THE SOUTHERN HEMP EXPO is a robust and program-rich trade show structured specifically for the industrial, nutritional and therapeutic hemp industries as well as supporting ancillary businesses.
140+VENDORS & EXHIBITORS
60+ INDUSTRY EXPERT SPEAKERS
2 DAYS OF HEMP EDUCATION AND FUN
September 6
Education Stage
Event MC’s – Cait Curley, Cannabis Hemp Advocate and Entrepreneur; Melanie Rodgers, Owner, Influential X
10:30am How to Succeed in the Emerging Hemp Market
11:00am Beyond CBD: Surviving Commodification and Consolidation
11:30am Next Level Investors: Uncovering the Capital that Transforms Your Company
12:00pm 10 Steps to Cannabis Business Success
12:30pm Terpenes 101 and How to Increase Profits and Satisfaction When You Add Terpenes to your CBD Retail Space
1:00pm How I Built My CBD Business
1:30pm Formulating CBD in Clean Beauty Products; Skin Microbiome and Certifications Overview
2:00pm Seed-to-Sale Blockchain Ecosystem
2:30pm Hemp in Animal Feed
3:00pm ValidCare & Real World Experience from the CBD Consumer
3:30pm Digging Deeper: Hemp Fiber and Sustainability in US Textiles
4:00pm Hemp Fiber for Construction Applications
5:00pm End of Program
Business Conference
10:15am Introduction
10:30am Opening Keynote Address
10:50am Numbers, Revenues, Forecasts – Sean Murphy
11:00am As Global Markets Converge – Panel
11:45pm Technology & Innovation – Panel
12:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm Back to the Roots – Doug Fine
2:00pm Navigating Chaos – The Hemp Supply Chain – Panel
2:50pm FDA and the State’s Rights Ground Game – Cindy Sovine
3:15pm The Regulatory Framework is Coming – Panel
4:00pm Regardless of Uncertainty, Opportunities Abound – George Hou
4:15pm The Future of Hemp Flower – Panel
5:00pm End of Program
5:00pm-6:30pm – Hoban Happy Hour
September 7
Education Stage
10:30am Playing Life’s Game in the iHemp Arena: How to Build an Inspiring Business in the iHemp Arena and Create an Inspiring Lifestyle Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
11:00am What It Means to be a Hemp Farmer
11:30am Hemp for the Healthy, Active Lifestyle
12:00pm Cannabis – Crash Course for the Concerned Consumer
12:30pm Using Hemp CBD Against the Addiction Cycle
1:00pm Veterans & Cannabis
1:30pm A Holistic Veterinary Perspective on CBD
2:00pm Beyond Hemp CBD – Industrial Possibilities and Economic Opportunities
2:30pm Hemp Advocacy in Tennessee
3:00pm Hemp/CBD in Professional Sports
4:00pm Life Changing!
4:30pm Cannabis Liberation: Healing of the Nation, Planet-Wide Salvation
5:00pm End of Program