This board is for cannabis and hemp events. That includes trade shows, conferences, workshops, farm open days and meet-ups between forum members. It covers events in Asia. It also covers events in the overseas markets where Asian producers sell their crops.
You can post two kinds of thread here. The first is an announcement before the event. The second is a report after you have been.
Why the report after the event matters most
An event programme lists the exhibitors and the speakers. Exhibitors pay for their stands. So the programme shows you which companies spent money on marketing. It does not show you whether the event was useful.
A report from someone who went answers the questions a grower or farm owner actually has:
- Were the buyers real? Did licensed companies come with orders to place, or were most visitors other sellers?
- Did the regulators come? Did officials from the authorities attend, and what did they say?
- Was it worth going? Did the ticket, the travel and the days away from the farm pay off?
Both announcements and reports are welcome. The most useful thread contains both. The announcement is the first post, and people who attended add their reports as replies in the same thread. A reader who finds the thread later then sees the event details and the attendees’ verdict on one page.
What to do: after you attend an event, find its announcement thread here and reply with your report. If there is no thread, open one.
Rule 1: Put the dates, city and venue in the title and the first post
People often read an event thread months later. They usually search for one particular event, year or city. If the title has the dates, city and venue, search will find the thread.
Use this pattern for the title: [Event name], [dates], [city], [venue]. Repeat the same details in the first lines of the first post. Then add the link to the organiser’s official page, so readers can check any changes themselves.
What to do: before you post, check that the title has all four items: the event name, the dates, the city and the venue.
Rule 2: Say if you are connected to the event
If you are the organiser, a sponsor or an exhibitor, say so in the post. One line at the top is enough. For example: “Disclosure: our farm has a stand at this event.”
Readers need that line to judge what you write. A post that states the connection is an event listing. A post that hides it reads as an advertisement.
Stating the connection does not make advertising allowed. Advertising cannabis flower and selling it online are prohibited under Thai law. So an event post must not promote flower, list flower prices or offer flower for sale, even if you state your connection. The forum topic on advertising and selling rules for cannabis in Thailand explains what you can and cannot post.
Translator’s note: cannabis flower is a controlled herb under the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Controlled Herbs (Cannabis), B.E. 2568. It was issued under the Thai Traditional Medicine Protection Act B.E. 2542 and came into force on 26 June 2025. Flower may be sold only with a PT 33 (ภ.ท.33) prescription, for a maximum of 30 days’ supply. In event posts, stick to facts about the event: dates, place, programme, who attended and what you learned.
What to do: if you have any connection to an event, write it in the first line of your post before anything else.
What to put in an event report
A short report with concrete facts helps readers more than a long one with general praise. Cover these points:
- When you went. Give the date and which days of the event you attended. Rooms and visitors change between the first and last day.
- Who the buyers were. Give a rough number of serious buyers you met, their countries and whether they said they held licences. Readers can then tell whether the event connects sellers with buyers.
- Officials. Say whether regulators attended, and from which agency. Report what they said in public sessions. Separate what was said about laws in force from what was said about drafts.
- Cost and result. List the ticket, travel and stand costs. Then list what you came away with: meetings, follow-up contacts or useful knowledge. This shows other growers whether the trip is worth it for a farm of their size.
- Would you go again? One honest sentence, with the reason.
Translator’s note: at Thai events, speakers often discuss the draft Cannabis Control Act. It is not law yet. The Cabinet approved the draft on 22 September 2026 and sent it to the House of Representatives. When you report what a speaker said about it, label it clearly as a draft. Otherwise a reader may act on rules that are not in force.
What to do: use the five points above as headings in your report, and post it within a few days of the event, while your notes are still fresh.
Preparing for a business-to-business trade fair and business matching
A business-to-business trade fair is a fair where companies buy from and sell to each other. It is not aimed at the public. Many such fairs offer “business matching”: the organiser books short meetings between exhibitors and buyers before the fair, usually through an online form or app. For you, the benefit is meeting buyers you chose in advance, instead of whoever happens to walk past your stand.
For a list of fairs, see the forum topics on cannabis trade fairs in Asia and trade fairs in Germany, one of the overseas markets Thai exporters look at.
The steps below say what to do and why.
- Decide what you want from the fair before you book. It might be buyers, suppliers or news about the rules. Purpose: afterwards you can measure whether the trip met that goal.
- Check who the buyers are. Ask the organiser which buyer companies and countries attended the last edition. Read the earlier reports on this board. Purpose: you avoid paying for a fair where nearly everyone is selling.
- Book meetings in advance. If the fair has business matching, request meetings as early as possible. Leave gaps between meetings. Purpose: a fixed schedule gets you more useful conversations than waiting at the stand.
- Prepare your documents. Bring a one-page company profile in English, and in the buyer’s language if you can. Add copies of your licences and certificates, such as GACP (Good Agricultural and Collection Practice) if you hold it. Add product specifications, a recent laboratory certificate of analysis, your production capacity and your delivery times. Purpose: buyers in regulated markets check licences and test results first. If you cannot show them, the meeting usually ends there.
- Plan the stand around information, not product. Use photos of your farm and process, test results and printed specifications. Ask the organiser in writing what the host country allows on a stand. The rules differ from country to country. Purpose: the stand stays within the law even if you cannot bring real product.
- Follow up and record. Log each contact on the day: name, company, country and what they asked for. Write to each one within a week. Purpose: fair contacts quickly forget you if you do not follow up.
Translator’s note: for a small Thai farm, a first trip abroad is expensive. Start with one regional fair. Read reports on this board first, or go as a visitor before you pay for a stand.
What to do: at least one month before the fair, prepare your one-page profile and a folder with your licences and latest test results.
Taking product samples abroad for a trade fair
This is where the legal risk is highest. Exporters break the law most easily here, often without meaning to.
On the Thai side:
- Cannabis flower is a controlled herb. Exporting a controlled herb without a licence is an offence under Section 46 of the Thai Traditional Medicine Protection Act B.E. 2542. Section 78 sets the penalty at up to 1 year in prison, a fine of up to 20,000 baht, or both. The forum topic on which licence covers what explains the licences.
- Extracts with more than 0.2% THC are covered by the Ministerial Regulation on Cannabis or Hemp Extracts B.E. 2569, in force since 26 April 2026. Licences go only to Thai juristic persons that are not “foreign” under the Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542, to state agencies and to the Thai Red Cross Society. The forum topic on the two 2026 ministerial regulations has the details.
- A small sample size does not change these rules. Before you take any sample abroad, ask the authority that issued your licence in writing which permit applies.
On the destination and transit side:
- The destination country applies its own law. Any country where your flight changes planes may apply its law too. The rules differ from country to country. The forum topics on transit countries and on cannabis laws across Asia give the background.
- Hemp products such as fibre, seed and some cosmetics follow different rules. See what can actually leave Thailand as hemp.
Safer alternatives:
- Carry documents instead of product: photos, certificates of analysis and specification sheets.
- If a buyer wants a sample after the fair, send it later through the licensed export route, with the permits for both countries in place.
- Before you travel, get written answers from the organiser and from the authority that issued your licence. Purpose: if customs question you, a written answer protects you better than a verbal promise.
What to do: do not pack any cannabis flower or extract in your luggage until you have the permits for Thailand, the destination and every transit stop in writing.
What this board is for
This board already has two reference guides: cannabis trade fairs in Asia and trade fairs in Germany. Use the rest of the board for event announcements and reports.
What to do now: if you know of an upcoming event, open a new topic. Put the event name, dates, city and venue in the title, and disclose any connection in the first line. After you attend, reply in the same topic with your report. If you have questions about a particular fair or about samples, ask below this topic.