Speakers 2017
General Practitioner
LECTURE: Cannabis Medicine in Austria: an up-to-date report. 
Kurt Blaas is a general practitioner who runs a medical practice in Vienna focusing on therapy using cannabinoids. … more
Head of the drug ambulance (AKH-Vienna), scientific drug research and drug therapy.
LECTURE: New psychoactive substances & cannabinoids.
Besides it's stigmatisation as misused substance, cannabis can be used for a multitude of medical purposes. … more
Chemist and toxicologist at Medical Cannabis Research & Analysis
LECTURE: Legalisation of medical cannabis in the US: the lessons to be learned.
Prof. Schmid will be talking about the legalisation of medical cannabis in the US and the lessons, that can be learned thereof – with fresh insights, as he only returns from USA shortly before the congress. … more
Head of the Swiss Study Group for Cannabinoids in Medicine, SACM
LECTURE: Cannabidiol - facts and myths.
Importance, Truths and Lies about Cannabidiol. … more
Head of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at the LKH Klagenfurt.
LECTURE: Cannabis - a medicine.
Prof. Likar will be reporting about his experiences with cannabis-medication at his Department. … more
Practising doctor, author, cannabis-activist.
LECTURE: Cannabis and Cancer.
Dr. Grotenhermen is a physician with great experience in treating cancer with cannabis. … more
University professor, cancer researcher & molecular biologist
LECTURE: Cannabinoids as anticancer agents. 
A large body of evidence shows that cannabinoids can reduce tumour growth in animal models of cancer and specifically of gliomas… more
Psychiatric consultant / private practice
LECTURE: Cannabis in psychiatry.
The range of possible therapies with Cannabis thanks to multitude and variety of contents is… more
Board-certified specialist in Adult Forensic & Clinical NeuroPsychiatry
LECTURE: Cannabis-based medicine as a part of integrative treatment plan.
Dr. Ilya Reznik is a Board-certified specialist in Adult Forensic & Clinical NeuroPsychiatry at MaReNa Diagnostic and Consulting Center, Israel. … more
CEO and Chairman of the Expert Council ICANNA - International Institute for Cannabinol
LECTURE: Straight to the heart: understanding the role of cannabinois in the cardiovascular system
Cannabis has been used in many cultures to treat diseases of the cardiovascular system. Current research … more
Lawyer, Chairman of "Take your rights"
LECTURE: Drugs from the darknet
Information about the legal consequences of ordering illegal drugs from the darknet. … more
Writer and photographer
LECTURE: Easy organic weed.
Cannabis grower Bill Griffin will discuss the advantages of growing cannabis organically. … more
THC Pharm
LECTURE: Cannabis on prescription - a possible model for Austria and Europe?
Evaluation of and experience with the new law for cannabis presciption in Germany. … more
Psychiatric consultant
LECTURE: Future perspectives for the use of cannabinoids in modern cannabis therapies in Austria.
Dr. Zechner has worked as psychiatrist at the institute for drug abuse in Vienna and … more
Author, blogger and journalist
LECTURE: Hemp - 25 years after the re-discovery: what now?
The release of the Book "The re-discovery of the crop plant hemp" by Jack Herer and Mathias Bröckers in 1993 started … more
Independent producer and developer of the world's first Hemp cosmetics series
LECTURE: Cannabidiol – a tricky but valuable cannabinoid.
Employing CBD in the fields of pharmaceutics and cosmetics reveals numerous difficulties … more
Psychiatrist, founder of the Liverpool harm reduction model
LECTURE: The paradox of prohibition
Dr. John Marks has got 40 years of experience as a psychiatrist and is … more
CEO Hanf Farm
LECTURE: Hemp as Superfood and Medicine - The Importance of Hemp-based Food and Supplements for your health.
Cannabis sativa L. (hemp) contains large amounts of contents which are beneficial to maintaining or enhancing our health and that can heal illnesses. … more
Founder and CSO of CBDepot.eu; Hemp activist.
LECTURE: Cannabis extracts and pharma-grade cannabinoids: European legal perspectives.
Current market application of hemp extracts and cannabinoids is broadening every day. Strict differentiation … more
CEO Hanfliebe
LECTURE: The development of hemp textiles - our second skin
Mrs Ursula Mock is the founder of the eco social label "Hanfliebe". In her lecture she will explain ... … more
