Ms. Inst. Ms. ANNDREA HERMANN M.Sc., P.Ag,B.GS,
President of Hemp Technologies, Seals & Services Officer of Hemp Production, President Emeritus and Current, Board of Hemp Industries Association and Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & CANADA
Mr. ROHIT SHARMA
President of IIHA
Indian Industrial Hemp Association
Mr. dr. MARKO FLAJŠMAN, Biotechnical Faculty Ljubljana
Department of Agronomy
Chair of phytomedicine, agricultural technique, agriculture, pasture and grassland
EUROPEAN UNION
SLOVENIA
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SAUL KAYE
Founder & iCAN CEO
European Parliament speaker
ISRAEL
Mr. MATJAŽ GRKMAN
Director of the State Hemp Office
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia
SLOVENIA
EUROPEAN UNION
Mr. MARK REINDERS
European Industrial Hemp Association EIHA CEO
HempFlax CEO
European Parliament speaker
EUROPEAN UNION
NETHERLANDS
CANADA HEMP SITUATION
Anndrea Hermann is the Owner, Hemp-Technologies Canada and The Ridge International Cannabis Consulting and is an Instructor at Oregon State University. She holds her M.Sc. in Hemp Fibre Agronomy from University of Manitoba and B.GS in Hemp Ecolonomics from Missouri Southern State University. She’s a Professional Agrologist, President - Hemp Industries Association and Committee Member - Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance.
Anndrea continues to share her experiences in the areas of hemp cultivation, processing, regulations and networking all things hemp. Her background includes over 20 years of promoting Cannabis in the USA and 15 years of professional experience in the Global hemp sector from field to end consumer. Not only does she respect this plant but it is a way of life for her, eating hemp, wearing hemp, and building with hemp, speaking about hemp, sharing knowledge and inspiring others to do the same. Cannabis is part of what Anndrea calls her final vocabulary.
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This year, Anndrea places special emphasis on Canada, where hemp gets a special role in agriculture, the development of new products and about the country where hemp is one of the leading industries with high-profitable potential.
Mr. Saul Kaye is Pharmacist, Cannabis expert, Angel Investor and Serial Entrepreneur.
He started as a retail Pharmacist and now I have 20 years experience in managing multiple retail pharmacy stores.
iCAN is his latest startuP has created the cannabis ecosystem in Israel. iCan is a Global cannabis company and is investing in early-stage cannabis technologies. We accelerate cannabis technologies and together with our cannatech platform accelerate you in the cannabis industry.
CANNABIS SITUATION & INNOVATIONS IN ISRAEL
Rohit Sharma – President of Indian Industrial Hemp Association (IIHA)Managing Director of AMRO Organic Hemp Pvt. Ltd.
Rohit Sharma. As executive office of Indian Industrial Hemp Association (IIHA) & AMRO Organic Hemp Pvt. Ltd.
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Rohit Sharma , founder and President of the Indian Industrial Hemp Association (IIHA), is working for over 5 years in the field of Industrial hemp-based Economy development in India and across borders.
As executive office of Indian Industrial Hemp Association (IIHA) & AMRO Organic Hemp Pvt. Ltd. /Mr. Sharma is also the 1st to launch massive extraction unit of CBD isolate in India having extraction capacity of 400 tons per month, IIHA Partnered with European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) 2014” Slovenia World Hemp Congress (since 2013) joined Ad-hoc Advisory Group of Industrial Hemp New Zealand (2015-2016), and is member of the Technical Committee of “Applied Botanical Science (USA) for Hemp products" (since 2014). Also member and partner of various "Expert Group on Hemp-based Products", Mr. Rohit Sharma is Director and member of the WASME (India) 2013 PHD Chambers (India) 2015.
DIRECTION OF HEMP RESEARCH IN REFERENCE TO INDIAN CONTEXT
Mr. Matjaž Grkman is leading the preparation of hemp legislation in the government Republic of Slovenia for ten years now. He is in charge of the preparation and development of legislation and regulations dealing with industrial hemp, and he is also responsible for issuing state licenses for the production of hemp in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Republic of Slovenia, Sector for Agriculture and Agricultural Markets.
THE MEANING OF INTERNATIONAL COMPATIBILITY HEMP LEGISLATION AND HEMP SITUATION IN SLOVENIA
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Dr. Marko Flajšman is assistant researcher at Group for agriculture at Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Agronomy, University of Ljubljana. His current field of work is industrial hemp, namely field experiments and breeding.
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In the past, hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) had a great economic importance. But 20th century was characterized by extreme considerations and measures against the cultivation of hemp, and that's why it disappeared from agricultural crop rotation. Hemp forms a lot of biomass and is well known as a great consumer of nutrients. Therefore it is important to ensure that soil is fully stocked with nutrients before sowing. Crop rotation, the timing and method of soil manipulation, the timing and method of sowing and harvesting are of great importance for protection of hemp and other crops from weeds, pathogens, pests and diseases, and play important role in preservation and improvement of the structure and fertility of the soil. The lecture will present a crop rotation as a fundament of sustainable agriculture and other aspects of sustainability derived from hemp, which can replace many industrial raw materials of non-sustainable origin. The perception of sustainability is possible only through continuous education, which encourages thinking and behavior in sustainable way among farmers and agricultural professionals as well as among the entire society.
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SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS OF THE HEMP (Cannabis sativa L.) CULTIVATION
EU NEEDS UPDATED FUTURE HEMP POLICY
TO ACHIEVE HIGH ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES
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Mark Reinders, CEO of HempFlax, Holland, is the new president of the board of directors of the EIHA European Industrial Hemp Association. EIHA, largest EU hemp association
with Mr. Reiders modernized with professional activities for which he also with the EIHA team prepares legal updates.
HempFlax he lead in Oude Pekela (NL) since 1994, focused on the production and processing of locally grown hemp and flax, creating semi-finished and finished products from these renewable resources. In 2012 was founded HempFlax Romania. This furthered our capacity for developing and improving natural fiber products. Today, Hemp Flax is one of the top hemp development and manufacturing in the EU, which cooperates with the world's largest industries.
Under Reiders' EIHA leadership and also its own HempFalax company, Hemp has a broader developmental economic significance, but unfortunately, the EU is still faces legal obstacles.
In 2016, the cultivation area of industrial hemp in Europe covered more than 30,000 ha, three times as much as in 2011. Hemp areas grow along with the demand for fibres and seeds. Hemp fibres are among the strongest and most sustainable natural fibres in the world. They are mainly used in biocomposites for the automotive industry, as insulation
material and for light-weight paper. Almost all European automobile companies already use hemp fibres to reinforce interior automotive parts. Leading hemp processors from the Netherlands, France and Romania present twelve reasons why you should consider using European hemp fibres for automotive applications, Cannabis also occurs in other industries such as food, health, paper, plastic, construction and many other eco-industries. With the changed legislation hemp becomes one of the most powerful economic potentials.
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Reinders are looking for modern economic-legal solutions for such a fast growing agri-manufacturing sector with internationally linked EIHA
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Ms. NEVA MALEK, MSc
Food lecturer at Educational Centre Piramida Maribor, Higher Vocational Coollege for food technology at High Food School Piramida
GENERAL MANAGER of
GLOBAL HEMP FOOD INNOVATION competition
EUROPEAN UNION
SLOVENIA
FEATURES OF HEMP INGREDIENTS IN NUTRITION AND IN KITCHEN
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Ms. Neva Malek is a profesor for the subjects Food Chemistry and Technological Processes at the Educational Centre Piramida Maribor, Higher Vocational College. One of the areas of her work is also the use of hemp for nutritional purposes. She was a mentor to a many students, one of them developed different types of bread.
Since then, she has been involved in the development of various hemp bakery and confectionery products sold by the Centre in its school shop.
In her work, she tries to acquaint students with various possibilities of using hemp excellent nutrition value, she advocates superior quality hemp food products and their placement in large food systems.
Ms. Malek is actively involved in
Domestic and International professional nutrition areas, including the Institute for Nutrition with State Concession for performing public research activities.
This year Neva takes over the WHC position
GENERAL MANAGER of
GLOBAL HEMP FOOD INNOVATION competition.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS
2017
Speakers
GR - Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre
12.-15. October 2017
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LIVE
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.... global Hemp politics designers, the most prominent innovators and businessmens,
and heads of international Hemp associations, with extensive years of experience,
share to global audience
guidance for the modern Hemp economy era ....
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GLOBAL HEMP ENGINES
ONLINE and with AUDIENCE
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