MJBizCon 2025 brought thousands of cannabis professionals to Las Vegas for four days of networking, learning, innovation, and deal-making. Known as the industry’s largest B2B conference and expo, the event blended official sessions with a constellation of unofficial mixers, brand activations, and social gatherings throughout the city — where many of the most meaningful conversations and partnerships occurred.
Notable Week Events and Community Gatherings
Aside from the conference and expo at MJBizCon 2025, there were many events and other opportunities for those who were in Las Vegas for Cannabis Week.
Blunt Brunch Nationals
The “Pearled Up & Powerful” Blunt Brunch united over 350 women leaders and allies for an elegant networking experience featuring live performances, brand activations, and community connection, with proceeds supporting organizations like FreedomGrow and Project Sisterdope.
Beard Bros Media Day
Kicking off MJBizCon Week at NuWu Cannabis Marketplace, Media Day — in partnership with Beard Bros Media — provided early networking, live interviews, and podcasting, spotlighting diverse voices in the cannabis community before the main expo opened.
Grasslands Party
This invite-only evening, sponsored by Flowhub and others, offered a relaxed environment for executives and investors to connect in a more intimate setting than the expo floor.
Cannaluxxe Wellness Lounge
Held at the Las Vegas Country Club alongside The Vegas Classics golf event, this wellness activation blended guided meditation, sound therapy, wellness conversations, and conscious social space, featuring artists like Vic Mensa.
Bagel Bash at Planet 13
A morning networking mixer hosted by Jews in Weed, the Bagel Bash provided casual connection over breakfast staples at one of the world’s largest cannabis entertainment complexes.
LGBTQIA+ Programming
In a milestone for the conference, Queer in Cannabis, The Cannabis Trail, and Tokeativity collaborated on the first official LGBTQIA+ programming at MJBizCon, including panels and the Rainbow Royale celebration at NuWu — highlighting queer voices and fostering community visibility.
Conference Sessions: Strategy, Innovation, and Tech
Official conference sessions emphasized actionable business insights for today’s market, with pre-show forums on finance and marketing, and mainstage panels on consolidation, regulations, retail strategy, and resilience. A prominent theme was the rise of technology — from lab automation to CRM and compliance tools — reflecting how analytics and digital solutions are becoming essential in competitive cannabis operations.
Expo Floor: Product Launches and Immersive Experiences
The expo hall remained the core of MJBizCon, organized into category-specific pavilions for cultivation, processing, retail, and Culture+. Exhibitors displayed extraction and packaging innovations, sustainable materials, consumer brands, and next-gen hardware. A standout onsite virtual retail activation allowed attendees to explore products in a simulated buying environment, signaling a trend toward experiential showcases.
The Culture+ pavilion highlighted cannabis heritage and creativity with glass art, lifestyle brands, and legacy creators, reinforcing the event’s cultural roots alongside business focus.
MJBizCon continues to be the cannabis industry’s flagship gathering — a place where entrepreneurs, investors, operators, and innovators from around the world converge to share ideas, form partnerships, and set the tone for the year ahead. From its early beginnings in 2012 to its current scale with thousands of attendees and exhibitors, the event remains essential for exploring trends, discovering new technologies, and strengthening the vast cannabis professional network.
