Speakers
The Summit is organized into five sessions to tell the story of Industrial Hemp Fiber: Agriculture, Processing, Textiles, Composites and Building Materials, and Industry Value Chain.
Presenting Sponsors
President and CEO, National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHC)
CEO, NSF Textile Innovation Engine in North Carolina
Agriculture
Owner/Operator, Brown Family Farms
CEO and Chief Innovation Officer, Cedar Meadow Farm
Sales Director, Kanda Hemp
Owner / Field Scientist, Performance Crop Research, LLC; Co-Owner, South Bend Industrial Hemp
Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Cornell University
Assistant Professor, NC State University
Processing
CEO, Bastcore
Co-Owner, Biophil Natural Fibers, llc
North American Sales Manager, Laroche Nonwovens Division, ANDRITZ
Chief Technology Officer, YUJ Labs llc
Co-Founder, Argonne Fiber, LLC
Sales Manager
Systems Designer and R&D Manager, Consolidated Carbon
President, On the Mark Consulting
CEO & Founder, Dakota Hemp
PhD Student and Research Assistant, NC State University
Textiles
Co-founder and Owner, Hempsmith Clothing
President, Hemp Fortex Industries Ltd
Founder and CEO, Kombinat Konopny
Composites and Building Materials
R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Founder, Hempire Holdings
Founder and CEO, Hempitecture
EJ Woody Rice Professor and University Faculty Scholar, NC State
Chief Financial Officer, IND HEMP
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Associate Director, New York Fashion Innovation Center; Co-Director, Seed To City Center
Industry Value Chain
Executive Director
Lead Strategist & Project Manager, Canna Markets Group; Business Development, HempToday
Research Instructor and Project Manager, Thomas Jefferson University
Chief Technology Officer, Trace Femcare, Inc.
Owner, Hemp Traders and Pure Fiber Innovations
Executive Director, National Hemp Association