12th International Hemp Building Symposium

12th International Hemp Building Symposium

Staffanstorp, Sweden, 15-16th October 2024

Thank you to everyone who attended the symposium

The highly anticipated event took place at the new factory of Swedish Hemp Building company Ekolution AB in Saffanstorp just 10 km outside Malmo, drawing the attention of delegates from all corners of the globe. With a primary focus on the innovative topic of building with hemp, the event provided a unique platform for like-minded professionals and enthusiasts to come together and exchange their knowledge, experiences, and ideas.

"The symposium was truly amazing. Very well done and executed."

"It was super cool to meet the passionate people in and around hemp and natural materials and bio building."

"I am still blissed from the impressions and people of our Symposium. Thanks again!"

Symposium Location

Ekolution AB

Västanvägen, 245 42 Staffanstorp, Sweden

Symposium Speakers

Steve Allin Director of the IHBA Author, Teacher and Designer.
Matthew Belcher founder and CEO Hemspan U.K. Passionate Environmental & Social Impact Innovator. Experience within Innovation start-ups as Project Lead to develop modular systems. U.K.
Jan Besic, Hemp builder and CEO of Mabeko CZ. Hemp Builder in Czechia for 15 years.
György Ängelkott Bocz. Master of Science in Architecture – MSc at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University, Sweden.
Paulien Strandberg-de Bruijn, Bio-based researcher & senior lecturer at the Division of Building Materials, Lund University, Sweden.
Jennifer Daniels, Jen Daniels Consulting, Facilitator · Course Facilitator · Instructional Facilitator. USA .
Liam Donohoe, Co director IHBA, Retrofit Project Manager highly experienced in deep, (biobased) retrofit, renewables and energy audit expert. Specialist in use of deep data to scale retrofit solutions. Consultant, speaker and educator, Ireland.
Arno Keinonen, Marine Engineer and owner of the Harmless Home, Vancouver Island. built from Just Bio Fiber blocks, Canada.
Cameron Mcintosh, CEO Americhanvre, leading sprayed Hempcrete supplier in the USA.
Francesco Mirizzi.Senior Policy Advisor at EIHA – European Industrial Hemp Association. Leader of the EIHA Working group on creating regulations for Hemp Building materials. Brussels.
Clara Norell CEO Founder Svesk Hampaindustri AB Sweden.
Oskar Ranefjärd. Researcher in the Department of Building and Environmental Technology and coordinator for the Civil Engineering Laboratory at Lund University. His research has primarily focused on bio-based insulation and its implementation in industrialised construction, Sweden.
Lucie Salmon Présidente de l’association Lo Canàbe, France.
Git Skoglund, Master of textile history and ethnology, Hemp fibre expert, Sweden.
Jacob Waddell President at the Hemp Building Institute, USA.
Naib Woldemariam Chief Technical Officer and co-founder at Ekolution AB. Sweden.
Elena Yaneva, CEO & Co-founder of Hempstatic, New European Bauhaus Ambassador, EIT Manufacturing Alumna, Austria.

Symposium Host

Main Sponsors

Sponsors

Tecnocanapa

Symposium Partners

HempToday
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