What's new for Year 2 of the Avantpay Conference?

The Avantpay|20 Conference is set for September 9-10, 2020 and we cannot wait to share what we have planned and prepared!

But first...a quick look back at Year 1.

Thank you to all of our sponsors, speakers, attendees, industry and media partners for making Avantpay|19 an inaugural conference to remember! We would not be able to do this without you, so thank you! We met our goal of 500 registered attendees, who are leaders in the banking, payments, cannabis, and cryptocurrency industries. In fact, 28% of the attendees were C-Suite leaders, 20% were VPs/Directors/Partners, and 16% were Founders or Owners. This level of leadership fostered quality connections between companies and individuals and really enabled those to work together to solve their business challenges and create long lasting relationships. Our keynote speakers were also kind enough to spend some time with everyone and share their thoughts, from Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Elroy Sailor (Board Member of Harvest Health & Recreation) and Tiki Barber (Founder of Grove Group Management and Former NFL Running Back). We also had a chance to see some exciting new companies during the pitch competition hosted by Leafwire, in partnership with Entrepreneur Magazine. Congrats to yorcue for winning the competition!

So, what’s new for Year 2?

With exciting progress happening on all fronts with states, the House, and the Senate, we are doubling down on our continued focus of payments and compliance as the cornerstones for the cannabis industry to grow and mature, and have added an increased focus on banking. Since banking and payments are intertwined, we felt that based on feedback from attendees and from conversations we are having with everyone in the industry, banking deserved a headline spot at Avantpay|20. With that addition, our Avantpay|20 is now the B2B Conference for payments, banking, and compliance in the cannabis industry. While cryptocurrency remains a subset of the payments aspect of the conference, it is no longer a top-line pillar of Avantpay, as we are solely focused on the cannabis industry and the aspects that help the cannabis industry grow. One other area that will see an increased focus at Avantpay|20, is emerging technologies. There are some really exciting technology solutions being developed to support payments, banking, and compliance in highly regulated industries (i.e. cannabis), to include solutions for seed-to-sale tracking, fraud detection, and delivery. We can’t wait to see some of these new companies at our Avantpay|20 Pitch Competition!   

Now, how can you get involved?

First off, we’d love to see you at Avantpay|20, which is being held just blocks from the White House, at the Capital Hilton Hotel, September 9-10, 2020. The event rooms are all next to each other this time, which will allow for even more networking and deal-making between the panel sessions. But, we don’t want to wait to see you until next September. Please join us at our quarterly Avantpay happy hours in DC, and contact me or Jada (contact info) for details. 

For more information about Avantpay|20, please check out our Conference Brochure at the link below, our website at www.avantpay.io, and our social media channels @avantpay. Our call for speakers is now open and Early Bird tickets are on sale for a limited time only at $275. See you soon!

Avantpay|20 Conference Brochure

Thank you!

Joshua M. Radbod 

Co-Founder and CEO of Avantpay

For event information please contact:

Jada Fields

Director of Sales & Marketing

[email protected]