Agenda

Speaker: Graham Davis, Agriculture Marketing Specialist, USDA-Domestic Hemp Production Program

Speakers: Graham Owen, President, Delta Ag, Hunter Buffington, VP of Policy & Advocacy Element6, Hollis Glenn, Deputy Commissioner of Operations for the Colorado Department of Agriculture (VIRTUAL) Hemp must be, above all, safe for livestock and companion animals. The NIHC believes that the current profile of research from around the world, including small research projects […]

Speakers: Sheriff Nate Sickler, Sheriff of Jackson County, Oregon Courtney Moran, President and Lobbyist of the Oregon Industrial Hemp Farmers Association Jake Johnstone, Deputy Division Administrator, Oregon Water Resources Department Rob Bovett, OR Cannabis Task Force States and the hemp industry are facing a new threat – Drug Cartels. In Oregon, one county code enforcement […]

Speakers: Lakshmy Mahon, President & CEO of Global Data Vision Kelly O’Connor, Key Accounts, Sales Director, Columbia Laboratories The NIHC has partnered with SEI and ASTM International to create a globally recognized brand and hemp verification program for CBD and related products. This is a two-step verification using ASTM International HempQ laboratory certification and NIHC […]

Speaker: Corey Pickelsimer, Senior Director, Cooperator Programs Division, Foreign Agriculture Service, United States Department of Agriculture The Federal Government is currently serving the hemp industry. Learn more about the Market Access Program (MAP) and the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service initiatives in promoting hemp globally.

Speaker: Julie Lerner, PanXchange CEO Hemp is a major carbon sequestering plant, a top tier crop that can be a player in carbon sequestration. On average, an acre of hemp sequesters about 11,000 pounds, or 5 metric tons of CO2 throughout photosynthesis during its growth cycle, according to New Frontier Data. Learn how companies are […]

Speaker: Beau Whitney, NIHC Chief Economist Hemp and cannabis are nascent industry verticals that face unique pressures. The US hemp and cannabis industries significantly benefit from more hard data and greater levels of regulatory transparency. Beau Whitney, NIHC’s Chief Economist, will share insight in support of hemp & cannabis investment, infrastructure & regulation.