannabis

What if the real battle starts after the fire is out? Join frontline firefighters, a cannabis researcher and a policy expert for a deep dive into the fight for access to medical cannabis—challenging stigma, breaking silence, and reimagining how we care for our heroes. Don’t miss this one!

• Matt Johnson, 2nd Vice-President of Local 2000; Fire Lieutenant with HCDFRS

• Brad Klukas, Howard County Fire and Rescue

• Battalion Chief John Gardell, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire 

• Nina French, Neopharma Technologies, Chief Operating Officer

• Austin Zamarippa, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins

3:45pm

Hack the High: Mastering Self Through Plant Tech

Join us for a mind-expanding conversation on how cannabis is powering creativity, athletic recovery, emotional intelligence, and mental clarity. From biohacking to breathwork, AI to intuition—this is the future of performance cannabis.Discover how cannabis and the body’s own technology can unlock your highest self.

• Dr. Tiffany Buckley, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, Professor, University of Maryland

• Sheena Roberson, Founder of Cannabis Noire and the Higher Conference 

• Vic Styles, Founder, Black Girls Smoke

• Sheena Williams, RN, Host, PBS Vitals

4:30pm

Bridging Borders Patient Access 

Description: Explore how cannabis industries in DC, Maryland, and Virginia intersect through patient access, workforce development, and policy. This session highlights cross-border challenges, DEI in the cannabis workforce, and strategies for regional cooperation to build a more inclusive, equitable, and unified cannabis ecosystem across the tri-state area.

• Vanjalic Tolbert, Patient Wellness Guide, Liberty Cannabis

• Shawn Williams, Founder, Burners Block

5:15pm

Saints, Sinners & Sativas: Reclaiming Our Right to Heal

For generations, Black and Brown women have carried shame around cannabis use. This panel breaks down the stigma, double standards, and silence that have kept us out of the conversation. From church pews to kitchen tables, we reclaim cannabis as a tool for healing, creativity, and liberation—no apologies.

• Tameisha Carter, RN, Owner of Inhale Exhale Smoke Shop

• Roz McCarthy, Founder of Black Buddah Cannabis and M4MM

• Sheena Roberson, Founder of Cannabis Noire and the Higher Conference 

• Dr. Paulette Simone, CEO and Principal Therapist

• Amanda Staten, Founder of Rolling Cloudz

6:15pm

World Wide Weed: The Future of Cannabis Tourism

Discussing the past, present, and future of cannabis tourism as a potential trillion dollar industry 

• Jay Mills, CEO, Ebony Green, LLC 

• Kia Jackson, Cannabis Advocate and Industry Architect

• Héritier Lumumba, Founder & CEO, Lumumba