The world's largest scientific-technical symposium on hemp, BIORESOURCE HEMP, will open its doors for the third time after 1995 and 1997. For the symposium in 2000, about 400 participants are expected. BIORESOURCE HEMP 2000 will be held at the conference centre in Wolfsburg, Germany from 13 to 16 September 2000 as part of the EXPO-2000 project "Kreislaufwirtschaft" (Closed-Loop Economy).

The last day of the symposium will focus on the cannabinoids with emphasis on possible medical applications and unwanted effects in therapy. A total of 60 to 80 technical presentations will be given, including 10 to 12 on cannabinoids on 16 September. Conference languages are English and German (simultaneous translation).

As in previous years, the BIORESOURCE HEMP 2000 is organized by nova-Institute in collaboration with the event and promotion agency TriTec GmbH (Bochum). BIORESOURCE HEMP 2000 is sponsored by the City of Wolfsburg. Further sponsors are welcome.

Co-operating partners of the BIORESOURCE HEMP 2000 are
- The International Hemp Association (IHA), Amsterdam,
- Association for Cannabis as Medicine (ACM), Cologne.

Those interested in giving a presentation or showing a poster are requested to submit an abstract to the nova-Institute by March 1, 2000.

For more information please check:
http://www.bioresource-hemp.de
http://www.nova-institut.de/bioresource-hemp/cfp.htm

Contact: nova-Institute, Daike Lohmeyer & Karin Schnurpfeil,
e- mail: nova-h@t-online.de, or for the day on cannabinoids: nova- Institute, Dr. Franjo Grotenhermen, FGrotenhermen@compuserve.com.