David Hyde M.Sc., CPC
David is Canada’s top independent security consultant. Over a 32-year career, David has advised governments and corporations, secured some of Canada’s most iconic landmarks and built the enterprise security program for a $19 billion global corporation protecting 60 million square feet of facility assets across Canada and globally. David’s security advisory firm, David Hyde & Associates, has extensive experience and unrivalled success in security consultation within the regulated cannabis sector across Canada and internationally.
Over the past four years under Canada’s federal medical cannabis regulations, David Hyde & Associates has provided security consulting services to almost 150 MMPR/ACMPR license applicants, attended 22 Pre-license Inspections with Health Canada and worked with 17 licensed producers sites. David sits as the only Canadian member on the Security Committee for the Foundation of Cannabis Unified Standards (FOCUS).
Joshua Kappel, Esq.
Josh is a Partner at Vicente Sederberg specializing in risk-assessment for multi-national corporations and financial transactions in the highly regulated US cannabis industry. Josh was a drafters of Amendment 64 in Colorado which legalized cannabis for adult use. He is also a founding board member of the National Cannabis Bar Association (NCBA), Council for Responsible Cannabis Regulation (CRCR), Simplifya and VS Tech Ventures.
In addition to his work with Vicente Sederberg, Josh is currently the Associate Director of Sensible Colorado, advocating for medical marijuana patient rights. He testified at numerous public hearings on issues related to medical marijuana, sat on many conference panels and routinely writes articles about a myriad of medical marijuana issues. Josh’s work has been highlighted in the Denver Post, Colorado Springs Gazette, Westword, Kush Magazine, West Coast Leaf and Colorado Springs Independent.
Elfi Daniel-Ivad
Elfi serves as Head of Submissions, Regulatory at Eurofins Experchem Laboratories Inc. She leads a team of regulatory professionals in the development of regulatory submission strategies for Natural Health Products, OTC drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, food products, site licenses, medical establishment licences and applicants to become licensed producers of cannabis (LPs). Eurofins Experchem Laboratories Inc. is currently working with more than 130 LP applicants under Elfi’s leadership. Over the last decade, Elfi developed a proven style of dealing with Health Canada resulting in an excellent track record of having regulatory submissions and applications approved.
Elfi received a B.Sc. in Technical Chemistry, and a MSc in Biotechnology and Nutrition from the Technical University of Graz, Austria, as well as a Postgraduate Regulatory Affairs Diploma (PRA) from the Academy of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences Inc. (AAPS), Toronto.