Kyoto Hemp Forum (also called 世界麻環境フォーラム京都, International Hemp Environmental Forum Kyoto) is a
hemp industry event held in Kyoto. The first event was held in July 2016.[1] Featured speakers included Japanese politicians first lady
Akie Abe and the Mayor of Kyoto,
Daisaku Kadokawa, as well as U.S. activist
Chris Conrad and Dutch seed entrepreneur
Ben Dronkers.[2][3] The title of Conrad's book Hemp: Lifeline to the Future was also the official theme of the event.[4] Exhibitors at the forum include an Australian hemp seed company whose biggest market is Japan.[5]