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The Hemp Industry Calendar

Events

Every expo, summit, trade mission, and standards meeting that moves the industrial hemp industry — each one a living workspace connected to the organizations, standards, regulations, and opportunities already inside the ecosystem, so an event keeps creating value long after it ends.

Expos
Business & trade
Summits
Policy & standards
Missions
Export & market access

Upcoming Events

Where the industry gathers next

The major industrial-hemp gatherings ahead. Each links to the initiative, organizations, and opportunities it connects to inside the platform.

Expo · Fall 2026

Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit

NIHC’s flagship fiber summit — processors, decorticators, and buyers building the U.S. fiber supply chain. Connects to Global Market Access and the fiber processors in the network.

Expo · Spring 2027

NoCo Hemp Expo

Estes Park, CO — the largest hemp industry B2B expo. Cultivation, processing, products, and investment. Connects to Opportunity Intelligence for buyer and partner leads.

Conference · 2027

EIHA International Hemp Conference

Brussels — the European Industrial Hemp Association’s policy and market conference. Connects to International market landscape and Regulatory intelligence.

Expo · Fall 2026

Southern Hemp Expo

Regional cultivation, extraction, and retail across the U.S. Southeast. Connects to NIHC Verify for accredited testing partners.

Meeting · Ongoing

NIHC Annual Membership Meeting

The National Industrial Hemp Council’s member gathering on federal policy, standards, and market strategy. Connects to Advocacy & Policy.

Program · Rolling

USDA Trade Mission — Hemp

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service export missions open to NIHC members through its Market Access Program cooperator status. Connects to Global Market Access.

Standards Meetings

Committee sessions & public comment

Standards development is where the industry writes its own rules. These sessions are open to members and drive the requirements every market cites.

ASTM D37

Cannabis committee sessions

Ballots and new testing methods under ASTM Committee D37. Track and participate through the Standards Center.

ISO

ISO / accreditation working groups

ISO 17025 and related lab-competence activity that underpins NIHC Verify.

Comment

Open public comment windows

Federal Register and standards-body comment periods affecting hemp — surfaced live in Signals.

Trade Missions

Export & market-access travel

NIHC’s USDA Market Access Program cooperator status opens government-backed export missions to members — the fastest route into a new market.

Europe

EU market entry mission

Buyer introductions and regulatory briefings for the EU novel-food and fiber markets. See Global Market Access.

Asia

Asia-Pacific trade delegation

Export opportunities across Japan, Thailand, and India’s scaling hemp programs. Tied to Opportunity Intelligence.

Members

How members join a mission

Mission eligibility, cost-share, and application support are a member benefit — see Premium Access.

Event Workspaces

Every event is more than a date

For members, each event becomes a workspace — before, during, and after. The public calendar above is open to everyone; the full workspace is a membership benefit.

Before

Agenda, speakers & who’s attending

Session agenda, speaker lineup, sponsors, and the organizations in the room — plan your meetings in advance.

During

Live updates & networking

Real-time updates, resources, and member-to-member networking around each session.

After

Recordings, presentations & action items

The presentation library, videos, and the related standards, organizations, and opportunities each session surfaced.