IECSC Florida 2019

 Take A Deep Dive into CBD Wellness (Room PALM B)

07 Oct 19
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
*Advanced Business Seminar: Separate Fee Required* Chris Elawar, President and Co-Founder, CBD Care Garden; Vanessa Marquez, CEO and Co-Founder, CBD Care Garden Take A Deep Dive into CBD Wellness It's no question the industry of hemp and CBD is becoming the new highly demanded category for next level wellness experiences. With the rapidly growing market, consumers are quickly learning their CBD savvy, while spas begin to explore new CBD menu offerings and retail. It's a vast landscape with seemingly countless details to consider. In this session, we take a deep dive with you, as your industry playbook to help you successfully navigate the industry of CBD with confidence and knowledge. You’ll learn- * Industrial hemp vs. cannabis * The Endocannabinoid System * How phytocannabinoids Work with the Skin & Body * Studies & Research that Support CBD * Benefits of CBD * The types of CBD extract and pros/cons * Sourcing and traceability * Vetting a CBD product line * State licensed third-party testing * Understand a Third Party Report •Potency Scores, Cannabinoids, THC •Formulation standards, MG dosage •Speaking spa, looking spa & training Chris Elawar is the Co-Founder and President of CBD Care Garden, a hemp-based wellness and beauty company serving the luxury spa market with a full line of Skin Care, Body Care, and Professional Backbar CBD products. Chris is a Marine Corps Veteran with 10 years of active duty experience prior to transitioning to the health and wellness industry. While building international distribution channels within the industries of skin care and plant technologies, He cultivated relationships and knowledge that perfectly aligned him to be at the forefront of the hemp industry movement, launching CBD Care Garden in 2016. Chris has a love for plant-based technologies and is extremely grateful to be pioneering an industry in these innovating times. " Tomorrow is today's yesterday. Never stop innovating and inventing because you could change the world." Vanessa Marquez is the CoFounder and CEO of CBD Care Garden, a Hemp-based wellness & beauty company serving the luxury spa market with a full line of backbar and retail suite of CBD products. Operating a prior seven-year successful business in massage therapy while building international distribution channels within the industries of skin care and plant technologies, she has been cultivating relationships and knowledge that perfectly aligned her to be at the forefront of the hemp industry movement, launching CBD Care Garden in 2016. In addition to a lifetime of personal study with plant ingredients and nutrition, she has set the standard-bar high in delivering efficacious products with premier quality experience. “ I’m inspired by a fierce desire to build the kind of brands that people would like to see more of those which people can honestly believe in.