Tech Talk 2# Cannabis Technology

Without doubt one of the most interesting people I met since coming to Toronto and a fascinating interview. In this edition of Teck Talk Toronto #2, I met with Toronto Technologist James Rodmell. We spoke about the future of tech in Toronto, AI, VR and something I had never heard of...Cannabis Technology

You can following the link here to watch the this part of the interview with James

Ian: "What do you see as the next big technology movement in Toronto?

James: “Okay, well if it’s a global audience you may not know but in Canada we are about to legalise medicinal and recreational use of cannabis. This is an industry that is slowly emerging from being completely illegal apart from medicinal cannabis which has been legal in the 2000's at some stage. But a lot of it has been on the black market so it’s an entire industry that is practically in the dark ages however they is some very advanced companies as far as been able to produce the inventory, check the quality etc. But it’s all the other sides of creating product from a new industry that I really think is going to be a huge boom in Toronto and across Canada. Everything from understanding the science of the plant and been able to link that to the user and the users wants or symptoms and all of the data that will be required to make that joining of...what to we grow? what do we produce? what active ingredients do we use? There are 133 active ingredients not just THC and CVD in Cannabis. The scientific research has been going on for some time in Israel. A lot of companies have been looking to Israel to help move the research forward. That I think is going to shift Canada as we become fully legal in July 1st 2018” 

Ian : So, is it Cannabis Technology? Is that what this movement is called?

James: “It is everything to do with producing a new product. Everything from logistics, security, scientific research. But outside of tech though, marketing, advertising. How can you do this? Well you’re not allowed to put our brand out there? Well you need to have a one to one relationship with the consumer but how do you do that. All these questions have been answered or addressed by other industries but this is a whole new ball game…uncharted territory if you will”