Wednesday, 17th April Fourth Biennial Australian Industrial Hemp Conference 2024

This session will be followed by 10 minutes of Q&A

• Checklist When Planning to Grow Hemp - Robert Eccles
• Evaluation of ten industrial hemp varieties established under varying  field conditions in the Southeast region of Australia - Thilina Raveendra
• Classifying industrial hemp varieties by flowering patterns: a review of photoperiod sensitivity and agronomic traits - Omid Ansari
• Cold tolerance in hemp and its potential, as a new winter sown, dryland crop rotation - John Muir
• Using detached industrial hemp leaf inoculation assays to screen for varietal susceptibility and product efficacy on Botrytis cinerea. - Sarah J Purdy
• Effect of row spacing and nitrogen input on the grain yield of industrial hemp cultivars. - Simon Cabout

This session will be followed by 10 minutes of Q&A

• Genetics of pest resistance in hemp - Larry Smart
• Influence of potassium supplementation and rhizospheric microbial interactions on the phenotypic and phytochemical profiles of tropical/subtropical Cannabis sativa L. - Luca De Prato
• Understanding phytocannabinoid precursor pathways to enable the development of phytocannabinoid-free industrial hemp varieties - Matthew T Welling
• Endometriosis, the endocannabinoid system and symptom management.  - Mike Armour
• The Medicinal Benefits of Hemp-Based CBD - Kylie O'Brien
• Cannabis-based therapy and naturopathy - Janet Schloss

This session will be followed by 10 minutes of Q&A

• Development of the hemp building industry in Australia – an analysis of and reflections on the growth of the hemp building industry in the last 10 years - Kirstie Wulf
• Mainstreaming Hemp Masonry Construction for Public Buildings - Anna Maskiell
• Opportunities and Barriers in hempcrete construction   - Dick Clarke
• Raising X-Hemp - Andi Lucas
• Properties of low-density citric acid-bonded hemp particleboard and thermo-chemical characteristics of retted/unretted hemp hurd - PhD research insights & Hemp CRC-P synergies - Johannes Fehrmann
• A state-of-the-art review of hempcrete performance: a critical evaluation of the physical, structural and functional properties. - Gabrielle L Duani
• Acoustic and thermal performance evaluation of low carbon binder Australian Hempcrete - Siddharth Girish Nair
• Outcome of stem assessments for fibre quality, biometry and retting losses in Canterbury, New Zealand. - Travis T.P. Ryan-Salter
• Switching to a better way of living. An update from New Zealand Natural Fibres. - Guy Wills

This session will be followed by 10 minutes of Q&A

• Session 3: Food Futures - Tony Hunter
• Starting from zero, building a hemp foods business. - Mick Andersen
• Novel methods to assess hemp seed quality. - Rachel A Burton
• The Australian hemp food market 2024: current conditions, challenges and opportunities.    - Kieren Brown