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Hemp on the Bayou – Central City BBQ – New Orleans

Hemp Networking and Education Symposium

Date – 05/01/2019
Time – 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

This town-hall style symposium will feature educational tracks recapping the 6th annual NoCo Hemp Expo & Conference on hemp market opportunities, USDA and FDA rules and regulations, the 2019/2020 hemp forecast, growing hemp in Louisiana and throughout the USA, policy predictions and more. We’ll feature experienced industry thought leaders and speakers, networking, community, collaboration, a New Orleans live music after party “Crawfish Fest” and more!  

Presenting Co-Sponsor

Let’s Talk Hemp and The Hemp Road Trip are coming together for this JazzFest Hemp-rendezvous of great music, conversation, education and advocacy.  Morris Beegle and Rick Trojan bring the energy of #THE422 Podcast live to NOLA during the inaugural Hemp on the Bayou.

CBeyond Health - Support Partner

Cypress Hemp - Support Partner

IComply - Support Partner

Industry Support Partner

Industry Support Partner

NOLA Crawfish Festival 2019

Stay after Hemp on the Bayou and join CoHempCo at the Crawfish Festival.

Featuring performances from:

Samantha Fish & Jonathon “Boogie” Long
Anders Osborne with David Torkanowsky
Papa Mali
Alvan “Youngblood” Hart

SPEAKERS

Adrian Zelski
Seed2System

Alex Buscher
Attorney, Buscher Law LLC

Janel Ralph
CEO, Palmetto Harmony

Dani Billings
Owner, Natures Root

Elizzy Knight
VP, CoHempCo

Eric Steenstra
President, Vote Hemp

Jeff Cole
Director of Program Development
Restorative Botanicals

Keith Butler
President and Lead Hemp Researcher

Kit O’Connell
Editor in Chief of Ministry of Hemp

Kristy Hébert
Co-Founder, Cypress Hemp

Morris Beegle
President CoHempCo/WAFBA

Preston Whitfield
NoCo
Program Director

Rick Trojan
Hemp Road Trip

Tim Gordon
Bija Hemp/IHS, Functional Remedies

SCHEDULE

Time Title Speakers Moderator
10:15 – 10:20 Welcome and Introduction Morris Beegle
Rick Trojan
Elizzy Knight
10:20 – 10:30 Introduction of Morning Schedule Adrian Zelski
10:35 – 11:05 Federal/State Legislative Update –
Hempin’ the USA
Eric Steenstra
Alex Buscher
Preston Whitfield
11:10 – 11:55 Hemp & CBD Retail/Wholesale Strategies Janel Ralph
Kristy Hebert
Adrian Zelski
Jeff Cole
12: 00 – 12:30 Hemp Science, Patents and Innovation Tim Gordon
Keith Butler
Preston Whitfield
12:30 – 1:30 Networking Lunch
(Videos from Noco6)
1:30 – 1:40 Introduction of Afternoon Schedule Jeff Cole
1:40 – 2:20 2019/2020 Hemp Forecast Eric Steenstra
Kit O’connell
Dani Billings
Morris Beegle
2:25 – 2:55 Hemp Farming
the Good, the Bad and the Dirty
Dani Billings
Tim Gordon
Janel Ralph
Adrian Zelski
3:00 – 3:50 USDA & FDA – New Landscape Alex Buscher
Janel Ralph
Eric Steenstra
Rick Trojan
3:50 – 4:00 Closing Comments Morris Beegle
Rick Trojan
Elizzy Knight

LOCATION

Central City BBQ
1201 S Rampart St,
New Orleans, LA 70113

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