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Conference Program Friday, March 27th
We have three conference rooms available for your use: the General Session Room, the Breakout Hub, and the Demo Studio. To find out more about the specific schedules for each room, simply click on the circles provided for easy access to the various room schedules.
Coffee / Networking
Welcome to IHI and Hemp 3.0: Creating Clarity in a Fragmented Hemp Industry
Welcome to IHI and Hemp 3.0 Day 2
Morris Beegle
MC Introduction
Amber Watts
Hemp's Missing Link: Desire
Ryan Zaczynski
From Field to Factory to Shelf: What It Really Takes to Scale Hemp Fibre
A practical look at bridging agriculture and manufacturing to unlock scalable, reliable hemp fibre markets.
Jason Finnis
Precision Hemp: AI, Drones, and the Future of Breeding
How data-driven tools and aerial technologies are accelerating hemp breeding, improving trait selection, and enabling more consistent, scalable crop performance.
Jan Slaski
Coffee / Networking / IHI Vendor Pavilion
From Factory to Jobsite: Scaling Hemp Building Materials
An industry-focused discussion on how hemp building material manufacturers are scaling production, meeting performance and certification requirements, and aligning with builders and regulators.
Jean Lotus
Zach Popp
Sergiy Kovalenkov
Samantha Marino
Danny Desjarlais
Greg Wilson
Hemp Infused Lunch / IHI Vendor Pavilion
Welcome back from Lunch
James Johnson
From Values to Operations - How Purpose Becomes Process in Hemp
A practical look at how mission-driven hemp companies translate values into day-to-day operations, compliance, quality systems, and scalable business practices.
Danielle Bernstein
Raising the Bar
Why compliance, lab testing, and certification are essential for credibility, risk reduction, and long-term market access as the hemp industry matures.
Joseph Hickey Sr.
Kim Anzarut
Eric Singular
Coffee / Networking / IHI Vendor Pavilion
Product Innovation in Hemp Food Ingredients
How hemp grain and leaf ingredients are being developed into safe, nutritious, and market-ready food products that meet regulatory, manufacturing, and consumer demands.
Anndrea Hermann
Chadwick WhiteÂ
Chris Boucher
Paul Benhaim
Wild Bill Billings
Product Innovation in Hemp Fiber & Hurd - From Raw Material to Real Markets
How hemp fiber & Hurd is being transformed through processing, engineering, and product design into commercially viable materials for construction, composites, textiles, and industrial applications.
Lawrence Serbin
Zach Gill
Ken Meyer
Dylan Begaud
MC Welcome
James Johnson
From Molecule to Market
How cannabinoid products move from raw inputs to compliant, market-ready goods across domestic and global markets.
Chris Fontes
Eben Sumner
Robert Lund
Unlocking Hemp’s Hidden Value
Derivatives, Co-Products, and Full-Plant Economics.
Chris Fontes
Danielle Bernstein
Art Massalo
Coffee / Networking / IHI Vendor Pavilion
Standards That Make Markets Work
Inside ASTM’s Role in Hemp
Darwin Millard
Alex Escher
Hunter Buffington
Shaping the Future of Hemp-Derived Beverages
As hemp-derived beverages surge in popularity, the industry stands at a crossroads between market growth and oversight. Join policy leaders and a market expert for a deep dive into how smart regulation, consumer safety, and market growth can align to shape the next chapter of the hemp beverage economy.
Julie Gonzales
Brian Vicente
Andrew Livingston
Hemp Infused Lunch / IHI Vendor Pavilion
Welcome back from Lunch
Amber Watts
The Future of Hemp Fiber Production
For decades, hemp fiber production has been constrained by costly infrastructure and unpredictable retting. This presentation introduces green decortication and the Fiber King—a breakthrough system that processes hemp directly in the field, more than doubling farmer income while reducing the market cost of hemp fiber and hurd by over 50%.
Lawrence Serbin
Colorado Hemp Center of Excellence Update
Ed Lehrburger gives and update on the new Colorado Hemp Center of Excellence that is located in Fort Lupton, Colorado.
Ed Lehrburger
Coffee / Networking / IHI Vendor Pavilion
Final Thoughts: Where Hemp Goes Next
Industry Town Hall & Alignment Forum
Program, speakers, and schedule subject to change
Colorado Department of Agriculture Update
Brian Koontz from the Colorado Department of Agriculture will provide an update on hemp in Colorado and what the CDA has planned for 2026.
Brian Koontz
Honoring Indigenous Knowledge
Hemp Fiber Workshop with Aqua Das and Thomas
Join hemp pioneer Das Ellis, creator of Hemp I Scream, for a hands-on workshop exploring the practical side of hemp fiber. Participants will get an up-close look at fiber processing, material characteristics, and real-world applications while working directly with raw hemp. This interactive session offers a rare chance to learn from one of the industry’s early innovators who has been experimenting with hemp materials for decades.
Das Ellis