By virtue of its sustainable approach to economy and agriculture and its multiple applications as food and manufactured products, the hemp sector attracts young generations of farmers, offering a promise of regeneration of rural areas. Moreover, by repatriating manufacturing processes and fostering innovative value chains, the sector could deliver long-term sustainable growth and create highly-skilled jobs across Europe. Experts from all over the world will discuss how to #unlockthepotential of hemp to develop a sustainable economic model that reconciles agriculture, industry and environment.
More concretely, the event will encourage fruitful discussions on hemp farming, fibre processing and biocomposites, with a special focus on how to build a strong value chain, and the future of hemp foods and food supplements. Other topics will include regulation and industry insights – cannabinoids, technology, cosmetics and medicine.
#HempforEurope: emerging opportunities for the Green Recovery will feature diverse speakers, including members of the European Parliament and Commission, farmers, market operators, policy experts and researchers.
AGenda
Welcome Session and opening speech
Lorenza Romanese
Managing Director, EIHA
Daniel Kruse
President, EIHA
Keynote speech: The potential of hemp in Europe
Adam Jarubas
Member of the European Parliament
Hemp and the Green Recovery
Catherine Wilson
EIHA Vice President
Hemp fibre and the textile sector: Sustainable fashion and the repatriation of the value chain
Moderated by Francesco Mirizzi, EIHA Senior Policy Advisor
Commission’s view on sustainable textiles in the Green Deal policies
Marco Manfroni
Policy Officer at the European Commission
Towards a Biobased Textile Industry – The Opportunity for Hemp
Lutz Walter
Secretary European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing
Secrets behind premium Hemp brand and Fabrics
Alberto Ziveri
CEO and founder of Operacampi, Italy
Smart Material Choices – Gaps and Opportunities
Jonas Eder-Hansen
Public Affairs Director, Global Fashion Agenda
Networking lunch
Hemp Fibre Processing: Seizing the opportunities of tomorrow
Moderated by Francesco Mirizzi, EIHA Senior Policy Advisor
Building the value chain: Good practices in the structuring of the sector
Moderated by Francesco Mirizzi, EIHA Senior Policy Advisor
The Value of a vertical integrated hemp company, from seed to roof
Mark Reinders
CEO, Crop Ability North Netherlands
Testing new market applications for hemp in composites
Vincent Placet
Research Engineer - Université Franche-Comté
A 100% hemp yarn made in Occitanie, France: how we are almost there
Mathieu Ebbesen-Goudin
CEO of VirgoCoop, France
Harrison Spinks - How and why we use hemp.
Cannabis HUB – Innovation and Knowledge for the cannabis industry
Joan Cruanyes
PhD of University of Catalunya, Spain
Cooperation and collaboration to develop the hemp industry as a mainstay of the bioeconomy in Ireland
Kate Carmody
Chairperson of the Irish Hemp Cooperative, Ireland
Whole crop valorization and process innovation for a circular and sustainable hemp-based bioeconomy
Maria Cristiana Moliterni
CREA - Research Centre C for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Closing remarks
Catherine Wilson
EIHA Vice President
Welcome Session
Lorenza Romanese
Managing Director, EIHA
Keynote discussion on the future of agriculture and bioeconomy – The role of hemp
Michael Scannell
Deputy Director-General, DG Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Commission
Francesco Mirizzi
EIHA Senior Policy Advisor
Hemp farming: Whole plant approach
Moderated by Francesco Mirizzi, EIHA Senior Policy Advisor
Hemp seed growing in Europe: the role of research and cooperation in the development of the supply chain
Giovanni Gioia
CEJA
South Africa: A Dream Denied – Developments in the Regulatory Framework
M Ayanda Bam
CEO, BCubed Africa Cannabis Consulting Co-Founder, Friends of Hemp South Africa
From by-product to resource: Industrial hemp flowers as source of essential oil and flavorings
Roberta Ascrizzi
Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Italy
Building the value chain: develop and certify highly performant hemp genetics
Jacopo Paolini
CSO, Enecta
Surviving the storm across the hemp field
Rafael Dulon
CEO HANF FARM GmbH
Sustaining the development of industrial hemp farming through the valorization of carbon storage: overview and case study
Rémi Cornerier
Entrepreneur, Chanvre Eco System
The future of the hemp food and food supplements sector: Seizing the opportunities of the sustainable food business
Moderated by Lorenza Romanese, EIHA Managing Director
Lunch break
Regulatory session: Hemp extracts moving forward
Moderated by Lorenza Romanese, EIHA Managing Director
Overview of CBD products testing
Antonio Conto
Managing Director, ChemSafe
Hemp regulation in the US - Access and barriers
Dannie Elsner
CEO Charlotte’s Web
Regulatory Challenges for botanicals food supplements in the EU
Livia Menichetti
Director General of EHPM, the European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers
Regulatory approach to cannabinoids: hemp, botanical extracts and alternatives
Luca Gelardi
Sales Director nutraceutical ingredients EMEA region
Global update: Market and regulatory state of play
Moderated by Lorenza Romanese, EIHA Managing Director
Creating the International Hemp Association
Daniel Kruse
President, EIHA
Hemp food: an emerging market
Daniel Kruse
President, EIHA
Global Update: Market & Regulatory State of Play (USA)
Joy Beckerman
Board of Directors, U.S. Hemp Roundtable
USA Hemp Market & Regulatory overview
Rick Trojan
President - Hemp Industries Association
Canadian Industrial Hemp Industry: Market and Regulatory State of Play
Ted Haney
President and CEO, Canadian Hemp Trade Asssociation
Latin America Update: Market and regulatory state of play
Lorenzo Rolim da Silva
President, Latin America Industrial Hemp Association
The applications and demands of hemp textiles
Jason Fung
Deputy General Secretary of Chinahemp Alliance, Supply chain manager of Hemp Fortex Industries Ltd
Closing remarks
Daniel Kruse
President, EIHA
Welcome Session
Daniel Kruse
President, EIHA
Industry insights & updates: Hemp - farming, food, fibres, shives and technology
Genetic mapping of important agronomic and phytochemical traits in cannabis
Jason Argyris
Researcher at Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UABtural Genomics (CRAG)
Hemp Analytics: using data to drive forward positive change in the hemp industry
Hemp textiles – challenges and opportunities
Malgorzata Zimniewska
Professor at the Institute of Natural Fibers and Medicinal Plants National Research Institute, Leader of hemp textile research team
The Future Potential of Hemp: Unlocking in the vast diversity of the DNA of the Cannabis species
Michael Ruckle
Director of Plant Science, Puregene AG
Industry insights & updates: Cannabinoids – in food, supplements, cosmetics and medicine
Status Quo of hemp supplements and medicinal Cannabis in Germany
Joscha Krauss
CEO, Medical Hemp GmbH
The dichotomy between extracted and synthetic cannabidiol
Cinzia Citti
Post doctoral fellow at the Institute of Nanotechnology of the National Council of Research (CNR NANOTEC)
The health and well-being effects of neutral and acid forms of cannabinoids
Tanja Bagar
CEO and Chairman of the Expert Council of the International Institute for cannabinoids, Slovenia
Phytocannabinomics: an integrated metabolomics approach for cannabis chemovar differentiation based on high-resolution mass spectrometry, bioinformatics, and chemometrics
Andrea Cerrato
Ph.D. student at University of Rome La Sapienza
Closing remarks
Daniel Kruse
President, EIHA
Speakers
Jason Argyris
Researcher at Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UABtural Genomics (CRAG)
Roberta Ascrizzi
Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Italy
Tanja Bagar
CEO and Chairman of the Expert Council of the International Institute for cannabinoids, Slovenia
M Ayanda Bam
CEO, BCubed Africa Cannabis Consulting Co-Founder, Friends of Hemp South Africa
Joy Beckerman
Board of Directors, U.S. Hemp Roundtable
Kate Carmody
Chairperson of the Irish Hemp Cooperative, Ireland
Andrea Cerrato
Ph.D. student at University of Rome La Sapienza
Cinzia Citti
Post doctoral fellow at the Institute of Nanotechnology of the National Council of Research (CNR NANOTEC)
Antonio Conto
Managing Director, ChemSafe
Rémi Cornerier
Entrepreneur, Chanvre Eco System
Joan Cruanyes
PhD of University of Catalunya, Spain
Rafael Dulon
CEO HANF FARM GmbH
Mathieu Ebbesen-Goudin
CEO of VirgoCoop, France
Jonas Eder-Hansen
Public Affairs Director, Global Fashion Agenda
Dannie Elsner
CEO Charlotte’s Web
Jason Fung
Deputy General Secretary of Chinahemp Alliance, Supply chain manager of Hemp Fortex Industries Ltd
Luca Gelardi
Sales Director nutraceutical ingredients EMEA region
Giovanni Gioia
CEJA
Ted Haney
President and CEO, Canadian Hemp Trade Asssociation
Adam Jarubas
Member of the European Parliament
Joscha Krauss
CEO, Medical Hemp GmbH
Daniel Kruse
President, EIHA
Marco Manfroni
Policy Officer at the European Commission
Livia Menichetti
Director General of EHPM, the European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers
Francesco Mirizzi
EIHA Senior Policy Advisor
Maria Cristiana Moliterni
CREA - Research Centre C for Genomics and Bioinformatics
Jacopo Paolini
CSO, Enecta
Vincent Placet
Research Engineer - Université Franche-Comté
Mark Reinders
CEO, Crop Ability North Netherlands
Lorenza Romanese
Managing Director, EIHA
Michael Ruckle
Director of Plant Science, Puregene AG
Michael Scannell
Deputy Director-General, DG Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Commission
Lorenzo Rolim da Silva
President, Latin America Industrial Hemp Association
Veronique Troch
Lecturer and Researcher, HoGent
Rick Trojan
President - Hemp Industries Association
Simona Vasile
PhD, researcher, HOGENT University of Applied Science and Arts (FTILab+)
Lutz Walter
Secretary European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing
Catherine Wilson
EIHA Vice President
Malgorzata Zimniewska
Professor at the Institute of Natural Fibers and Medicinal Plants National Research Institute, Leader of hemp textile research team
Alberto Ziveri
CEO and founder of Operacampi, Italy
