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Thursday & Friday, November 3-4,
2005
Ramada Plaza Hotel – Market & 8th St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Reception/Registration & Meeting: Thursday,
November 3
Awards Dinner: Thursday Evening, November 3
Meeting & Silent Auction: Friday, November
4
Hemp Exhibits, Sales and Expert Speakers Both
Days:
Textiles, Foods, Personal Care, Paper, Composites
and Legal/Legislation
See below for a detailed schedule.
Stay for the weekend and attend the Green Festival.
The HIA, Vote Hemp and many hemp companies will
be exhibiting.
Saturday and Sunday, November 5-6
http://www.GreenFestivals.com
Registration Fee: $200 per person
$150 each for additional employees, friends or
family members.
Send U.S. check or money order with Registration
Form to the HIA office.
Or pay
online with your credit/debit card.
Ramada Plaza Room Reservations: Call 415-626-8000
Special rate for HIA attendees: $99 per night.
HIA discounted parking: $25 per day, with in and
out privileges.
Shuttle service from/to SFO airport: $15 each
way.
Bring product DONATIONS for the Silent Auction
or send them to the HIA office before October
30th.
Please sign up for FREE exhibit space. Tables
will be provided.
Send display materials to the HIA office if you
cannot attend. |
Detailed Schedule
Thursday, November 3
7–8 AM: Set Up, Registration, Exhibits,
Silent Auction
8–10 AM: Opening Reception, Sales, Silent
Auction Sign-Up
10–11 AM: Welcome, Election Results; New
Board of Directors, Officers, Financial Report;
Advisors and Attendees Introductions
11–Noon: Marketing Wholesale to Retail (with
Lynn Gordon, French Meadow Bakery; Carolyn Moran,
Living Tree Paper; Barbara Filippone, EnviroTextiles)
12–12:30 PM: Composites Sector (with Eric
Steenstra, Power Point Presentation; Warren Benjamin,
Flexform Film Clip)
12:30–2 PM: Lunch
2–2:30 PM: European Hemp Report (with Don
E. Wirtshafter)
2:30–3:30 PM: Small Group Network Sessions
3:30–4 PM: Large Group Discussion (with
Steve Levine, HIA President)
4-5 PM: Federal Legislation / Legal Panel (Green
Business Conference Session with Eric Steenstra,
Vote Hemp President; Adam Eidinger, Mintwood Media;
Michael Greene, CDS Consulting; Patrick Goggin,
Attorney)
7 PM: Awards Dinner & Hemp Achievement Awards
(5 & 10 Year Pins)
Friday, November 4
8–9 AM: Reception & Networking; Silent
Auction Sign-Up; Sales
9–10 AM: Hemp Farming – Canada &
Romania (with Shaun Crew, President CHTA; Warren
Benjamin, Video Clips; Gordon Schiefele, President
OHA)
10–11:30 AM: Food & Oil – New
Research & Market Report (with Gero Leson,
Leson Consulting; David Bronner, Dr. Bronner’s
Magic Soaps; Ruth Shamai, Ruth’s Hemp Foods;
Les Szabo, Living Harvest USA)
11:30–12:30 PM: Silent Auction – Winners
& Distribution
12:30–1:30 PM: Lunch
1:30–2:30 PM: Textiles – Market Study
and Research (with Barbara Filippone & Summer
Star, EnviroTextiles; Mike Sutherland, Peopleshemp;
Rob Jungmann, Two Jupiters; James Roberts, Ecolution)
2:30–3 PM: Julia Butterfly Hill, Circle
of Life (Inspiration & Motivation)
3–4 PM: "Hemp and the Rule of Law"
Showing (New Documentary Movie)
4 PM: Adjournment
4–5 PM: Tear Down Exhibits, Etc.
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