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Program & Feedback
Program & Feedback
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Program - 26th June 2025
8am Registration
8.45am MC introduction
9.15am Official opening
Session 1 Paddock to Product
- Research capabilities for transformative application to the Australian hemp industry – Monika Doblin, La Trobe University
- Understanding nutrient use in hemp and its impact on biomass production and flowering – Ricarda Jost, La Trobe University
- From Product to Paddock: Designing Hemp Supply Chains in Reverse – Bob Doyle
- 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
- Hemp, Sustainability, and the Investment Opportunity – Mark Bytheway
- Positioning the hemp industry ​f​or structured growth – Winton Evers
12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch
Session 3 – Embracing Hemp – Commercial Applications
- Certified Green: Hemp, Global GreenTag & the Path to Green Star – Nana Borsie-Aryee
- Affordable Carbon Housing using hempcrete modular panels – Industry insights and future action. – Dr Ernesto Valenzuela & Prof David Fleming, La Trobe University
- Standards for Hempcrete Composite Construction – Tom Ascroft, Standards Australia
- RACE for Business and Homes Programs – Scott Barnes
- 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
- National Cooperative to mainstream hemp – Bob Doyle
- 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 –Â Phil Warner – Guest Speaker
Feedback Day One
Program - 27th June 2025
9.00am Start
Session 1 Design and the living experience
- Barriers to hemp masonry use in public and commercial construction – Anna Maskiell, Public Realm Lab
- UTAS Forestry: Sustainability in Practice – Alastair Flynn, Woods Bagot
- The Rise of Hemp in Self-Build Projects – Rachel Goldlust
10.00 – 10.30am Morning tea
Session 2 – Investment and the way forward
- Research commercialisation: from idea to market – Vladimir Finn
- Connecting Hemp Businesses with Financial Instruments – Andrew Cortese (CIIRCL)
- 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!
- Homes from Hemp- building for a decarbonised future – Mark GilderÂ
- Otetto presentation – More than Prefab—A Complete Pathway: How Otetto Is Reinventing Sustainable Construction from Hemp Crop to Home Construction. – Harrison Marsh
- A strategy to scale Murray Industrial Hemp – Leigh Fletcher
- 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
- The Big Connect – Q&As
- Where to from here – Matt Lariba
Thanks & Farewell
4.30pm – Close


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