Hockley Valley, Ontario, Canada
September 23 - 26, 1999
There's never been a better time:
- To learn about the hemp industry
- To display your products
- To uncover business opportunities in hemp
- To belong to the HIA - Hemp Industries Association!
The sixth annual convention of the HIA will be held in Canada for the first
time. Nestled in the Niagara Escarpment, beside the Bruce Trail, the hemp
industry will be meeting this fall at the Ecology Retreat Center near Toronto.
HIA Convention Schedule:
AGENDA:
Thursday September 23
Noon-4:00pm Registration
5:00-6:30pm Introductions
7:00pm Dinner (all meals will feature hemp cuisine using fresh Canadian
seed and oil!)
Evening Shmooze!
Friday September 24
7:30 - 9:00am Breakfast
9:30-10:30am HIA Board Presentations
11:00-noon Cross-Canada and international regional updates
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-2:30pm Food panel and discussion
2:30-3:00pm Fibre panel and discussion
3:30-4:15pm Marketing & retail panel and discussion
4:30-5:30pm Legal (Canada & U.S.) panel and discussion
7:00pm Dinner and speaker
Evening Music & dancing
Saturday September 25
7:30-9:30am Breakfast
9:30-11:30am Open morning (guided spice and herb discovery walks
along the Bruce Trail, etc.)
11:30-1:00pm Bus to farm day and picnic lunch
1:00-5:30pm Farm day! Visit to licensed hemp operation,
and expert speaker series including: Dr. Ernest Small, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada, Jean Laprise, Kenex, Ltd., Bill Baxter, OMAFRA, Greg
Herriot, Hempola. Also: hemp food and a hemp harvesting demonstration.
7:30pm Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Evening Music & dancing with band Planet Earth
Sunday September 26
9am - noon Breakfast and townhall meeting - open
forum discussion
12:30-2:00pm Lunch & goodbye
Shuttle busses available between the Toronto Airport and the Eco Retreat - Convention Site.
*****Air Canada is our Official Airline Carrier. You can receive up to 50%
off regular, mac, and excursion fares, booked and paid seven days prior to
flight. The discount increases as our volume goes up. Our Event #CV994221
must be given to your travel agent or Air Canada when booking the flight,
and advise them that you want the AREA TARIFFS/RATES, for the maximium
discount. This rate is good from any city to Toronto around the Convention
dates. You must stay two days. This rate does not apply to >Seat Sales< or
other specials (although a discount may be applied, so give them the Event
# anyway).
Also, Air Canada is offering 25% off cargo/freight rates, by using the Event #.
Hertz will be our Official Rental Car Company, with special rates using event #
#01Y80001.
Join the HIA and receive:
- Lead Lists: Everyone who contacts the HIA looking to buy, sell, publicize
or anything else is sent out to you once a month.
- News: All members receive current news via the monthly newsletter and
constant e-mail updates.
- HIA logo: Use the HIA logo on your goods or store to show you support the
industry's association.
- Friends and business acquaintances around the world.
And there's never been a better time to join us: Membership in the HIA and
Convention registration will be offered at a special rate to Canadians this
year!
HIA Convention Highlights:
- Tour a licensed hemp operation
- New Hemp Materials & Products
- Workshops & Committee & Council Meetings
- North American Hemp Industry Presenters
- World Hemp News Updates
- Announcement of HIA Board and Executive Election results for 2000 AD
- Guided spice and herb discovery walks in the woods
- On location Massage Center & Sweat Lodge sessions
- Hemp Cuisine using fresh Canadian seed and oil
- and of course, all your old and new friends and a great shmooze!
For more information contact:
C. Penn, HIA Secretary
Hemp Industries Association
PO Box 1080, Occidental, CA 95465
Tel: 707 874 3648 Fax: 707 874 1104
Email: info@thehia.org
Website: http://thehia.org