Past Events

OSU-USDA Hemp Industry Research Needs Workshop

The Global Hemp Innovation Center in partnership with the USDA hosted this virtual workshop on November 15, 2022.This industry-focused workshop will be used to identify the science, research, and useful products that the hemp industry needs to solve challenges and help accelerate the establishment of hemp as a modern United States commodity. The workshop brought together industry and government experts to help determine the research approaches, and effective private-public partnerships required to establish a sustainable hemp industry that competes in the world market.

Recorded Workshop

National Hemp Symposium | National Academies of Sciences

On February 9-10, 2021, on behalf of the National Academies of Sciences Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (BANR), Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center (GHIC)  hosted our inaugural National Hemp Symposium. Follow the link below to see up-to-date information about future symposia.

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OSU Hemp Field Day - Klamath Basin

October 1, 2021 

Klamath Basin Research & Extension Center 

6941 Washburn Way, Klamath Falls, OR

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Oregon Hemp Field Day

The Global Hemp Innovation Center at Oregon State University hosted the first annual Oregon Hemp Field Day on September 23, 2020. Students, Extension and researchers from across Oregon presented highlights of their work thus far in the 2020 season. We provided a view of hemp being grown in the principal regions south to north, west to east.

Recorded Sessions

Past Events

2019

December 1-13 HAAS Chinese Delegation Visit Oregon-various
December 18-March Winter Variety Trials IVRC-Brawley, CA

2020

January 8-12 HAAS Chinese Delegation Visit Oregon-Various
January 22-24 American Hop Convention Portland Marriott Waterfront | Jeffrey Steiner speaker
January 29-30 Hemp Connex Conference Portland Expo Center | GHIC Booth | Jeffrey Steiner speaker
February 11-13 World Ag Expo Tulare, CA | GHIC booth | Jay Noller speaker
February 20 Vermont Industrial Hemp Conference Burlington, VA | Jay Noller speaker
February 21-22 Treasure Valley Hemp Conference Ontario, OR | Jay Noller speaker
February 28 Oregon Women for Ag Conference OSU Campus | Jeffrey Steiner, Kristin Rifai speakers
March 2 Albany Chamber of Commerce Albany, OR | Jeffrey Steiner speaker
(rescheduled to July-August) National Hemp Research & Education Conference Ft. Collins, CO | Jay Noller speaker
March 31-April 1 Train the Trainer-OSU Extension OSU Campus | GHIC co-host
(rescheduled to August 3-5) Institute of Cannabis Research Conference CSU-Pueblo | Jeffrey Steiner keynote speaker
April 7 Oregon Hemp Growers Forum OSU SOREC | Rich Roseberg
April 16 OSU Alumni Association Hemp Talk Virtual  Talk | Jay Noller
May 5 Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum OSU SOREC via Zoom | Gordon Jones
Re-scheduled to 2021 due to COVID-19 Oregon Farm Bureau Hemp Expo Grants Pass | GHIC booth and Jeffrey Steiner speaker
June 2 Southern Oregon Hemp Forum OSU SOREC via Zoom | Gordon Jones
July 3-5 -canceled due to COVID-19 European Hemp Conference Belgrade, Serbia | GHIC host
July 1-August 5 (rescheduled) National Hemp Research & Education Conference Virtual conference via Zoom | Jay Noller speaker
July 7 Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum OSU SOREC via Zoom | Gordon Jones
July 10 -canceled due to COVID-19 International Hemp Conference China | GHIC cohost
August 4 Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum OSU SOREC via Zoom | Gordon Jones
August 10 American Society for Horticultural Sciences Virtual conference | Jay Noller keynote speaker
August 11-12 Institute of Cannabis Research Conference Virtual conference | Jeffrey Steiner keynote speaker
September 1 Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum Virtual conference via Zoom | Gordon Jones
September 23 Oregon Hemp Field Day Virtual conference via Zoom | GHIC Hosted
October 6 Southern Oregon Hemp Growers Forum Virtual conference via Zoom | Gordon Jones
October 7-8 Analytical Cannabis Expo East Virtual conference | Jay Noller speaker
November TBD Hemp Harvest Roundup Linn County Fairgrounds

2021

February 9-10 National Academies of Sciences-National Hemp Symposium Virtual Conference | GHIC
October 1 OSU Hemp Field Day KBREC | Jeffrey Steiner and various OSU Researchers

2022

February 28 Industrial Hemp Summit Virtual Conference | Jay Noller speaker
March 18 Cannabis International Conference Thailand | Jay Noller speaker
March 22 Australian Industrial Hemp Conference Tasmania | Massimo Bionaz & Serkan Ates speakers
April 6 Oregon Hemp Growers Forum Virtual Forum | Gordon Jones organizer
April 22 9th Annual Hempstory Southern Oregon Research & Extension Center | OIHFA
April 25 Hemp Education Workshop-Hemp Production Virtual Workshop | Govinda Shrestha organizer
April 27 Hemp Education Workshop-Hemp Business & Economics Virtual Workshop | Govinda Shrestha organizer
May 3 Oregon Hemp Growers Forum Virtual Forum | Gordon Jones organizer
May 20 Cannabis Science Conference Long Beach, CA | Richard van Breemen keynote speaker
June 7 Oregon Hemp Growers Forum Virtual Forum | Gordon Jones organizer
July 21 Umatilla Dryland Hemp Farm Tour OSU-Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center | 48037 Tubbs Ranch Road, Adams, OR
August 2 Oregon Hemp Growers Forum Virtual Forum | Gordon Jones organizer
August 8-10 Cannabis Research Conference Virtual Conference | GHIC Host
August 21-22 NIHCA Business, Research & Farm Summit Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR
August 24 Klamath Basin Hemp Field Day Klamath Basin Research and Extension Center (9 am-12 pm PT)
September 8 Southern Oregon Hemp Field Day Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center (8 am-1 pm PT)
October 20 Oregon Hemp Research Needs Workshop Various locations around Oregon and virtual | 1 pm-3:45 pm PT
October 26-27 Hemp Feed Workshop Oregon State University Campus | CH2M Hill Alumni Center
November 15 National Hemp Industry Needs Workshop Virtual | Free, Registration required | 8 am-2:30 pm PT
December 6 Science Pub-Hemp as Treatment for COVID 19 Richard van Breemen | Old World Deli, Corvallis and virtual, registration required | 6pm
July 25-26 OSU & WSU Hemp Field Days

Pendleton, OR | 10:30 am-4:30 pm & Prosser, WA | 8 am-12:00 pm

August 3-5 Cannabis Research Conference Denver, CO | Co-Hosted by GHIC
August 24-25 iHemp Summit Christchurch, New Zealand | Jeffrey Steiner speaker
August 27-30 Association for Advancement of Industrial Crops Oregon State University Campus