www.eiha-conference.org 10th International Conference of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA)

22 – 23 May 2013Rheinforum, Wesseling / near Cologne (Germany)

Conference language: English

The congress will focus on the latest developments concerning hemp and other natural fi bres as well as hemp nuts, oil and proteins.

Don’t miss the biggest industrial hemp event in 2013 – world wide!

Sponsor

Partners

Organiser In co-operation with EIHA

Hempro Int.Production Sales Consulting

www.hempro.com

Institutefor Ecology and Innovation

www.hempro.com

www.bio-based.eu/ibib

www.hempoilcan.com

www.bio-based.eu/news

www.hemptrade.ca

www.hemplifestylemagazine.com

www.internationalhempbuilding.org

www.plastixportal.co.za

www.thehia.org http://dnfi.org

www.nova-institute.eu www.eiha.org

www.eiha-conference.org

Pictures: Hempro Int., Lotus Cars, Hemp Technology Ltd, NPSP Composites

Exhibition You are welcome to present your latest products, technologies or developments – book a stand and a bulletin board now for only 200 EUR (plus 19% VAT).

++ Cultivation ++ Processing ++ Economy ++ Sustainability ++ Innovation ++

Applications• Fibres & shives• Bio-Composites• Insulation• Construction• Textiles• Hemp nuts, oil and proteins

Spectrum of participants• Natural fi bre industry• Hemp food and feed industry• Cultivation consultants• Engineers• Traders and investors• Research and Development

International Conference of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA)

www.eiha-conference.org 10th International Conference of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA)

Registration www.eiha-conference.org

Fee 400 € plus 19 % VAT for two days incl. dinner buffet Members of EIHA: 100 € reduction of membership fee in 2014

Organiser nova-Institute GmbH Chemiepark Knapsack, Industriestrasse 300, 50354 Huerth, Germany www.nova-institute.eu

Contact

Dipl.-Geogr. Dominik Vogt phone: +49 (0)2233 4814-49 dominik.vogt@nova-institut.de

Venue1 Rheinforum, Kölner Strasse 42, 50389 Wesseling / Germany (near Cologne)

Hotel1 “Hotel am Rhein”, Auf dem Rheinberg 2, 50389 Wesseling / Germany

Keyword: nova

phone: +49 (0)2236 325-0, fax: +49 (0)2236 325-199, info@hotelamrhein.de www.hotelamrhein.de

1) Venue & hotel information: The venue of the conference – the Rheinforum – has a capacity of 200 participants and space for a lot of booths. The venue is next to the “Hotel am Rhein”, where we have reserved 55 rooms. You can make your arrangements as soon as possible – please use the keyword nova. If you will book your hotel later, there is the risk that you have to choose a hotel 10 or 15 minutes away from the venue.

Preliminary Programme1st Day, 22 May 2013

Session: Country reportsChairman: Sylvestre Bertucelli (Interchanvre, France)

10:00 John Hobson (Hemp Technology Ltd., Great Britain):European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA): Status and Outlook

10:20 Michael Carus (nova-Institut GmbH, Germany):Market data on hemp - Survey on industrial hemp production in Europe

10:50 Anndrea Hermann (The Ridge International Cannabis Consulting, Canada): Oregon State University Offers World’s First Course on Industrial Hemp

11:10 Dr. Sofi ja Jankauskiene (Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Lithuania):Current situation on industrial hemp in Lithuania

11:40 Mark Reinders (HempFlax BV, The Netherlands): Reintroducing Hemp in Rumania and our new harvesting technology

Session: Hemp textilesChairman: Sylvestre Bertucelli (Interchanvre, France)

12:10 Daniel Kruse (Hempro Int. GmbH & Co. KG, Germany): Hemp as textile

12:30 Lunch Break

Session: Hemp seeds and oil for food13:30 John Roulac (Nutiva, USA): Superfood trends

14:00 Dr. Ferenc Föglein (PROPAGANDA PRODUCTION s.r.o., Slovakia): Changes of fats in germinating hemp

14:30 Daniel Kruse (Hempro Int. GmbH & Co. KG, Germany): New data on hemp food market

Session: Hemp building & insulation materialChairman: John Hobson (Hemp Technology Ltd., Great Britain)

15:00 Jorgen Hempel (Hemp Eco Systems SA, Switzerland): The new world of building and insulating with hemp

15:30 Coffee Break

16:00 Chris de Visser (WUR, The Netherlands): Grow2Build - a north west European interreg project to support hemp and fl ax based value chains for building materials

16:30 Monika Brümmer (Cannabric, Spain):Load-bearing hempbuilding in south European climate

Session: Bio-CompositesChairman: Mark Reinders (HempFlax BV, The Netherlands)

17:00 Hendrick Buddenberg (TU Muenchen, Germany):Utilization of natural fi bers in non-fl ammable fi ber reinforced composites

17:30 Jovana Dzalto (Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany): NATEX & Bio-Build: Natural aligned fi bers and textiles for structural applications in the building sector

20:00 Dinner Buffet

2nd Day, 23 May 2013

Session: Bio-CompositesChairman: Mark Reinders (HempFlax BV, The Netherlands)

9:00 Cyrille Boinay (Bcomp, Switzerland): Novel technology for a highly performing natural fi bre composite product at large production scales

9:30 Willem Böttger (NPSP Composieten BV, The Netherlands):Natural fi bre reinforced composite façade solutions

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30 Dr. Efi Alexopoulou (CRES, Greece): FP7 EU Project „Fibra“

11:00 Angela Wiegand (Angela Wiegand-Design, Germany):Light weight hemp-chair - sustainable chair made of PLA and hemp fl eece

11:30 Prof. Dr. Jörg Müssig & N. Graupner (University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany): Injection moulded hemp fi bre-reinforced thermoplastics

12:00 Lunch Break

Session: Agriculture & Fibre decortication13:00 Sarah Mennuni (FRD – Fibres Recherche

Développement): Effect of crop conditions on hemp fi bres quality with use in materials

13:30 Benedicte Goffi n (certech, Belgium): Development of polymer-hemp composites. PolyChanvre, a crossborder project between France and Belgium

14:00 Thierry Masi (LAROCHE, France): Latest LAROCHE innovations for the process of hemp straw up to cleaned hemp fi bre and cleaned shives

14:30 Adrian F. K. Clarke (Textiles and Composite Industries Pty Ltd, Australia): New generation of decorticators: decorticating without retting

15:00 Coffee Break

Session: MultihempChairman: Dr. Stefano Amaducci (Universita Cattolica del

Sacro Cuore, Institut of Agronomy and Field Crops, Italy)

15:30 – 17:30 Dr. Stefano Amaducci (Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Institut of Agronomy and Field Crops, Italy): FP7 EU Project „Multihemp“:

1) Michael Carus (nova-Institut GmbH, Germany): Disseminating hemp value to strengthen its production chains (to stimulate a stakeholder discussion on what is needed to strengthen hemp image for commercialization and to increase economic value)

2) Prof. Dr. Jörg Müssig (University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany): Hemp fi bre quality: what does the industry need?

3) Prof. Simon McQueen-Mason (University of York, Great Britain): Hemp oil and secondary metabolites: improvements and perspectives.

4) Dr. Hans-Jörg Gusovious (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Germany): State of the art and perspective of hemp mechanization: where do we need to go?

5) Dr. Luisa Trindade (Wageningen University, The Netherlands): Breeding: hemp varieties for the future.

17:30 End of Conference