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8am Registration
8.45am MC introduction
9.15am Official opening

Session 1 Paddock to Product

  1. Research capabilities for transformative application to the Australian hemp industry – Monika Doblin, La Trobe University
  2. Understanding nutrient use in hemp and its impact on biomass production and flowering – Ricarda Jost, La Trobe University
  3. From Product to Paddock: Designing Hemp Supply Chains in Reverse – Bob Doyle
  4. Why the Paddock Needs to Be Closer to the Plate – And Why the Plate Needs to Be Smaller – Klara Marosszeky

10.45 – 11.30am Morning Tea

Session 2 – Let’s Talk Sustainability

  1. Hemp, Sustainability, and the Investment Opportunity – Mark Bytheway
  2. Positioning the hemp industry ​f​or structured growth – Winton Evers

12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch

Session 3 – Embracing Hemp – Commercial Applications

  1. Certified Green: Hemp, Global GreenTag & the Path to Green Star – Nana Borsie-Aryee
  2. Affordable Carbon Housing using hempcrete modular panels – Industry insights and future action. – Dr Ernesto Valenzuela & Prof David Fleming, La Trobe University
  3. Standards for Hempcrete Composite Construction – Tom Ascroft, Standards Australia
  4. RACE for Business and Homes Programs – Scott Barnes
  5. An update on the CRC-P: Healing Australian Carbon Wounds Using Hemp Plantation and Construction – Massoud Sofi

3.00 – 3.30pm Afternoon Tea

Session 4 – The Big Hemp-Connect

  1. National Cooperative to mainstream hemp – Bob Doyle
  2. The Big Hemp Connect – Q&A session

5.00pm Close of day

6.30pm Presentation Dinner
Good True Stories – how some other industries broke through –  Phil Warner – Guest Speaker


9.00am Start

Session 1 Design and the living experience

  1. Barriers to hemp masonry use in public and commercial construction – Anna Maskiell, Public Realm Lab
  2. UTAS Forestry: Sustainability in Practice – Alastair Flynn, Woods Bagot
  3. The Rise of Hemp in Self-Build Projects – Rachel Goldlust

10.00 – 10.30am Morning tea

Session 2 – Investment and the way forward

  1. Research commercialisation: from idea to market – Vladimir Finn
  2. Connecting Hemp Businesses with Financial Instruments – Andrew Cortese (CIIRCL)
  3. The Birchal Experience – a foundational understanding of crowd-sourced funding (CSF) – Shishir Chowkse

12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch

Session 4 – Real business. Real Materials. Real Impact!

  1. Homes from Hemp- building for a decarbonised future – Mark Gilder 
  2. Otetto presentation – More than Prefab—A Complete Pathway: How Otetto Is Reinventing Sustainable Construction from Hemp Crop to Home Construction. – Harrison Marsh
  3. A strategy to scale Murray Industrial Hemp – Leigh Fletcher
  4. ZeoBoards: Hemp-Based, Petrochemical-Free Panels for the Future of Construction – Alf Wheeler

3.00 – 3.30pm Afternoon tea

Session 5 – The Final Hemp-Connect

  1. The Big Connect – Q&As
  2. Where to from here – Matt Lariba

Thanks & Farewell
4.30pm – Close