NoCo Hemp Expo Earth Week
Virtual Conference & Trade show
NoCo Hemp Expo in conjunction with Let’s Talk Hemp Media is hosting the Earth Week Virtual Conference and Trade Show beginning April 22, 2020 – the official 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The show opens with a virtual conference on 4-22 with live and recorded web-based presentations. We will be covering critical information relevant to the important aspects of the hemp supply chain with live chats and Q&A with our Panelists and Guest Speakers.
Visit the virtual Expo Hall featuring a variety of hemp businesses, products and services. Swing through the Business Networking Lounge to chat with industry executives or sit for awhile in the Library and catch up on some hemp archives. The 3-day virtual trade show is open 24/7 and runs through 4/24/2020.
Registration is Now Closed – Thank you for Attending!
Brought to you by Let’s Talk Hemp and the 422
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SESSION 1
11:00 am – Noon Hemp,
EARTH WEEK & Planetary Health
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, hosts Morris Beegle and Rick Trojan welcome participants, introduce the day’s program and engage panelists on all the ways hemp can be used to promote sustainability in manufacturing, packaging, building construction, bio-plastics, textiles and more to help regenerate the planet and mitigate climate change.
PANELISTS:
DOUG FINE
Hemp Farmer & Consultant & Author of American Hemp Farmer & Hemp Bound
ED LEHRBURGER
Founder, PureHemp Technology
BOB ESCHER
Founder, Escher Design, President, U.S. Hemp Building Association
RONJIT BASAK-SMITH
CEO, Sana Packaging
GARRETT GRAFF
Managing Attorney Hoban Law Group
SESSION 2
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
The Business & Regulatory Environment
Jonathan Miller has emerged as one of the nation’s foremost hemp attorneys, leading Lexington, KY-based Frost Brown Todd’s hemp practice. He also serves as general counsel to the U.S. Hemp Roundtable. Miller also spent nearly two decades in public service, including two terms as Kentucky’s State Treasurer, in addition to serving as the state’s Secretary of Finance and Administration, Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Energy, and Legislative Director for Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN). Join Jonathan along with hosts Morris Beegle and Rick Trojan for a lively, interactive conversation regarding the current state of business and regulatory affairs in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, update on state hemp legislation, and what things will look like for the hemp industry in the future.
PANELIST:
JONATHAN MILLER
Member-in-Charge Frost Brown Todd, & General Counsel, U.S. Hemp Roundtable
SESSION 3
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Hemp & Human Health
From food to medicine, hemp has been used by humans and our more ancient ancestors for well over 100,000 years. In this panel, Morris and Rick speak with experts and entrepreneurs including Rachael Rapinoe, former professional soccer star and cofounder of Mendi (with sister Meghan Rapinoe of U.S. World Cup fame); Chad Rosen, CEO of Victory Hemp Foods, tapping hemp seeds as a rich source of complete protein; Steven Hoffman, Editor of the Let’s Talk Hemp Newsletter.
PANELISTS:
RACHAEL RAPINOE
Cofounder, Mendi Co., Former Pro Soccer Player
CHAD ROSEN
Founder and CEO, Victory Hemp Foods
STEVEN HOFFMAN
Editor, Let’s Talk Hemp Newsletter, Managing Director, Compass Natural
SESSION 4
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Back to the Land: Farmers, Agriculture & the Promise /Reality of Hemp
What’s the outlook for the 2020 growing season and how is the pandemic affecting hemp farmers, producers and the supply chain? How are the state laws aligning with USDA interim rules? What progress is being made in genetics, technology, and innovation? And how can farmers best navigate uncertain economic conditions during the current growing season and planning for the future?
PANELISTS:
TIM GORDON
Chief Science Officer, Functional Remedies, Managing Member of International Hemp Solutions, and President, Colorado Hemp Industries Association
PRESTON WHITFIELD
Business Development Advisor, NoCo Hemp Expo
WENDY MOSHER
President & CEO, New West Genetics
