CANEX 2026 · PROPOSED PROGRAMME
CanEx 2026 — Proposed Programme
Four tracks exploring health, wellbeing and the Caribbean wellness economy.
From everyday health decisions to the businesses and traditions shaping our region, CanEx brings together practical perspectives, emerging ideas and questions that deserve a deeper conversation.
From the CanEx archive · 2018
TRACK ONE · MIND
1. Mental Health in Real Life
Stress, stigma and getting support: recognising when we need help, navigating the options and finding care that fits our lives.
2. Sleep, Stress and the Cost of Running on Empty
Rest, recovery and the pressure to keep performing. What needs to change when running on empty becomes our normal?
3. Psychedelics and Mental Health: Promise, Evidence and Responsibility
Examining research, personal experiences and retreat claims, with consent, preparation, integration and aftercare at the centre of the conversation.
TRACK TWO · BODY
4. Weight Loss in the GLP-1 Era
Beyond medication: the roles of nutrition, movement, affordability and ongoing support in weight management, and what good care should look like.
5. Living Longer, Living Stronger
Strength, mobility and independence as we age. A practical conversation about living well, without chasing every longevity trend.
6. Women’s Health Beyond the Headlines
From menstrual health to menopause: the questions that deserve better information, greater attention and more responsive support.
7. Food as Foundation
Nutrition, ital traditions and eating well in Jamaica: what we grow, what we import, and how cost, culture and convenience shape our choices.
8. Peptides Beyond the Headlines
Distinguishing established medicines, emerging research and marketing claims. What should people ask about evidence, safety and quality before buying into the promise?
TRACK THREE · PLANT MEDICINE
9. Cannabis in the Caribbean: A Decade On
How has Jamaica’s industry changed, who has benefited, what remains unresolved, and where does the Caribbean cannabis industry go from here?
10. Cannabis in Care: Evidence and the Patient Experience
What research and patient experience can each tell us, alongside the practical questions of safety, access and clinical guidance.
11. Bush Medicine and the Living Jamaican Tradition
Rastafari knowledge, herbal practice and traditions passed through generations: exploring their place in Jamaican life alongside research, safety and respect for those who hold that knowledge.
12. From Legacy to Legal
Small farmers and traditional cultivators in a regulated industry: the barriers to participation, routes into the market and what meaningful inclusion could look like.
TRACK FOUR · BUSINESS & ECONOMY
13. The Caribbean Wellness Economy: Where We Can Win
Where can regional businesses, practitioners and communities create distinctive value and participate meaningfully in the growth of the wellness economy?
14. Wellbeing at Work: A Shared Responsibility
What employers must address, what individuals can take responsibility for, and how we turn wellbeing into practical support rather than another programme on paper.
15. Wellness Tourism Beyond the Stay
How Caribbean hotels, practitioners and local businesses can create credible wellness experiences, build stronger local connections and offer value beyond a visitor’s stay.
16. Building and Funding a Wellness Business People Trust
Turning a promising idea into repeat customers, meaningful partnerships and an investment-ready business through quality, differentiation and commercial discipline.
Proposed topics are subject to change. Speakers, session formats and the final programme will be announced separately.