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QUALITY … INTEGRITY … KNOWLEDGE
Sunday and Monday, October 11-12, 2009
Phoenix Park Hotel
Washington, DC, USA
(Directly after the Green Festival where we are organizing the "HIA Hemp Pavilion")
Reception, Annual General Meeting, Expert Speakers, Fine Dining,
Silent Auction and Hemp Exhibits & Sales
We have arranged for special room rates for Sunday and Monday nights at the Phoenix Park Hotel. Through a special arrangement, the hotel is also offering the same room rates for a limited number of rooms on Friday and Saturday nights for HIA members who are exhibiting at or attending the DC Green Festival, so you can conveniently stay there for both events. (You must stay at least one of the nights of the HIA Convention to get the special rate.) The hotel is close to the Washington Convention Center where the DC Green Festival is being held.
The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) is a supporting organization of the United Nation's International Year of Natural Fibers (IYNF) 2009 and the 16th Annual HIA Convention is an IYNF 2009 event.
Tentative Schedule:
- Registration begins on Sunday, October 11.
- HIA Board meeting is on evening of October 11.
- Convention takes place on Monday, October 12 from 8am - 5pm.
- Dinner at 7pm at restaurant TBD on October 12.
- Optional Lobby Days on Friday, October 9 and Tuesday, October 12.
Invited and Confirmed Speakers:
- Michael Karus, European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) - Europe Report
- H.L. Ding, Hemp Fortex - China Report
- Anndrea Hermann, Hemp Oil Canada - Canada Report
- Hans Fastre, CEO of Living Harvest, former COO of Imagine Foods - Hemp Foods Today and Tomorrow
- Greg Flavell, Hemp Technologies - Hemp and the Sustainable Building Market
- Adam Eidinger, Mintwood Media & Capitol Hemp - Guerilla Marketing & PR
- Steve Levine, President of HIA - President's Report
- Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) - INVITED, Primary sponsor of HR 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009
- Sen. Floyd Prozanski - INVITED, Sponsor of the successful Oregon hemp farming bill, SB 676
For Hemp Industries Association members only. Please join now if you are not a member.
Please join us in Washington, DC this October!
Late Registration Fee – (first attendee): $300 per person August 15 - October 11. HIA Full Company Members may bring additional attendees (company employees) at a $50 discount each. All other attendees must be HIA Supporting Members.
The registration fee includes pastries and coffee in the morning, lunch and dinner on Monday, October 12. (The hotel also offers a complimentary breakfast.) It also includes attendance to our Annual General Meeting, panel discussions and awards dinner, as well as the opportunity to network with other members. Your travel, lodging and meals (except as noted above) are not included.
Please download, print, fill out and mail or fax back the Registration Form (PDF file 320k) to the HIA.
Payment Options:
- Credit card or PayPal via secure Web site
- Credit card via fax/mail (fill out Credit Card Payment Information on registration form)
- Check or money order via mail (U.S. residents only)
- International money order in U.S. funds via mail (non-U.S. residents)
Send registration form and and payment to:
Hemp Industries Association
P.O. Box 575
Summerland, CA 93067
Tel/fax: 707-874-3648
To pay via PayPal, which also accepts credit cards, please click the button(s) below to add the desired registration(s) to your PayPal shopping cart and check out. You may also send your payment to memberservices@thehia.org directly from your PayPal account.
2009 HIA Convention Registration - Members Only - Late Registration (August 15 - October 11) $300
2009 HIA Convention Registration - Members Only - Additional Attendee(s) - Late Registration (August 15 - October 11) $250
Phoenix Park Hotel
520 North Capitol St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Toll Free: 1-800-824-5419
202-638-6900
www.phoenixparkhotel.com
Please note: Attendees are responsible for making their own room reservations. Early booking is highly recommended. Once our block of reserved rooms runs out, we cannot guarantee the hotel will have a room for you.
You must CALL the hotel to make your reservation. Do not book online.
Please remember to mention the Hemp Industries Association or Group Code #13403 when booking to get the HIA group rate and be sure to get a reservation confirmation number.
You must make your reservation by Friday, September 11 to get the HIA group rate.
HIA Group Rates:
- $159 single
- $189 double
- $219 triple
- $249 quad
- $329 bi-level suite
- $399 penthouse suite
About The Phoenix Park Hotel:
- Amenities include high-speed Internet, fitness center, valet parking, concierge services, 24-hour business office, and much more.
- Excellent Irish pub called The Dubliner located in the hotel.
- Limited number of smoking rooms available.
- Located a short block from Union Station (Amtrak, MARC and Metro trains).
- Train access available directly from BWI and Reagan National airports.
- Shuttle and taxi service available from Dulles airport.
- Close to the Washington Convention Center (where the Green Festival is being held)
The hotel is also offering special room rates for Green Festival exhibitors and attendees (as a separate arrangement with different rates and dates), so if you are attending or exhibiting at the Green Festival, you can conveniently stay there for both events.
Please bring product DONATIONS for the Silent Auction fundraiser!
There will be exhibit space available. Tables will be provided, please bring your materials. Please call the HIA office at 707-874-3648 for more information.
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