Hemp Textile Expo
4th of February 2023
Online event
Organised by Hemp Engineering Pty Ltd
For Clothing Manufactures, Wholesalers, Retailers, Buyers & General Public
Come and Meet the Hemp Textile Pioneers
Hemp Clothing is a natural antimicrobial agent, promotes long-lasting wear and offers UV Protection.
Hemp has been grown for centuries, it is the world’s strongest and most eco-friendly natural textile fiber.
Why would you attend the Hemp Textiles Expo?
Top Hemp Textile Passionate Owners & Experts from Around the World.
- Latest Fashion and Trends for Women, Children, Men, Shoes, Bedding and much more!
- Self Sustainable & Circular Economy Fabrics
- Upcycling Hemp Fabrics & Climate Impact
When we buy Hemp, We all help to save water and contribute to nurture our nature.
LIST of SPEAKERS & PIONEERS
The Speakers schedule, at the end of the page, follows the sun, starting with Australia until we reach the American continent
The Honourable Sophia Moermond MLC
Perth, Western Australia
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Honourable Sophia Moermond MLC
Member of the Legislative Council representing the South West Region in Western Australia
Wellness Education Specialist.
She attended the Academy of Natural Therapies where she obtained a Diploma of Applied Science Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine) and a Diploma of Science Naturopathy, Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy.
She has been the first candidate worldwide to be elected representing a political organization supporting the legalisation of Cannabis and its full utilisation for the benefit of all.
Her radical ideas to help the industry are considered "disruptive" with special emphasis in the textile industry.
Della Rae Morrison
Australia
Della Rae Morrisson - Director
Presentation: Hemp Workwear for Australia
Wortkoorl Workwear is an Aboriginal majority and LGBTIQ owned company run entirely by women.
Our products are designed to benefit everyone, from the people who grow and farm the hemp, the people who design and create our clothes, as well as the people who wear them. Most importantly, our production methods benefit the planet, and the traditional owners and guardians of the country we walk on. Ethical, sustainable, renewable and comfortable.
We stand by our values of creating employment opportunities for Aboriginal Australians with value, diversity and inclusion. Effective communication with our team, suppliers and consumers. Working towards a green future, while working ethically and environmentally sustainable.
Erin Lindley
Canada
Erin Lindley
Presentation: The History of Hemp Clothing
An independent researcher and freelance writer specializing in industrial hemp. 20-year background as a businesswoman in the natural health industry in Canada
Founding partner of the Advanced Botanical and Biomass Research Institute based in Ottawa, Canada
Current projects include industrial hemp introduction in Paraguay and for the First Nations in Canada.
Oksana Devoe
Ukraine
Oksana Devoe
DevoHome: we don't kill, we grow.
Devohome is a Ukrainian based company that produces healthy and natural hemp textile in Ukraine.
For 9 years we grow hemp for production in Poltava region without the use of pesticides. Raw materials are processed at our partners plant and the family of the brand owner, Oksana Devoe.
We invented Hemp Fur – plant based fur, a substitute for animal and synthetic
fur. (https://devohome.com/en/faux_hemp_fur).
Every year we are invited to become part of the global movement for conscious consumption, such as Dutch Design Week 2019, 2022, White Milano 2020, Ukranian Fashion Week 2020, Material District, and many others.
We are official members of Fur Free Retailers and PETA organizations.
In 2019, we received the ELLE Decoration International Design Awards Ukraine 2019 - an international award in the field of subject design and interior design for hemp fur.
Furthermore, we are winners of:
“The best sustainable brand in Ukraine by STALO” in 2018
Ukrainian Fashion Industry Award as designer of the year, fur and leather, 2019
“Cruelty-free Fashion 2020” award by UANIMALS.
Also, more than 200 universities, libraries, and museums around the world maintain our innovative fur in their own funds.
We are looking for a possibility to increase the number of people who want to know more about
sustainable consumption and eco living
Darwin Millard
USA
Darwin Millard is an active member of ASTM International’s technical committee D37 on Cannabis which is an international group dedicated to the development of voluntary consensus standards for the global cannabis/hemp industry.
Darwin is the Subcommittee Vicechair of D37.04 on Processing and Handling of Cannabis and Cannabis-derived Products, and the Co-chair of Subcommittee D37.07 on Industrial Hemp. He has been active in cannabis policy change and an advocate of the cannabis plant for over a decade.
Darwin Millard specializes in mechanical and solvent based extraction methodologies for isolating highly volatile terpenophenolic secondary metabolites from botanicals. For the past 16-years, Darwin has been focusing on the extraction and manufacture of nutraceutical products comprising of phytocannabinoids and other bioactive constituents from the cannabis plant.
He works with clients to design and implement cost-effective built-for-purpose phytocannabinoid processing and herbal product manufacturing solutions.
Nitasha Khemka
Nepal
Nitasha Khemka
Presentation: WyldWeaves, Hemp seeds for all
Owner and founder of Wyld Weaves
A fashion designer from IEC School of Art and Fashion. She founded Wyld Weaves in 2018. A company into natural, organic & sustainable fabrics / yarn / products handcrafted from Nepal.
Adriana Rosero
Colombia
Adriana Rosero
Presentation: Hemp Fashion in Colombia
Founder & Fashion Designer de Nanis Hemp, Sustainable Cannabis Fashion.
Bachelor Degree " The Plant of Cannabis", Antioquia University, Colombia
High Fashion, Academia Colgo
Indoor Farmer and Medicinal Advocacy
1st Place Cannabis Flower, Seshat Coup, Medellín, Colombia, 2021.
2nd Runnerup, Iron Chef Cannabis, Mexico , 2021
Manish Patel
India
Manish Patel
Presentation: Hemp Lifestyle
Founder MAAFAA DESIGNS LLP.
MAAFAA DESIGNS LLP HEMP initiative "Heal Earth Make Peace" is a hemp product line designed by Maafaa Designs LLP and manufactured in India and Nepal.
Vision
To be globally recognized in each of our chosen hemp product lines by 2025.
Mission
To be the most reliable global network for sustainable hemp raw materials for an Artists, that delivers value through products and services. To be a responsible value creator for mother Earth.
Values
We will be bold and agile, courageously taking on challenges, using deep customer insight to develop innovative simply sustainable stylish products.
Integrity
We will be fair, honest, transparent and ethical in our conduct; everything we do must fulfill a part of Earth’s furthest dream.
Excellence
We will be passionate about achieving the highest standards of quality HEMP products
Unity
We will invest in our planet, enable continuous learning, and build caring and collaborative relationships based harnessing natural fibers and colors.
Responsibility
We will integrate environmental and social principles in our products, ensuring that what we take from the Earth goes back to the Earth in a sustainableway.
Siobhan O'Malley
New Zealand
Siobhan O'Malley
Presentation: Startup challenges during Covid
Siobhan O'Malley is a dairy farmer and fashion outsider. Alongside two other farmers, she started luxury knitwear label Hemprino, blending merino wool and hemp fibre, launching in 2022.
Siobhan will talk about the challenges of starting a brand, R & D off-shore during covid and sourcing hemp fibre.
Our brand is a fight against fast fashion by making sure that we can produce biodegradable textiles that return to earth at end of life, but wear well and look beautiful for our customers.
We dream about a New Zealand based hemp fibre industry, integrated into our world class systems, to export to the world. www.hemprino.co.nz
Beatrice
Kuyumgian-Rankin
Australia
Beatrice Kuyumgian-Rankin
Presentation: Hemp! Let's BE the change
Director & CEO, Hemp Gallery Australia Pty Ltd
Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Retail, Hemp, and Textiles. Strong business development professional with a A MusA, BA Mus focused in Piano performance from Conservatorium of Music.
Her dream is to have a local Australian hemp fabric manufacturing facility. In the meantime, she imports the best of the best.
Rahil Shah
India
Rahil Shah
Presentation: Digital integration into manufacturing processes
I am Rahil Shah and I am a 24-year-old data & tech guy. I have had my previous experiences working in startups focused on E-Commerce & traditional textiles.
I have been involved with Canvaloop's operations since 2021 and I feel excited about the potential our product carries and moreover our technology carries.
Canvaloop's mission is to mainstream hemp as a fashion material to make hemp a part of every wardrobe by 2030.
My goal at Canvaloop is to integrate digital tech into our manufacturing processes and make our products and services more open, transparent, and robust.
Prem Dulal
Nepal
Prem Dulal
Presentation: Hemp bags wholesale store
Founder Hemp bags wholesale store
Prem has been working on hemp fabric for over 10 years. He takes pride in revolutionizing design from the traditional fabric.
Hemp bags wholesale store has been making clothing, bags and others accessories proudly made from Hemp and made in Nepal to the world market.
Shripat Jagirdar
India
Shripat Jagirdar, I am the founder and CEO of Weaving Vibes.
Presentation: Versatile Hemp Fabrics
I believe you are edging to live a more Sustainable and Eco-friendly way of life, we at Weaving Vibes, are trying to make a small change in the large world of textile.
We are a Start-Up homegrown textile manufacturing setup based in Mumbai (India) since 2019. We are a Made-To-Order Woven Fabric Manufacturing Company where we design and innovate weaves to create eco-friendly, sustainable, and biodegradable natural fabrics (like 100% Hemp and Hemp Blends, etc.) In 58 inches width, ranging from 90 gsm till
440 gsm. We have a range of over 60+Hemp fabrics.
We also have Eco Printed, Digitally Printed and Screen Printed fabrics on 100% Hemp fabrics.
Our manufacturing unit has a capacity to produce ~300,000 meters of sustainable fabric every month, and we are Exporting Globally!.Fabric application - Range from Apparels ( Shirts, Pants, Dresses, Jackets, Trousers etc) possibilities are endless.
Garima Pal
India
Garima Pal
Presentation: Hemp fashion and sustainability
Co-founder and Creative Head Palison
Founder and creative head of Palison, Garima is passionate about all things earth friendly.
Their mission is to bring sustainable fashion to everyone. As a business, they are working to do their part by promoting ethical practices that create high-quality, low-impact, long-lasting products. They carefully consider the fabrics and materials and work towards reducing waste, chemicals, and plastics that jeopardise the planet's ecosystems.
Yanyan Yang
China
Yanyan Yang (Speaker)
Presentation: Hemp Textile in China
Co-founder of HEMPRIZE, a brand committed to making fine hemp textiles for families both at home and abroad.
14 years experience in Sumitomo China, well understand of the quality and brand power, be willing to regrow with local professional hemp textile manufacturer.
Renhe Gao
Co-founder of HEMPRIZE and owner of a reputable hemp textiles factory in Taian, Shandong, China.
Textile engineering background from Tiangong University, 30 years experience in HEMP textile industry, be good at R&D of various specs of hemp/linen fabrics.
Gal Shukroon &
Daniel Cohen
Israel
Gal Shukroon
Presentation: Hemp Shoes in Israel
Co-founder Gal is a fashion entrepreneur and shoes designer. After her B.A studies in costume and accessories design, she established and managed for 10 years “The Guild” – higher education school for shoes and accessories design in Tel Aviv. In 2018 she launched her own shoes brand “boota” (shoes in Moroccan Arabic) – leather hand-made shoes, that also comes in vegan version. All of the shoes was made by palestinian women in Hebron in order to promote welfare female labor.
Daniel Cohen
.Co-funder Daniel knows the fashion industry from every possible angle. He is a fashion entrepreneur, developer, manufacturer, promoter and marketer for fashion products all over the world. Recently he established a shoes department at one of the biggest fashion companies in Israel. Daniel also owns a trade company that produces clothes and shoes for many known brands in the U.S and the rest of the world.
Poliana Rodrigues
Brazil
Poliana Rodrigues - Brazil
Founder FloYou
Presentation: Hemp textiles and women’s health - a new approach to wellness culture
FloYou is the first menstrual care brand focused on cannabis and women’s health in Brazil. Launched in 2021, FloYou is developing more efficient and sustainable solutions for the period cycle - always aligned with a new approach to wellness, health, self-awareness and generational needs that can be promoted with hemp-derived products.
Poliana has been developing business and projects related to cannabis in Brazil since 2019.
Expert in communications, branding and cultural manifestation of market trends, she had developed the first period underwear made with hemp technology in Brazil.
Alejandra García Quirós
Costa Rica
Alejandra García Quirós - Costa Rica
Commercial Consultant
Presentation: Hemp Fashion & Blockchain
Co-Founder of The Up Collective
Her role as Public Relationships PR, a project connecting professionals with local and international hemp projects.
Master's Degree in Business with an emphasis in Digital Marketing; she has been integrating into this industry since 2017, whilst also promoting women participation. She currently participates in projects related to textile fibers with integrated blockchain technology.
Ankit Pratap Singh
India
Ankit Pratap Singh - India’s Youngest Cannabis Entrepreneur. Founder & CEO at Herbino, Jharkhand’s First Cannabis & Hemp Research and Product Development Company.
Presentation - Handwoven Hemp Textiles
Herbino’s vision is to be a leading Cannabis & Hemp Brand in India while upholding the mission of accelerating lands, policy making, cultivation and research on Cannabis as whole.
With Ankit’s vision, Herbino has closely partnered and works with niche, recognised sustainable brands around the globe, helping brands for an easy transition into Hemp Fashion.
With our ‘customise-as-you-go’ model, from apparel to bedsheets, towels, home decor etc, we unlocked the potential to create any kind of fabric with Hemp in your visualised style. Our USP helps brands with flexibility and ease of decision making while our textiles speak for itself on our unmatched quality, harmful chemical free processing and impact to handweaving artisans.
OUR SPONSORS: UNITY & COMMUNITY
Speakers Schedule
The duration of the presentations vary, so the schedule may change without notice
The Speakers schedule follows the sun, starting with Australia until we reach the American continent
SPEAKERS
COMPANY
PRESENTATION
COUNTRY
SCHEDULE
TIME ZONE
The Honourable Sophia Moermond MLC
Parlamient Western Australia
A Vision for Australia and the world
Australia
18:00 - 18:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Siobhan O'Malley
HEMPRINO
Startup challenges during Covid
New Zealand
18:30 - 19:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Beatrice
Kuyumgian-Rankin
Hemp Gallery Australia
Hemp! Let's BE the change
Sydney, Australia
19:00 - 19:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Della Rae Morrisson
Wortkoorl
Workwear
Hemp Workwear for Australia
Perth, Australia
19:30 - 20:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Yanyan Yang
HEMPRIZE
Hemp Textile in China
China
20:00 - 20:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Nitasha Khemka
WyldWeaves
WyldWeaves, Hemp seeds for all
Nepal
20:30 - 21:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Manish Patel
MAAFAA DESIGNS LLP
Hemp Lifestyle
India
21:00 - 21:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Shreyans Kokra
Canvaloop
Mainstreaming Sustainability in Textiles
India
21:30 - 22:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Prem Dulal
Hemp bags wholesale store
Hemp bags wholesale store
Nepal
22:00 - 22:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Shripat Jagirdar
Weaving Vibes
Versatile Hemp Fabrics
India
22:30 - 23:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Garima Pal
Palison
Hemp fashion and sustainability
India
23:00 - 23:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Gal Shukroon
FRDM
Hemp Shoes in Israel
Israel
23:30 - 00:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Oksana Devoe
DevoHome
Ukraine Hemp Legacy, a Family tradition
Ucrania
00:00 - 00:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Erin Lindley
ABBRI
The History of Hemp Fabrics
Calgary, Canada
00:30 - 01:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Darwin Millard
ASTM International
Cannabis Standards for Textiles
USA
01:00 - 01:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Adriana Rosero
Nanis Hemp - Sustainable Cannabis Fashion
Hemp Fashion in Colombia
Colombia
01:30 - 02:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Poliana Rodrigues
FloYou
Hemp textiles and women’s health - a new approach to wellness culture
Brazil
02:00 - 02:30
Perth Western Australia Time
Alejandra García Quirós
The Up Collective
Hemp Fashion & Blockchain
Costa Rica
02:30 - 03:00
Perth Western Australia Time
Ramon Granados
Hemp Engineering
Wrap up
Australia
03:00 - 03:33
Perth Western Australia Time
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