AGenda

09:30 - 12:30

General Meeting

  • 1. Introduction and Welcome!
  • 2. Adoption of the agenda
  • 3. Update on the EIHA members and the Secretariat
  • 4. Reporting on EIHA activities and relevant policy updates
    • a. Agriculture and environment
    • b. Textile and non-woven
    • c. Construction materials
    • d. Feed
    • e. Food
    • f. Novel Food
  • 5. AOB

12:30 - 14:00

Networking lunch

14:00 - 14:15

Welcome and Introduction

Lorenza Romanese Lorenza Romanese Managing Director, EIHA
Daniel Kruse Daniel Kruse President, EIHA
14:15 - 16:00

International markets and developments

Moderator: Lorenza Romanese - Managing Director, EIHA

Patrick Atagi Patrick Atagi President, National Industrial Hemp Council
Hongliang Ding Hongliang Ding President, Hemp Fortex Industries Ltd
Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma Chairman of the Indian Industrial Hemp Association
Lorenzo Rolim da Silva Lorenzo Rolim da Silva President, Latin America Industrial Hemp Association
Ted Haney Ted Haney President and CEO, Canadian Hemp Trade Asssociation
16:00 - 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 - 18:00

Cannabinoids

  • Toxicological profile of cannabinoids - Antonio Conto
  • Germany and Europe – update on CBD and the medicinal THC market - Joscha Krauss
  • CBD as pharmaceutical ingredient - Boris Banas

Moderator: Lorenza Romanese - Managing Director, EIHA


Boris Banas Boris Banas Co-Founder and CSO, CBDepot s.r.o.
Jacopo Paolini Jacopo Paolini CSO, Enecta
Joscha Krauss Joscha Krauss CEO, Medical Hemp GmbH
Antonio Conto Antonio Conto Managing Director, ChemSafe
18:00 - 20:00

Networking Cocktail

09:00 - 09:15

Welcome and Introduction

Lorenza Romanese Lorenza Romanese Managing Director, EIHA
Daniel Kruse Daniel Kruse President, EIHA
09:15 - 10:35

Farming and processing

  • Hemp4Textiles project: long fibres varieties trials - Veronique Troch, Hanne Pappaert
  • Cretes solutions for harvesting and scutching hemp for long fibres - Stefaan Declerck
  • Innovative harvesting technologiess - Mark Reinders
  • On the Right Side of History: The Whole Plant Potentials of Industrial Hemp in the context of LULUCF and the EU Carbon Cycles Framework. - Chris Allen

Moderator: Francesco Mirizzi - Senior Policy Advisor, EIHA


Stefaan Declerck Stefaan Declerck CEO, Cretes
Chris Allen Chris Allen Director, Hemp Federation Ireland
Hanne Pappaert Hanne Pappaert PhD, UGent
Veronique Troch Veronique Troch Lecturer and Researcher, HoGent
Mark Reinders Mark Reinders CEO, Crop Ability North Netherlands
10:35 - 11:05

Coffee Break

11:05 - 12:30

Hemp in construction

Moderator: Francesco Mirizzi - Senior Policy Advisor, EIHA

Hervé Pottier Hervé Pottier CEO, CAVAC
Daniel Daviller Daniel Daviller Vice-President, Construire en Chanvre
Olivier Beghin Olivier Beghin CEO and Co-founder, IsoHemp
Marco Cappellari Marco Cappellari Product manager, VICAT
Steve Allin Steve Allin Director, International Hemp Building Association
12:30 - 14:30

Networking Lunch

14:30 - 15:30

Hemp Food and Feed

  • EU-wide THC max levels and their positive impact on the hemp food sector - Daniel Kruse
  • Hemp protein: new market opportunities - Florian Pichlmaier, Jacek Kramarz
  • Nutritional characterization of hemp and utilization in animal feeding - Lucia Bailoni, Monica Cutrignelli

Moderator: Lorenza Romanese - Managing Director, EIHA


Monica Cutrignelli Monica Cutrignelli Professor, University of Naples Federico II
Lucia Bailoni Lucia Bailoni Professor, University of Padua
Jacek Kramarz Jacek Kramarz Executive VP, East Hemp Group
Florian Pichlmaier Florian Pichlmaier Co-Founder and CEO, Signature Products
Daniel Kruse Daniel Kruse President, EIHA
15:30 - 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 - 17:15

Varieties and breeding

  • USDA initiative on hemp germplasm - Zachary Stansell

Moderator: Lorenza Romanese, Francesco Mirizzi - Senior Policy Advisor, EIHA


Christophe Février Christophe Février General Manager, Hemp-IT Coop
Francesco Folcarelli Francesco Folcarelli Marketing Director, CBD Seed Europe and Business Development Manager at DoddHeres Ltd
Zachary Stansell Zachary Stansell Research Geneticist, Plant Genetic Resources Unit (PGRU) USDA
Jacopo Paolini Jacopo Paolini CSO, Enecta
17:15 - 17:30

Conclusions

Daniel Kruse Daniel Kruse President, EIHA