Q&A
WITH THE
ORGANIZERS
More and more hemp and CBD expos are
added to the circuit every year. We asked
husband and wife duo, The Wittenbergs,
what we can expect from The Hemp
World Expo to see what sets it apart from
the competition.
Mike and Angela Wittenberg have
over twenty years of experience in
organising events, with fi ve of those
years in the vaping industry. This is set
to be quite the event, with thousands
of attendees and many highly
informative speakers in attendance.
We asked Mike what we can expect
from this highly anticipated event.
What can people look
forward to at The Hemp
World Expo?
It’s a hemp, CBD and cannabis lifestyle
convention. We’re expecting some of
the best brands in the world and a ton
of people at this. It’s educational but
a really fun time. The event is open to
public as well as businesses.
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What sets your expo
apart from other CBD
events?
A lot of the events focus on either
business or consumers. We try
to spread it out and have a little
bit of both. We like the event to
be educational as well as fun and
commercially productive.
We’ve been going to Connecticut
for a very long time with the vaping
crowd and I think that the industries
are so closely related that it’s going to
be just as big as our vape conventions.
What drew you to this
particular industry?
I’ve always had an interest in the
cannabis industry in terms of harm
reduction and natural healing. I’ve
been putting on vaping conventions
for the past fi ve years. I think there