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“Cannabis Hub.LT 2022”: International industrial hemp business event
The International industrial hemp business event “Cannabis Hub.LT 2022” is being organized by the Centre for Business and Social Partnership at the VMU Agriculture Academy and the Association of Industrial Hemp Growers, Processors, and Business Innovators, and it will be held on 11–12 November 2022 in Lithuania! And Obelisk Farm will be there!
What to expect?
- Conference
- Exhibition
- B2B fair
Representatives from Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland will participate in the conference and exhibition.
The themes of the event:
- Construction using hemp composite materials;
- Certified seeds of industrial hemp and modern cultivation technologies;
- Organic fertilizers, plant protection products, and biostimulants;
- Equipment and technology for drying and storing industrial hemp products;
- Fiber hemp products (food, cosmetics, etc.);
- Institutions administering and supporting the development of the industrial hemp business;
- Selection, research, and consultancy services of industrial hemp;
- Other.
The theme of the conference is "The development of the hemp business in the Baltic region - a prerequisite for a bioeconomy breakthrough". The conference will address the legal framework for the industrial hemp business, introduce hemp cultivation and processing technologies, innovations in the production of hemp fiber and fabrics, as well as best practices on how cannabinoids can be used in the cosmetics and food industries. The conference program will focus on the construction and renovation of buildings using hemp biocomposites.
PROGRAM
November 11 (Friday)
9.00–10.00 Registration, introduction to the hemp business exposition.
9.30–10.00 Video presentation “Achievements of the Lithuanian Hemp Business“.
Conference Hall
10.00–12.00 Opening of the conference. Panel discussion on "The place and role of hemp businesses in the development of the bioeconomy".
Conference Hall
Participants:
Mykolas Majauskas, Chairman of the LR Seimas Committee on Budged and Finance (attendance to be confirmed);
Viktoras Pranckietis, Chairman of the LR Seimas Committee on Rural Affairs (attendance to be confirmed);
Jonas Gudauskas, member of the LR Seimas Committee on Rural Affairs (attendance to be confirmed);
Astrida Miceikienė, Chancellor of VMU Agriculture Academy.
Sergiy Tkachenko, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of Bast Crops;
Attorney Shieri Mori, Japanese delegation (Japan Green Industry Co., Ltd.);
12.30–13.30 Farmers and agronomists' hour: cultivating hemp protects soil and biodiversity.
Room 211, 1st floor.
Innovative directions in industrial hemp cultivation.
Irina Laiko, The Ukrainian Institute of Bast Crops, UkraineHarvesting and storage of industrial hemp: objectives, risks and solutions.
Egidijus Zvicevičius, VMU Agriculture Academy, Lithuania.Industrial hemp in organic farm crop rotation. From selection of reproductive material to buying-in of the harvest.
Tomas Danisevičius, Vice President; Modestas Paliulis, Director of Agriculture, UAB „Allive Europe“, Lithuania.
13.00–14.30 Builders' hour: creating a sustainable living environment.
Conference Hall
Current state of hemp processing in Ukraine.
Anton Korobko and Dmitry Nosenko, Kalypso-Hemp, Ukraine.Model analysis of a Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) in Lithuania with hemp shive composite envelope.
Karolis Banionis, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.Construction and reconstruction of buildings using hemp composites.
Juozas Jankauskas, Hemp Balt, Lithuania.Research and application issues related to concrete made with hemp shives.
Vincas Gurskis, VMU Agriculture Academy, Lithuania.
14.30–15.00 Coffee break and introduction to the hemp business exhibition.
15.00–17.00 Field trip to a hemp construction site.
15.00–16.00 Sustainable fashion hour: priority for hemp fibre and textiles.
Conference Hall
Thermoregulatory properties of biodegradable textiles containing natural hemp fibre.
Laimutė Stygienė, SRI Center for Physical Sciences and Technology Department of Textile Technologies, Lithuania.Comparative analysis of hemp fabrics of Lithuanian production with more conventional linen fabrics: properties, consumption, and ecology.
Indrė Tautkutė-Stankuvienė, Firm „Klasikinė tekstilė“; Eglė Kumpikaitė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.Manufacturing of Lithuanian jeans from hemp fiber.
Eglė Puzaraitė, MB „Baltarankė“, Lithuania.
16.00–17.00 Hemp and natural fiber clothing show. Introduction to the hemp business exhibition.
Conference Hall
November 12 (Saturday)
9.00–10.00 Registration, introduction to the hemp business exposition.
9.30–10.00 Video presentation “Achievements of the Lithuanian Hemp Business“.
Conference Hall.
10.00–11.30 Innovators' hour: offering new products.
Conference Hall
The use of agrodrones in hemp cultivation – a brief overview of the benefits of innovative agrotechnology.
Mindaugas Dorelis, UAB „Agrodronas“, Lithuania.“Midwest“ and „Northwest“ hemp varieties with 15-16% CBD offered by “CBD Seed Europe“, and a hemp cultivation trial initiated by KAPVIA.
Nerijus Riauba, UAB „Kanapių žiedas“; Rimantas Čiūtas, KAPVIA, Lithuania.New varieties of hemp for the European market.
Mindaugas Gaurys, Product Development Manager, UAB „Allive Europe“, Lithuania.Hemp tourism – an untapped potential for Lithuanian family farms.
Andrius Šironas, Organic hemp farm „Šironija“, Lithuania.Obelisk Farm: industrial hemp that brings new life to the countryside.
Andris and Debora, Hemp farm „Obelisk Farm“, Latvia.
12.00–13.30 Educational programme "Hemp paper production".
1st floor foyer.
Andris and Debora, Hemp farm „Obelisk Farm“, Latvia.
12.30–13.30 Farmers and agronomists' hour: cultivating hemp protects soil and biodiversity.
Conference Hall.
Innovative directions in industrial hemp cultivation.
Irina Laiko, The Ukrainian Institute of Bast Crops, Ukraine.The role of bioenergy crops in crop rotation and soil health.
Vytautas Liakas, VMU Agriculture Academy, Lithuania.Technologies for the cultivation of hemp for fibre.
Laimonas Ruzgaila, Soilpower, Lithuania.Industrial hemp in organic farm crop rotation. From selection of reproductive material to buying-in of the harvest.
Modestas Paliulis, Director of Agriculture, UAB “Allive Europe”, Lithuania.
13.00–14.00 Builders' hour: responding to the challenges of the present – creating a sustainable living environment.
Room 211 , 1st floor.
Current state of hemp processing in Ukraine.
Anton Korobko and Dmitry Nosenko, Kalypso-Hemp, Ukraine.Construction and reconstruction of buildings using hemp composites.
Juozas Jankauskas, Hemp Balt, Lithuania.Research and application issues related to concrete made with hemp shives.
Vincas Gurskis, VMU Agriculture Academy, Lithuania.
14.30–15.00 Coffee break and introduction to the hemp business exhibition.
15.00–16.00 Health hour: spreading the word about the health benefits of hemp and its products.
Conference Hall.
The program for the development of biologically active cannabinoids using modern pharmacological approaches.
Vida Audra Budrienė, CEO of BioSyyd; Povilas Kavaliauskas, research fellow, Weill Cornell Medical University, New York, USA (online presentation).Processes for converting industrial hemp into high-value products and the quality of the resulting products.
Rimantas Venskutonis, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.Innovative preparations for the treatment of persons suffering from post-traumatic stress.
Ilarion Yaroshenko, Ukrainian Military Medical Academy, Ukraine.
16.00–17.00 Educational program "Hot chocolate with CBD. How to properly prepare a CBD coffee/cocoa drink?"
1st-floor foyer.
Jaakko Myllyniemi, „Hamppumaa“, Finland.
More information about the event can be found here: ExpoAcademia