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Upcoming (if funding can be obtained):

  • 24-25 Nov. 2026: “Entre el taller y la fábrica: ¿Fracasó la estandarización tecnológica de la marihuana? Una mirada desde las farmacopeas de Europa” @ Escuela doctoral, International Committee for the History of Technology @ UNAM (DF, México).
  • 16-17 Oct. 2026: “Difós tot i difús, codificat però modificat: El cànem (Cannabis L.) a les farmacopees oficials d’Europa, 1739–1939” @ 23rd Congrés Internacional d’Història de la Medicina Catalana (Granollers, Catalonia).
  • 7 Oct. 2026: “¿Codificación o modificación? Historia legal y clínica del cáñamo médico a través 200 años de farmacopeas oficiales” @ 4th Congreso Argentino de Cannabis y Salud (Rosario, Argentina).
  • 2-5 Sept. 2026: “Fuzzy terms & Co(mmo)dified medicines: Cannabis inter Pharmacopoeias Alpinas, 1739–1939” @ 47th International Congress for the History of Pharmacy (Innsbruck, Austria).

 

 

Barcelona

 

Berlin

 

Vilnius

 

 

Geneva

2026

  • [Selecte for this conference, but I could not go due to lack of funding] 25-27 June 2026: “Fuzzy terms & Co(mmo)dified medicines: Cannabis inter Pharmacopoeias Europae, 1739–1939 (Room 3.2 panel Cannabis: Myth, Policy and Co(mmo)dification)” @ Biennal Conference of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society (Paris, France)
  • 22 Apr. 2026: “Codex medicamentarius: lexicón normativum? Traductions, tradaptations et normativité linguistique à travers les pharmacopées européennes (à travers le cas du chanvre) XVIII-XXème siècles.” @ VI Jornadas Internacionales de Historia de la Traducción no Literaria (València, Spain)

2025

I refused to make public talks about any topic other than the Centenary of Cannabis Prohibition in 2025, but nobody seemed to be interested — hence the absence of entry in 2025.

 

 

2024

  • 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs – Side event “Cannabis and Biopiracy” | United Nations, Vienna, Austria — 11 March 2024 | Cannabis & Biopiracy: Closing words on international law | Video recording
  • 13 March 2024: Cannabis & Biopiracy – Workshop and capacity-building session | Cannabis Embassy Campus Vienna | Vienna, Austria

2023

  • Cannabis Europa 2023 | Barbican Centre, London — 2 May 2023 | E.U. better believe it! | Video recording
  • UNCTAD | Palais des Nations, Geneva — 18 February 2023 | UNCTAD Workshop on industrial hemp: panel discussion | Slide PresentationAudio recordings (EN & FR)
  • Cannabis and psychedelics: the Czech Republic needs change! | Prague, Czechia — 14 February 2023 | Presentation of the study “Treaty Compliance Options for Cannabis Regulations in the EU: Models of decriminalisation and legal regulation compliant with International Law and EU Acquis”Video recordingSlide presentation

2022

  • International Narcotics Control Board | Vienna, Austria (video from Geneva) — 25 May 2022 | INCB hearing on trends in the legalization of cannabis for non-medical usesVideo recordingSlide PresentationStatement transcriptOther presenters
  • Fiera Indica-Sativa Trade | Bologna, Italy — 9 April 2022 | Cannabis: la legalizzazione è possibile! Come regolamentare la canapa in accordo con la convenzione unica sugli stupefacenti del 1961 | VidéoSlide presentation
  • Spannabis conference | Barcelona — March 2022 | Legalización del cannabis en el mundo: ¿justicia o negocio? | Video recording

2021

  • The Cannabis Conversation | Online — 16 December 2021 | Cannabis and International Drug Policy, EPISODE #93 | StitcherYoutubeSpotifyiTunesSummary & info
  • Colloque “Le cannabis en Polynésie : entre Justice, Santé et Économie, une question de société” | University of French Polynesia – Papeete, Tahiti — 18 November 2021 | L’approche post-prohibitionniste pour une réglementation durable du paka. | VidéoDiapositives
  • 2º Congreso Argentino de Cannabis y Salud | Chilecito, Argentina (Online) — 30 September 2021 | Mirada Global de la Regulación, con el Dr. Sergio Sanchez Bustos | Video
  • Cultivemos Argentina | Online — 5 July 2021 | Entrevista con Diego, fundador de Cultivemos Argentina | Video
  • Webinaire FPEA “Le cannabis déconfiné” 18 Joint 2021 | ONLINE — 18 June 2021 | Le cannabis déconfiné & déclassifié : Recommandations de l’OMS & changement de classification du cannabis par l’ONU | Diapositives
  • Society of Cannabis Clinicians’ Journal Club | Online — 4 June 2021 | Cannabis Nomenclature & Product Standardization. | Slide presentation
  • Fields of Green for ALL | Johannesburg (Online) — 20 April 2021 | Cannabis in South Africa: The People’s Plant. A Full Spectrum Manifesto for Policy Reform | Video
  • Centre for Biocultural Diversity | University of Kent — 1 April 2021 | From Menace to Medicine: Cannabis in Transition | InterviewPeople & Psychoactive Plants – webinar
  • I Congreso Científico Internacional Cannabis sativa L: un enfoque integral | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid — 18 February 2021 | Presentación del Informe Cannabis y Desarrollo Sostenbile, y discusión Cannabis Medicinal tras la reclasificación | Video | Slide Presentation.
  • Mission d’information « réglementation et impact des différents usages du cannabis » | Assemblée Nationale (France) — 17 FEBRUARY 2021 | Audition à l’Assemblée Nationale : Cannabis Social Clubs, Ressources génétiques et connaissances traditionnelles, et Appellations d’Origine | Video (1 h 03 min.) Diapositives

2020

  • #ActívateConInformación | Confederación FAC (online) — 9 December 2020 | La ONU reclasifica la planta de Cannabis | Video
  • Live NORML France | ONLINE — 6 December 2020 | Discussion sur la reclassification du Cannabis avec Farid Ghehiouèche et Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli | Video Recording
  • III Congrés CannabMed | Col·legi Oficial de Farmacèutics de Barcelona — 6-7 Octobre 2020 | Cap a una farmacopea cannàbica / Hacia una farmacopea cannábica | Presentación PDFVideo en YouTube
  • State of Cannabis | ONLINE — 1 Octobre 2020 | Upcoming Cannabis vote inside United Nations – What you need to know | Video recording
  • Cannamerica | ONLINE — 22 August 2020 | Cannabis, Políticas Públicas Sostenibles, y la experiencia de Uruguay. | Archive on Youtube
  • Hemp Barons w/ Joy Beckerman | ONLINE — August 2020 (Series) | MOMENTUM IN INTERNATIONAL Cannabis POLICY | Part 1 (Episode 79)Part 2 (Episode 80)Part 3 (Episode 81)
  • European Policy Platform | ONLINE — 6 August 2020 | Cannabis Policy Reforms: European Progress | Archive Facebook LiveArchive on Youtube
  • Radio Free Cannabis w/ Steve DeAngelo | ONLINE — 26 July 2020 | Radio Free Cannabis #8 – Cannabis & Sustainable Development | Podcast ArchivePodcast on Youtube
  • Prohibition Partners Live | ONLINE — 22 JUNE 2020 | Overcoming the UN Deadlock | Program Archive
  • EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL HEMP ASSOCIATION 17tH CONFERENCE | COLOGNE, GERMANY — 17 JUNE 2020 | ‘Hemp’ products: (p)review of terms and nomenclatures | Program ArchiveSlide Presentation
  • CannaTalks | ONLINE — 10 may 2020 | Cáñamo y Desarrollo Sostenible | Video del webinarioSlide Presentation

2019

Cultiva HanfKongress

Pyramid, Vienna, Austria — 11 October 2019

MOMENTUM IN INTERNATIONAL Cannabis POLICY

ParLiament Day on Hemp policies

SEIMAS, VILNIUS, LITHUANIA — 9 OCTOBER 2019

Statement to the PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL HEMP ASSOCIATION 16TH CONFERENCE

COLOGNE, GERMANY — 6 JUNE 2019

Approaching Hemp and Cannabis Policies Through the Lens of Sustainable Development (w/ Hana Gabrielová)

62nd Commission on Narcotic Drugs

United Nations, Vienna, Austria — 14 March 2019

Statement to the plenary on item 9(c): International Narcotics Control Board

2018

International Cannabis Policy Conference, Special UN event

United Nations, Vienna, Austria — 7 December 2018

Cannabis: Next steps for the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

II Fòrum de Associacions i Clubs de Cànnabis de Catalunya

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain — 23 November 2018

Actualitat social, política i legal del fenomen dels CSC: De la política internacional a la realitat catalana

Open Session of the 41st meeting of the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland — 12 November 2018

Statement to the Experts of THE 41 ST MEETING OF THE ECDD

Cultiva HanfKongress

Pyramid, Vienna, Austria — 12 October 2018

Cannabis within the UN treaties: are changes finally coming?

Cannabis Box Forum

Expogrow, Irún, Spain — 15 September 2018

REGULACIÓN del CANNABIS al INTERNACIONAL

It’s about the future in patient care – how Cannabis will change medical care

Columbia University Global Center, PARIS, FRANCE — 12 SEPTEMBER 2018

Access issues: rights, policy & regulation

EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL HEMP ASSOCIATION 15TH CONFERENCE

COLOGNE, GERMANY — 13 JUNE 2018

Cannabidiol and Cannabis Related Substances: a Brief Update on WHO/UN Review Process

Société Civile et Politiques Cannabis, Drug Policy Encounters

Geneva, Switzerland — 9 June 2018

Pieces of history and pathways for the future of Cannabis scheduling internationally

European Youth Event 2018

European Parliament, Strasbourg, FRANCE — 2 June 2018

Debate. Marijuana: Smells like teen spirit – or escape from reality?

II Congrés CannabMed

CCCB, Barcelona, Spain — 13 May 2018

UN PUENTE ENTRE LA MEDICINA CANNÁBICA Y LOS PACIENTES: Perspectiva Internacional

2017

International symposium on prospects for development and growth in the rural cannabis cultivating areas of the Moroccan central Riff

Mohammed VI center, Chefchaouen, Morocco — 30 April 2017

Normalisation du Cannabis: l’instrument indispensable pour des politiques de développement socio-économiques inclusives et durables