Ehud Barak, Anthony Scaramucci to Meet at World Economic Forum Cannabis Pavilion

The annual forum will be held this year between January 22 and January 25. Alongside the forum, the lounge at the Canada pavilion will host a three-day cannabis event organized by Israeli accelerator and services company iCAN: Israel-Cannabis.

Ehud Barak. Photo: Amit Sha'al

Called Cannatech, the event will start with the former director of communications for U.S. President Donald Trump interviewing the former Israeli prime minister and current cannabis firm chairman.

Scaramucci, the founder and co-managing partner of New York-based SkyBridge Capital left his White House position in July 2017, only 10 days after his appointment. Veteran Israeli politician and businessman Barak, a former Chief of Staff of the Israeli military, was appointed as the chairman of Israeli medical cannabis company InterCure Ltd. in September.

The event's main sponsor is Vancouver-headquartered investment banking and financial services company Canaccord Genuity Group Inc., considered a leading advisor in the cannabis sector.

The list of attendees released by iCAN boasts expected participants including Richard Carleton, the CEO of The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), an alternative stock exchange in Canada; Jason Paltrowitz, the executive vice president of New York-headquartered OTC Markets Group; and Bruce Linton, CEO and chairman of Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth Corporation, which reported revenues of $40 million Canadian dollars for 2017.

Cannabis is still an industry searching for legitimacy, Yona Levy, CEO of Israeli cannabis-based pharmaceutical company Alvit LCS Pharma, said in an interview with Calcalist.

In September 2018, Intercure announced it has acquired Israeli cannabis cultivator Canndoc Ltd. Both companies intend to speak with prospective partners and investors at Davos, Cannadoc CEO Roei Zerahia said in an interview with Calcalist.