WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Ms. Inst. Ms. Anndrea Hermann M.Sc., P.Ag, B.GS / USA / CANADA / US Variety Trials & Hemp Food Production & Pedigree seed production Hemp Agronomics Ms. 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 http://www.thehia.org/ and Committee Member Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance http://www.hemptrade.ca/ . 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. Anndrea lectures will be from she's rich practical experience in the global hemp development, management and world largest hemp organizations. She considered as one of the world's highest educated in the field of hemp with many parts of its own development, which she includes in the global hemp green economy and on the basis of this work a number of she's hemp, rich research works.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Paul Benhaim / AUSTRALIA Cannabinoids and health Mr. Paul Benhaim is one of the most prolific and creative hemp innovators in the world and is founder of Hemp Foods Australia www.hempfoods.com.au , 9bar, Hemp Plastics www.hempplastic.com , Elixinol www.elixinol.com and other successful hemp products as well as being an author of 9 books on industrial hemp and working with hemp since 1996 (18 years!) on all continents of the world. Known as a ‘hemp do-er’, a person who takes ideas and makes them happen, Paul will be presenting significant Cannabinoids and health of which he will include an extended question / answer session where he will work with individual participants to support their journey to realize their hemp dream. If you have a passion for hemp and want to join a growing industry then you want to meet Paul. Benhaim invests his development work in the modern green economy and over the last few years he have started to expand its business worldwide so you can buy his a variety of hemp products on all continents.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Sasa Vidović BSc & Mr. Dr. Sikora Vladimir / SERBIA SERBIAN INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT KonopArt DOO Novi Sad1, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops2
In the 1960s, in Vojvodina alone, industrial hemp was cultivated on an area larger than the total production in Europe in 2014. The area covered by hemp in 2014 included only a few dozen hectares. In 2015, we will achieve more than 100 hectares. Our long-term aims are at least 5000 hectares by 2020. Mr. Vidović will talk about Novosadska konoplja (hemp) is the domestic variety used for production by KonopArt, Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops2. Novosadska konoplja (hemp) HELENA is a dioecious hemp belonging to the so called Southern Hemps. A team of experts at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Bački Petrovac has been developing this variety for many years lead by Jan Berenji and Vladimir Sikora Characteristics of the HELENA variety: Stem: 10 -15 tons/hectare Fibre: 3 - 4.5 tons/hectare Scutch: 7 - 10 kg/hectare Seed: 800 - 1000 kg/hectare Oil content: 28 - 32% Protein content: 22 -25% As many other countries, Serbia recently facing insufficient technical background related to harvesting and processing of hemp. This is the reason, for establishing Serbian Hemp Association, that will promote cooperation among hemp producers and processors for optimising usage of available resources. Presenter: Sasa Vidovic BSc. is Professional background in Mental Health Nursing, after years spent in the role of Sales and Marketing manager with multinational medical devices professional and private life to renaissance of the hemp production and processing in Serbia. Frontman of Roooombaaaa band, playing world ska music.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. ANDRIA PETROVIĆ M.Sc. / CROATIA Importance of hemp innovation in global green economy Innovations are the most important contribution to global development, create new jobs, new modern products, hemp products are the world's innovation also interesting because they are green, natural, biodegradable, and bring higher quality for the future challenges of the highest quality modern products and materials. Mr. Petrović is recognized the quality and Technological innovation challenges of Hemp, and so many years ago when he enlisted in international development hemp projects and directly encourage the legalization hemp in Croatia. Petrovic fourth year as Director lead evaluation GLOBAL HEMP INNOVATION in project WORLD HEMP CONGRESS. He will talk about the importance of hemp innovation in the global economy, their impact on the future development of the hemp industry, the relationship hemp materials on our environment, reducing negativ consequences and especially on the enormous economic benefits of hemp products on the market, Andija will talk through his own experience of managing international projects, most EU funds obtained in Croatia, in particular, from his own experience managing the most successful Croatian Technology Park in Varazdin, which he superior operates already 12 years. Petrovic talk from his own project development experience in the field QTC Quality Sistems Agency, managerial experience from University of Applied Scinces in Varaždin, and in the field of management Development Agency North _ DAN, LCC as Chairman of the Board in EU and Croatian projects. His specialization of which is currently pursuing a doctorate is Information Technology, an expert is also in the areas of ICT Buseness development, IS Development and design, Simualtion methods, Incubation and development of knowledge based companies, Modern Technology.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. TJALLING ERKELENS / NETHERLANDS Cannabinoids as tools for doctors and standardization of cannabis as medicine While cannabis is still not yet a registered medicine, many doctors doo prescribe cannabis as a therapeutic agent in many diseases, mainly to alleviate certain symptoms as chronic (neuropathic pain) pain, spasms and certain brain disorders that lead to anxiety. Based upon experiences in The Netherlands and Canada it becomes more and more clear in which cases cannabis can function as an additional tool for doctors to help some of their patients. One of the crucial things for the medical professionals however is that they want to keep control over what patients are taking as medicine and therefore standardization of products (chemistry, amounts and way of administration) is a must for cannabis also. Only this way doctors, pharmacists, regulators and patients can feel comfortable when using cannabis as a medicine. Standardization of cannabis for pharmaceutical purposes as done by e.g. Bedrocan in The Netherlands and Canada (product and production process) is a must to eventually get cannabis into that regular toolbox of doctors and their associates. As it becomes nowadays very obvious that cannabis has earned its’ place in the medical field it is also interesting to see how this evolves on a global level from a more commercial perspective. Bedrocan BV from The Netherlands is the first fully legal cannabis producing company that has spread it’s wings on a global level. The company recently started two new production facilities outside Holland; one in Canada and one in the Czech Republic. Both new companies operate under different circumstances and regulations compared to the Dutch parent company. In Canada even a whole new industry arose over the last 1,5 years with more than 20 companies licensed by Health Canada to produce cannabis as a medicine. Mr. Erkelens is CEO of company for medical marijuana BEDROCAN BV / http://www.bedrocan.nl / in The Netherlands. Bedrocan is the sole producer of standardized medical cannabis in whole bud form worldwide. Bedrocan now has three production facilities active: 2 in The Netherlands and 1 in Canada. A 4th production facility is starting up in the Czech Republic this fall. Bedrocan is committed to bridging the gap between patient needs and regulatory and pharmaceutical requirements Bedrocan BV, the Dutch company provides standardized cannabis of pharmaceutical quality to the Dutch government since 2003. Bedrocan is the only legal company in the world providing several, chemically different varieties of cannabis to be used by patients on prescription of a doctor and as a raw material for the pharmaceutical industry. Tjalling with its professional team successfully expanding its business in global markets, which will also in his WHC15 speech explained, as well as the advantages and usefulness of medical cannabis and standardization of cannabis as medicine.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. MAKOTO MATSUMARU / JAPAN A History of Hemp in Japan and future Mr. Makoto Matsumaru is Executive Director of HEMP FOODS JAPAN Co., Ltd / www.hempfoods.jp . He says about himself : I am studying legal, market, demands and business of all hempfoods products in Japan and learning history of hemp in Japan seeking a keywords for globalizing. Hemp in Japan is very interesting today. Many new hemp lovers learn and study hemp as great commodity and thinking for better future with hemp in our society. I will introduce history part of Japan hemp and this year of hemp movement in Japan !!
Makotos lecture will be extensive advocated topic of : • CBD Today • Emerging Niche Products and Trends • Hemp Future Week • Invest in the Middle Way: CBD Hemp • State of CBD and Hemp Legality • Hempreneurs, the Lifeblood of New Products • Changing the Conversation on Hemp • FutureSpeak: Cannaceuticals and Cannabiotics • The Elephant in the Hemp Living Room: CBD • Endangered Medicinal Cultivars • Vision of a Hemp Foods Future • Time to Pivot on Hemp Policy • Industry-specific presentations: investors, food industry, supplement industry, farmers, writers, policy
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. DUŠAN NOLIMAL, MD.,MSPH, Specialist in Public Health / SLOVENIA Science, ethics and politics in classifying the danger of Cannabis sativa There is a long history of psychoactive plants being regarded as dangerous and subsequently being banned. The world-wide drug repression of these plants is blocking opportunities to perform thorough research into the medicinal and other qualities of a diverse range of plants, including Cannabis sativa. All psychoactive plants and substances have some degree of risk of harm associated with their abuse, but there are great differences in the extent of the risks and how they are controlled and classified. The purpose of control and the classification of the psychoactive plants and substances is both, restrictive in nature - to limit access to dangerous drugs, and enabling in nature – to ensure the availability of some of these drugs for scientific, medical, idustrial and other purposes. Historically, however, it has been the restrictive pole that has been prioritized. There are many conceptual and classification problems with the current control of these plants and substances. Over the past years the scientific, political and public knowledge have changed quite significantly and recent debates, have led to questions about the clarity, reliability and credibility of the current classification system and whether it remains fit for purpose. It has been argued that Cannabis sativa lacks the high abuse potential required for inclusion among the most dangerous drugs. Also, the discovery of the cannabinoid receptor system in the late 1980s revolutionized scientific understanding of the Cannabis sativa plant's medical effects. The scientific evidence and consensus are growing that the current classification of Cannabis sativa in the UN system represents a historical anomaly and should be reviewed at the earliest opportunity. It has been proposed that reclassification should be conducted by scientists and experts rather than by politicians, so that it will reflect only accurate factual knowledge of drug effects and risks rather than political biases. Slovenia takes its international responsibilities matters very seriously and any reclassification of Cannabis sativa which may be adopted would need to be consistent with the country’s obligations under the relevant UN Conventions. Dr. Nolimal finished medical school at University of Ljubljana School of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 1981 and earning a Master’s in Science of Public Health at University of Zagreb School of Medicine in 1987. He subspecialised in addiction medicine at Colorado University Health Science Centre, Addiction Research and Treatment Services, Denver, Colorado, USA and at National Institute on Drug Abuse, Addiction Research Centre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1986 – 1990. As the Permanent Correspondent of Slovenia in The Pompidou Group ( Council of Europe) and the World Health Organization’s Slovenian National Coordinator for Drug Problems he contributed considerably to European drug policies and research by promoting the evidence base of policy and addressing ethical and human rights aspects. He was involved in developing and passing state legislation on drug prevention and treatment of addictions. As a member of the EU Science Group of European Alcohol and Health forum he provides scientific advice and guidance on matters of alcohol-related harms and
developing and maintaining a common evidence base at EU level. He was National Expert Consultant for The Mobilizing Entrprises and Workers to Prevent substance Abuse in CEE Project ( ILO, 1996-1999). His current work has spanned a diverse range of topics, including stress, psychosocial risks and mobbing addictions in alcohol and other drugs, health and social care for vulnerable populations, ethical and human rights aspects of public health, patients’ rights, promotion of mental health (including stress, psychosocial risks and mobbing ) at workplaces and social responsibility at workplaces. His research focuses on social, economic, political and environmental determinants of public health conditions, in particularly the determinants of psychosocial health and social responsibility at workplaces. He is author and/or co-author of more than 300 scientific articles, books, editor or co-editor of different publications in the field of public health (social medicine) in Slovenia. He often speaks nationally on the sensitive public health topic and social responsibility is frequently quoted in the media.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Valerio Zucchini / ITALY Equipment for production and processing of hemp in reference to the green economy Mr. Zucchini is going to present in WHC15 a speech on the subject of Equipment for production and processing of hemp in reference to the green economy in Hemp chain by new varieties and new industrial green methods. Valerio is one of the strongest innovators in the field of hemp for different purposes, most for the large machine in factory layout. We are now faced with his GLOBAL HEMP TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION hemp combine harvester for high and thick hemp varieties vith multiple different processes of hemp. Valerio is the owner of the company Valerio Zucchini Consulting &Trading. Services and activities provided by the stated company include: transfer of industrial plants, modernization of production lines, transformation and/or increase productivity of existing lines, regulatory adjustments (treatments emissions and air/water/noise), research and development of new industrial products, finishing and packaging, handling and logistics, methods for online quality control and instrumentation specification and technical consultancy. Mr. Zucchini like a businessman and innovator in the field of hemp is also traditionally presented within the GLOBAL HEMP TEHNOLOGY INNOVATION competition at the WHC. http://valeriozucchini.com/index.html.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Richard Rose / Colorado USA Endangered Medicinal Cultivars & Cannaceuticals and Cannabiotics New Investments in Hemp busenes as new hemp products, hemp technologies, CBD Hemp Vision of a Hemp Foods Future to GLOBAL HEMP FOOD INNOVATION Mr. Rose can boast of a wide range of own experiences and efforts in the field of hemp in the USA. Shown expert and activist himself present in their own words : " Yes, it's me. For over 21 years I've spoken frequently about hemp foods before millions on national TV, in Colorado, California, Amsterdam, and elsewhere. Published last year by Ladybud, I wrote two HempNut cookbooks, introduced 15 hemp foods, and started the current hempseed food industry with HempNut Inc. Having started in 1980 helping build the emerging soyfoods industry, last year I unretired to assist the birth of another new Hemp industry: CBD. I am a comfortable and accomplished public speaker. I founded the Medicinal Hemp Association, am on the Board of the American Hemp Association, and am Chief Cannabinoid Officer at MediQi Energetics. I run the Facebook pages Medicinal Hemp Association, Cannaceuticals, Cannabology, The Hemp Nut, Hempreneurs, C-B-D.org, CBD Heroes and Zeroes, Colorado Hemp Nut, Nobacco.cool, Chemurgy, Stoner Musicians, Memes for Activists, The Art of Wax, and The Heretical Hempster (total followers= 12,172). I have my finger on the pulse of Colorado Hemp and CBD, I've produced more original educational materials on the subject than any other organization, and continue to pioneer new industry segments such as F*ck Cancer, Nobacco and CBN. My CV is among the longest of any Hempster, anywhere: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thehempnut Mr. Rose LIVE // https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/14d68b3e30e7a116? projector=1
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Marijn Roersch van der Hoogte / GERMANY The Hempseed-Harvesting-Machine-Project (Crowdfunding) Organizer and executer of the crowdfunding campaign H.E.M.P. for a Hempseed-HarvestingMachine. Also working as a freelancer in the German Hemp Market and as a volunteer for the Hemp Museum in Berlin, Germany. See more // www.mrhonline.nl and www.hanfernte.de Mr. Marijn will present innovation Hemp machine which collects the hemp-seed after the harvest of fibres, allowing farmers to obtain two valuable products from one single hemp field. A technological innovation that could give farmers all over the world new incentives to cultivate Industrial Hemp! See Video and Description of Marijn Innovation The Hempseed-Harvesting-Machine specialized for harvesting Hempseed after the harvest of fibres. // www.startnext.com/en/hanfernte
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Daniel Kruse / EIHA / GERMANY European Industrial Hemp Association work and its contribution to the GLOBAL HEMP GREEN ECONOMY New Data on Hemp Food - EU, North-America and China Development of natural hemp products, creation of own Hemp brand and their startup into the international green economy from own practice Mr. Daniel Kruse will this year present the work of European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) in stark context its efforts for GLOBAL HEMP GREEN ECONOMY. Mr. Kruse is a proud member and leading staff of EIHA Board Member, he is also the Founder and Managing Director of Hempro International. He can look back on nearly 20 years of experience in the hemp business. Daniel, as a skilled banker, deepened his economic knowledge through studies at Green Bay University in Wisconsin (USA) and Duesseldorf (GER). In 1996 he opened a “HanfHaus� retail shop and 1999 became Head of Sales as well as Partner at HanfHaus GmbH in Berlin. In 2001 Daniel Kruse founded Hempro International, to push on the development of hemp products - and to realize his vision, the successful combination of ecology and economics. Meanwhile, Hempro International is producer and distributor of hemp-raw material (seeds, hulled nuts, oil, protein), hempgarments, -accessories and -cosmetics. Through the consistent application of a strategy centred on product quality, Hempro Int. has succeeded in becoming one of the biggest players in the European hemp business. For Kruse is the hemp as "green economy" leading business policy. WHC Team is this year together with eight countries presented a joint efforts for the hemp investment to the EU Commission in the framework of the EU's green economy where is Kruse included as top professional head of the German and EIHA Team.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Sumit Shah / INDIA Green Hemp Economy and Hemp Technology in India Mr. Shah in WHC represent INDIAN INDUSTRIAL HEMP ASSOCIATION http://www.iihaindia.org/ . And its speech relates to the practical experience from his own work in the hemp Development and the holding in India. Mr. Sumit Shah is the co founder and director at Bombay Hemp Company Pvt Ltd (www.boheco.org) - India's first Industrial Hemp company which is working along with the Government of India to provide established prominence as a mainstream commercial crop in India. Personally responsible for the investment and partnership links with the Indian hemp growers and processors. His wealth of knowledge and information on the current state of the Indian hemp green economy and economic perspective of today and tomorrow he will be personally introduced in Slovenia and globally.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Francesco Perozzo MSc Architecture / ITALY Innovative and triple boottom line supply chain based on integrated management: DESIGN IMPLICATIONS AND KEY FACTORS FOR DUAL CROP HEMP TO TARGET THE FOOD AND BUILDING INDUSTRY Mr. Francesco Perozzo research's main methodology reviews each aspect of the supply chain model, to select the necessary and best characteristics for a resilient, sustainable, scalable and exportable model for the near future, including the specific implications of the choices made. Furthermore a qualitative questionnaire, answered by major industrial hemp stakeholders across the world, has been used to inform better the model. The Hemp supply chain model proposed connect the necessity for real sustainability with a triple bottom line approach for business, in a local, resilient and effective initiative with food and building uses of Hemp. It is vertically integrated, involve all the steps from the cultivation stage to processed hemp food retail or hemp building products installation. It's organized to capture the maximum value from finished products thus making it financially sound. Its goals are also enabling social and community well being through cooperation, involvement and awareness. The managerial and design insights are not directly related to classical hemp skills such as farming, processing or food and building applications but are extremely relevant for the reestablishment of a vibrant hemp community, especially for the business sector. Mr. Perozzo degrees in Industrial Chemestry, Project management at IUAV (BSc at Istituto Universitario Architettura Venezia) and the most recent MSc "Architecture: advanced environmental energy studies" at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth (Wales, UK) which is one of the most up to date institution regarding sustainability, especially in the built environment across the UK. Perozzo is part of Nord-est Digitale https://www.google.it/url? sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQFjAA&url=http%3A %2F%2Fwww.nordestdigitale.com %2F&ei=UbP5VKiXN8bhaMH4gEg&usg=AFQjCNGOaVjvGUnfJlSq1H64M6hPr2FpTA&sig2=yv0 o9FTW6NCKxxivacG4pw&bvm=bv.87611401,d.d2s and also part of the Industrial Hemp Building Association https://www.google.it/url? sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A %2F%2Finternationalhempbuilding.org %2F&ei=i7P5VKOhL9jxaoGpgIgE&usg=AFQjCNH0gwncx4s1pIA6xICSwSypkVLBMA&sig2=iJyc7 9VcIgEcNsFVLVpUEQ&bvm=bv.87611401,d.d2s
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Paul J. von Hartmann / California Cannabis Ministry / USA CANNABIS vs. CLIMATE CHANGE ~ Globalizing "essential civilian demand" Mr. Paul J. von Hartmann as ecologist and filmaker is going to present a speech on the subject of Cannabis vs. Climate Change~ Globalizing "essential civilian demand" at the WHC 2015. Therein he is to present three unique properties of the world’s most valuable crop, revealing hemp as critically essential to mankind’s sustainable existence on this planet. A science-based rationale and global emergency protocol will be introduced to initiate a massive global hemp farming campaign. The most time-efficient strategy for mitigating climate change also addresses issues of food insecurity, malnutrition and critical resource disparity. International Cannabis scholar, photographer, founder of Project P.E.A.C.E. and the California Cannabis Ministry, von Hartmann wrote “The Fundamental Challenge of Our Time” a 25-page essay that was translated into the Dutch language and adopted as the manifesto for the world’s first Cannabis College in Amsterdam, in 1998. He was already a Speaker at the WHC 2012, 2013, and WHC 2014. For additional information about about Mr. Hartmann and his work please follow the links: http://californiacannabisministry.blogspot.com/ ; http://vimeo.com/48561561 ; https://cannabis.contently.com ;
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Doug Fine / New Mexico, USA Global hemp green economy a good challenge for policy makers, economists and development elite
Mr. Fine is a comedic investigative journalist, bestselling author, and solar-powered goat herder. His new book Hemp Bound sets out a blueprint for tri-cropping and marketing hemp in the 21st Century: this will be the subject of his talk at the 2014 Congress. He has reported from five continents for The Washington Post, Wired, Salon, The New York Times, Outside, National Public Radio, and U.S. News & World Report. Fine is the author of three previous books: Too High to Fail; Farewell, My Subaru; and Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man. He lives in New Mexico. http://dougfine.com. Twitter: organic cowboy. He is also an activist and has presented the theory of war on drugs to the UN. ENCOD United Nations Statement by Doug Fine speech // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJxCWP8SmvM#t=10
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Ms. Majda Robić / SLOVENIA International hemp projects - challenge for the related development of the global green economy
Ms. Majda Robić is working on her Master thesis 'The opportunities of medicinal plants cultivation in Pomurje', hemp, being just one of the many challenges of many plants, which she strives to bring in wide industry via social - agricultural projects in her home area. Already in her early youth she led her own flower studio in the center of Ljubljana, where she worked with modern art design of flowers introducing them into the most prominent Slovenian public projects. She discovered cannabis during her study and with it her new challenge. She investigated its numerous healing and endless economic potential and began to look for ways to its wider introduction and use despite the fact that at the time it was still a prohibited plant in her home country. In the domestic and international agricultural environment, in addition to many other development projects and educational events, which Majda prepares mostly in cooperation with state institutions, she set the project European technology development center of industrial hemp. Together with leading domestic and international agricultural development organizations she started with the event the International Hemp Cannabis forum, which was renamed the following year into the HEMP WORLD CONGRESS, where already 30 countries from around the world participated. These being countries which have already ‘liberated hemp’ or which are still trying, with their enthusiastic work, to introduce new respective legislation. Today WHC acts as a link between foreign lecturers for the purpose of exchanging knowledge and expertise. WHC connects via video conferences and events which are passed on to the public via networks with a few million viewers. The main objective is to raise awareness, education and new economic possibilities of cannabis. Her innovative global approach in linking experts, which has a strong global acceleration regarding innovation, is respected and recognized by a number of her colleagues and experts which she unites. WHC has started with an international team to create agricultural, economic, developmental, innovative, investment and marketing support environment with the potential for more than 70. 000 different products from organic hemp and hemp-growing manufacturing lines, which are being each year more rapidly liberated from ‘the illegal environment’. Likewise the importance of GLOBAL HEMP INNOVATION is gaining on it’s importance, which is the result of Majdas’ Master thesis. As she herself says about hers work regarding hemp projects: ‘Without my excellent WHC international team I would not be able to move hemp in the global face’. To WHC team problems represent challenges which keep leading our professional work that is being upgraded and the critical and objective perspective of our colleagues gives us wings. Our next step is to select the most perspective international and domestic projects and support them
to the best of our abilities, be it financially as well as in the form of moral support and thus successfully implement them into the environment. The liberation of hemp as a highly important economic plant from prohibition and liberation from fears created unnecessarily in many peoples’ lives should be of a constant concern to us all. Personally I am of a strong conviction that the current legislation must be respected and am an advocate for adapting laws to the state of life. All this requires a lot of work and will power. However, my work is at home in agricultural and technology industry projects to which I strive to instill a socialist touch. I am interested in the final products, and the new healthy employment opportunities as well as overall quality impact of the project on the environment, which is being all the more boldly included in the various activities respective hemp. There is still a long and arduous road ahead of us in establishing a final operating system of hemp, but together we shall managed to get through all the obstacles that stand in our way today. We are currently just preparing scenarios for global co-existence with hemp one of the most important medicinal plants.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Boris Banas / UNITED KINGDOM / SLOVAKIA / Legal status of cannabinoids in end-user products on EU market
Mr. Banas It is already in his studies dealing with finances and social people views. Boris is a master's degree in Matej Bel University, Slovakia MSc, corporate finance. For several years he successfully lead company HEMP SEED OIL EUROPE and is project manager in CBDepot.eu which sell 100% Legal and Quality CBD Supply. The lecture will be from Banas rich international experience in business with hemp, resulting from the EU and is expanding at Global production of the processing units, and of course the global wide market. Boris its operations fully promotes green hemp economy and by its own offices also respects and raising the level of quality products and thus a healthy life of humans and the environment because all their products are based on the most natural approaches. Learn more about business units Mr. Boris Banas // http://www.cbdepot.eu/ http://www.hempseedoil.eu/
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Charles B. Kovess / AUSTRALIA How to decorticate hemp without retting: the breakthrough technology of Textile & Composite Industries, Australia
Mr. Charles B. Kovess work with White Paper on Industrial Hemp from Textile & Composite Industries Pty Ltd, in an Australian company and is International Marketing Director of TCI, and has worked with Adrian Francis K. Clarke, the genius behind TCI’s remarkable decorticator, for 3 years. Charles was an international tax lawyer for 20 years, and for the past 22 years has been a professional speaker, consultant, author and problem solver for many global companies.He is the author of two books, focused on the amazing value and power of passion, and he is deeply passionate about the value of industrial hemp in building a better world.”ny. TCI’s directors have been active in the Industrial Hemp field for over 20 years. They became interested when they discovered that hemp is a crop that can revolutionise the profitability of the agricultural sector and at the same time protect and improve the environment in sustainable ways. As the International Marketing Director for TCI, I am delighted to send you the White Paper, which is an Overview of the Industry, and a short analysis of the amazing opportunities available to you. Industrial Hemp is a global agribusiness and economic game-changer. Most people do not understand why this is so. The attached White Paper will help you to understand the opportunities for you more deeply. We consider that the local communities in which industrial hemp is grown can valueadd to the hemp products, generating economic activity, jobs, and career opportunities. One significant benefit will be that young adults will be able to stay in their communities and have a fulfilling career without being forced to move to major cities. The philosophy behind the development of TCI’s decorticators is to enable farmers to generate value ON THEIR FARMS whilst protecting and environment, thus improving their long-term sustainability, and to enable their communities to generate new businesses and new jobs near to the farmers.
BENEFITS FOR FARMERS Profits significantly higher than most broad acre crops: A crop that needs very little chemical pesticides and herbicides *A crop that improves the soil, with 4 tonnes of root matter per ha with each crop*A crop that sequesters carbon into the soil with environmental benefits*A crop that grows to full maturity in 120-140 days, that can also be used as a rotation crop*A crop that enables more than one crop per annum*A crop that is as easy and simple to grow as the easiest broad acre crop*A crop that uses about 20% of the water that cotton would need*A crop that will grow in many different types of soils*A crop that is proven to grow well in Australia and many other countries*A crop that produces fibre, hurd and seed that can be sold into local and global markets. BENEFITS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES There are many benefits for local communities: New job opportunities*New industry development*New economic activity*New skills development*Young people staying in their communities to pursue viable and interesting careers*Less pressure on major city infrastructure because people are happy to stay in their communities*Less financial pressure because home ownership and living in local communities is cheaper*Different communities can produce different hemp-based products: over 25,000 different products have been developed from this amazing crop. KEY STRATEGIC HEMP PRODUCTS TCI considers that the best value-added hemp-based products to focus on in the next five years for both local and global markets are: Fibre for clothing textiles*Fibre for mattresses and futons*Hurd for various building purposes*Fibre for wool blend materials with wool spinners*Fibre for carpets*Hurd for horse bedding and chicken bedding*Seed for future planting or export for planting*Seed for cosmetics and/or food or export for cosmetics and/or food, including feeding the increasing Asian demand for food arising from increasing wealth*Hospital bed sheets and bandages*Fibre for composites particularly shipping pallets, building components, car parts and box trailers*Fibre and hurd for edible food containers*Hurd and fibre for paper*Ropes, baling twine, string: hemp baling twine can be safely eaten by farm animals, unlike propylene baling twine! Read more about Mr. Kovess / http://www.kovess.com/charles.htm http://www.kovess.com/
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speakers KONOPKO Slovenian Hemp Cooperative Team / SLOVENIA Konopko Co-op, or how you'll learn to love hemp Slovenian Hemp cooperative, our vision, passion and developments in hemp growing and processing
The purpose of the cooperative is to integrate existing and future producers and processors of hemp for various uses, innovators, researchers and other stakeholders in the field of konopljarstva. The basic purpose of the cooperative is to develop production and processing of hemp in various socially useful purposes, support for small and medium-sized producers and processors of hemp, fair trade with cannabis and cannabis products and the integration of rural areas with urban centers. The purpose of the cooperative is to promote and develop organic farming and sustainable supply of cannabis and cannabis products and the promotion of socio-entrepreneurial activities in the production and processing of hemp. The purpose of the cooperative is sustained implementation of social entrepreneurial activities in the following areas: • Fair trade, this is a store that sells products and the products of small and medium-sized growers and producers on the basis of ethical, transparent and equitable business relationships between growers and manufacturers and retailers aimed primarily at ensuring fair payment to growers and producers, • encourage and support members of the cooperatives in the form of an exchange of knowledge and various tools and machines for production and processing of hemp, • establish a quality standard for products made of hemp under the auspices of cooperatives, • encourage and assist members in conversion to organic production and processing of hemp, • preservation of the cultural, technical and natural heritage in the field of konopljarstva and agriculture • encouraging the development of local and nation-wide konopljarske community • encourage the production and processing and research and development activities in connection with cannabis and cannabis products, • information and education on the latest in production and processing of hemp and related innovation and dissemination of knowledge on cannabis and its products to the general public, • advocacy in legislative issues that affect the production and processing of hemp. Read more about / http://konopko.si/
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Joseph DaCrema / Pennsylvania USA Cannabidiol – Physiology & Health Benefits
Mr. DaCrema Joseph will present scientific and anecdotal evidence in support of cannabidiol being a viable alternative to pharmaceuticals and new and exciting theories into the current neuroscience of CB1/CB2 receptor interface with cannabidiol. More specifically, he will touch areas: - CBD and human physiology—cannabinoids in general - Anti-microbial properties of CBD - Coevolution of hemp with humanity - CBD extraction technology - Implications for the future DaCrema Botanicals make lives better wiht make high quality products containing cannabidiol, or CBD, legally obtained from industrial hemp, and legal in all 50 states and all of Western Europe. CBD is being hailed as the wonder drug of the 21st century. DaCrema make products infused with cannabidiol, a cannabinoid extract of industrial hemp. These products support healing in an alternative modality www.dacremabotanicals.com. They support healing a number of ways, including reducing inflammation, reducing pain, acting as an antimicrobial, reducing the allergic response, acting as a neuroprotectan many other ways. His products are always safe and always (Europe, the Americas) legal.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Derek Kesek / COSTA RICA / CANADA / World’s First Plane Made Out of Hemp Flies
Mr. Derek Kesek, a former organic restaurant owner, said that people initially laughed at him when he revealed his plans to build a plane out of hemp. “Can you smoke it, too?” But now Kesek is getting the last laugh since the first hemp plane is slated to be produced. And it will have a much smaller carbon footprint than most planes made out of fiberglass. Kesek believes that his hemp plane could revolutionize the world — “just like Steve Jobs did with his phones.” Despite an ongoing controversy in parts of the world, hemp is widely used in a large variety of applications, including soap, clothing, building supplies and fuel. But this year we will be able to add a new use for hemp if Canada’s Hempearth can get the world’s first hemp-based and hemp-fueled plane in the air. Hempearth signed a contract with a Florida-based plane manufacturer to build a plane made almost entirely out of the fast-growing Cannabis plant. Read more // http://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-plane-made-out-of-hemp-flies-high-nextyear/ Derek will be WHC presented his project in progress and we are also informed of the forthcoming hemp period, which brings to the global economy with its exceptional product HEMP PLANE .
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Dejan Židan Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia Major shifts in the Slovenian and EU hemp legislation and plans for the future WORLD HEMP CONGRESS has confirmed minister Dejan Židan for a special accomplishments and effort in the legalization of cannabis in the EU and Slovenian economic field, which are this gesture opened heavily Market niche and opportunities in the domestic and International Financial field and mobilized strong potential to the hemp industry. Since as minister brought in Slovenian legalize hemp food products he took the title HONORARY WHC SPONSOR OF GLOBAL HEMP FOOD INNOVATION. Židan is On May 5, 2010 he was appointed as the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food for a year. On national elections 2011 he was elected as a member of the National Assembly and chaired the Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food and the Environment in the National Assembly. On March 20, 2013 he has been re-appointed as the Minister for Agriculture and the Environment and is since September 18, 2014 the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food. He is also Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovenian Government. Židan was among the first ministers who in EU publicly advocated the benefits of industrial hemp. 2015 is Slovenia with Židan leadership freed hemp food products when he impressed the Slovenian general Ministerial team for the legalization of all technological procedures too. With Slovenian expert team he lead preparing a bill for legalize medical cannabis, which will result in Slovenia enorme economic and development potential. Minister Židan continuously supports WHC international team and with their own signature accompanied WHC project team of 10 countries in Brussels, which are applying the first international hemp projects and mutually perfecting development skills. At this year's WHC15 Minister will speak about his hemp previous work and future work in Slovenian and EU political arena, where it is recognized as one of the most influential ministers of agriculture.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speakers Mr. Sander Meyskens & Jan De Coninck,Team / BELGIUM Results of the Interreg project Grow2Build »Supply chain of hemp and flax for building materials« Mr. Sander Meyskens and Mr. Jan De Coninck, both working for BAS Bouwen - a nonprofit organisation promoting and consulting on sustainable building -, partner of the Interreg IVB NWE project Grow2Build. Sander has a background in commercial sciences and has been a member of Wervel - a nonprofit working group on sustainable agriculture - since 2013, where he focusses on industrial hemp. His work here includes market research and promotion. Within the Grow2Build project Sander has mainly been responsible for promotion of and education on hemp and flax building materials and techniques but he was also involved in the writing of a policy note and the organisation of several open innovation/networking events and workshops. Jan is an architectural engineer and lecturer at the University College Howest. His tasks at BAS Bouwen and within the Grow2Build project are mainly sustainable building consultancy towards consumers and bigger projects involving local governments and communities, he's also on the lookout for the project's continuation after it finishes.
Presentation: Grow2Build is an Interreg project fitting in the transition of an oil based economy towards a biobased economy within the north west European region. Focussing on hemp and flax based building materials, this project included among others research, pilots, chain development and promotion. After almost three years, specific content of the project, experiences and results will be given during this presentation. Sander and Jan are also looking beyond the completion of the project and have been thinking about it's continuation. This presentation is also a call for feedback on and input to the concept and potential partners. Results of the Interreg project Grow2Build »Supply chain of hemp and flax for building materials« Grow2Build works towards the transition of the north west European economy from an oil based economy towards a biobased economy. Specific focus is put on the integration of local sustainable cultivation of hemp and flax as the NWE region is particularly suitable for cultivation of these crops compared to other European regions. Hemp and flax crops can fit perfectly in a sustainable primary production system. This way the region can differentiate itself in its economic development through the exploitation of the strengths of the region, namely the ideal growing circumstances for hemp and flax and the historical expertise available on the cultivation and processing of these crops. Grow2Build focuses specifically on hemp and flax based building materials: Grow2Build wants to tackle the remaining bottlenecks through the whole product chain of hemp and flax based bio building materials as well as in the marketing of those products. Grow2build aims at developing this bio economical business in a sustainable and profitable way within the NWE region.
The business should be profitable for every stakeholder in the product chain. The challenges are situated at different fronts: there is a need for technical development and product innovation, new networks and an increase in market demand. Policy makers will be invited to get involved, as different policies have significant interferences with the development of these markets. Read more / http://grow2build.eu
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Joscha Krauß / GERMANY CBD – new developments in production, market and legislation Mr. Joscha Krauß is head of the Research & Development department of MH medical hemp. MH is an innovative and leading technological company in the field of the CBD extraction and production. MH medical hemp is an innovative and leading technological company in the field of the CBD extraction and production. Mr. Krauß presented his work in his own words: Our company can look back on 20 years of experience in the hemp industry and have a highly qualified team of employees in the respective core areas of expertise. The focus of our products is on Cannabidiol (CBD). Our products and services always meet the highest quality standards. We achieve this through the use of the best possible production methods which are highly valued by our customers from all over the world. My presentation will start with a short introduction to cannabinoids in hemp, CBD itself an it ´s therapeutic effects. In the following I will describe our vision of our company, our target groups and markets and how we face that busisness challenges with our extraction method. I will show different extraction methods and explain the benefits of CO2 extraction, our favourite and used extraction method. Furthermore a short overview what MH medical hemp offers and ongoing developments.
WORLD HEMP CONGRESS - sLOVEnia 2015 speaker Mr. Andrej Poljanec / SLOVENIA Mr. Poljanec his presentation on WHC15 presents in their own words: Don’t you agree? There is always a problem of financing your new project, start-up or other new business venture regardless of how skilled, enthusiastic and innovative you are. In strong efforts to commercialize your project and made it effective as much as economical you will come across a colorful variety of different obstacles. Sadly, most of them will be connected to money and even hemp related projects are not excluded… However talking about sustainability, green production, social benefits and employment potential, could turn the meaning of your project into a totally new perspective which could widely open the doors to EU funding. Accordingly we will talk about 7 steps for any green oriented hemp project to open the doors into EU Funding Wonderland. Through our brief but powerful presentation we will tell you the truth about how to get your business funded and show you some secrets for your project to become a story of success. So don't go green without EU funding! Mr. Andrej Poljanec is a keen economist in early 50s, enthusiastic business consultant, multiple entrepreneur, CEO of the non-profit KAM DATA Institute for Integrated Regional Development and Business Development Executive @ iCAN-Global New York - a digital platform and virtual accelerator that delivers knowledge resources and professional assistance to early, emerging and mature businesses. Poljanec started to work with WHC with his last lecture knows at WHC14, where he their work thoroughly presented. In WHC15 directs the joint WHC vision GLOBAL GREEN ECONOMY HEMP and the possibility of financing such project visions and proposals. He is always willing to participate if you need assistance or management for any kind of “hemp project” aimed to obtaining grants on national and EU public tenders (Horizon 2020, Europe Aid, Erasmus +, FP7, IPA, CBC, LLP, YiA, etc.). That’s why he will talk about: How to provide grants for starting a successful hemp business. Do not hesitate to contact him: andrej@kam-data.eu or check on Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrejpoljanec or find more about his work: http://kam-data.eu and http://www.ican-global.com/business-development-executiv…/…/