December 1-4, 2026 | Las Vegas Convention Center

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Autumn Karcey

Autumn Karcey

CEOCultivo, Inc.

Ms. Karcey is the founder of Cultivo, Inc., one of the longest operating cannabis facility design, permitting, and development firms in the industry. For more than eleven years, she has led projects involving site selection, regulatory strategy, permit acquisition, facility design, specialized HVAC and environmental systems, and construction management for cultivation and manufacturing operations across the United States and internationally.

Cultivo has supported projects in more than twenty-five states and three countries, representing millions of square feet of cultivation, manufacturing, and processing space. With over a decade of hands on cultivation experience across indoor, greenhouse, and outdoor environments, Ms. Karcey brings practical operational insight to facility planning and execution.

She has been featured in Forbes, National Geographic, Cannabis Science and Technology Magazine, Marijuana Venture, Marijuana Business Daily, Yahoo Finance, High Times, and other industry publications. Her work focuses on building compliant, efficient infrastructure capable of supporting consistent production in regulated cannabis markets.

Thu Dec 0311:40 AM – 12:20 PMBreakout Session Room 1 - N101

The Modern Grow Room Playbook: Facility Design for Efficiency at Scale

Your facility design decides your margins long before your first harvest. The most profitable commercial cultivators win at the blueprint stage, wher

Your facility design decides your margins long before your first harvest. The most profitable commercial cultivators win at the blueprint stage, where early infrastructure choices set the ceiling on efficiency, quality, and cost per pound for years

Your facility design decides your margins long before your first harvest. The most profitable commercial cultivators win at the blueprint stage, where early infrastructure choices set the ceiling on efficiency, quality, and cost per pound for years to come. 

This session is for commercial cannabis cultivators, facility owners, and operations leaders who want to engineer profitability into the building itself. You'll see how leading operators t

Your facility design decides your margins long before your first harvest. The most profitable commercial cultivators win at the blueprint stage, where early infrastructure choices set the ceiling on efficiency, quality, and cost per pound for years to come. 

This session is for commercial cannabis cultivators, facility owners, and operations leaders who want to engineer profitability into the building itself. You'll see how leading operators treat HVAC, fertigation, and workflow as financial decisions, not just technical ones, and how that mindset separates scalable facilities from expensive mistakes. 

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Panel DiscussionSession TypeCultivation Business SolutionsSession Track
Jeremy Shechter
Ken Lutter
Autumn Karcey
Mikey Towey
Jeremy Shechter
Jeremy ShechterFounder, Open Source Horticulture
Ken Lutter
Ken LutterVice President of Operations, Comprehensive Cultivation Services
Autumn Karcey
Autumn KarceyCEO, Cultivo, Inc.
Mikey Towey
Mikey ToweySenior Vice President of Production and Infrastructure, Good Day Farm
Jeremy Shechter
Jeremy ShechterFounder, Open Source Horticulture
Ken Lutter
Ken LutterVice President of Operations, Comprehensive Cultivation Services
Autumn Karcey
Autumn KarceyCEO, Cultivo, Inc.
Mikey Towey
Mikey ToweySenior Vice President of Production and Infrastructure, Good Day Farm
Tags:Cultivation Business Solutions
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Capacity Unlimited:No