Program: the future of wood construction:

5.11.2024 9:00 – 15:00
Event location: Solo Sokos Hotel Pier 4, Katajanokanlaituri 4, 00160 Helsinki
Host: Claudia Koistinen, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce

08:30 – 09:00
Registration, coffee & tea

09:00 – 09:10
Opening words
Claudia Koistinen, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce

09:10 – 09:45
Keynote Future of the wood construction – Views on the business environment and actors
Katja Lähtinen, Research Professor, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

09:45 – 10:20
German company pitches
Brandschutzplus GmbH, Reinhard Eberl-Pacan, Managing Director
B&O Holzbau GmbH, Maximilian Böhm, Co-owner
DeO Deimel Oelschläger Architekten GmbH, Iris Oelschläger/ Christoph Deimel, Managing Director

10:20 – 10:30
Break

10:30 – 11:05
Keynote TUM.wood: Exploring the Wood Value Chain
Sandra Schuster, architect, director of TUM.wood & research, Technical University of Munich

11:05 – 11:30
German company pitches
Bildungszentrum Holzbau, Biberach, Wolfgang Schafitel, Head of Department International Work
LAGERSCHWERTFEGER GmbH, Markus Lager, Managing Director

11:30 – 12:40
Lunch break

12:40 – 13:00
Welcoming words
Petra Wikström, General Manager, Solo Sokos Hotel Pier 4

13:00 – 13:35
German company pitches
Passiv Energie GmbH, Christian Deutinger, Managing Director
Sauerbruch Hutton Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH, Jürgen Bartenschlag, Managing Board
SWP Gesellschaft für nachhaltige Bauplanung mbH, Felix Hiller, Managing Director

13:35 – 13:50
Coffee break

13:50 – 14:40
Panel Discussion How to utilize the full potential of wood?
Moderation: Petri Heino, Former Director of Wood Building Program of Finland in the Ministry of Environment
Gerhard Fink, Associate Professor, Aalto University
Sandra Schuster, architect, director of TUM.wood & research, Technical University of Munich
Selina Anttinen, architect and founding partner, Anttinen Oiva Arkkitehdit Oy
Seppo Romppainen, CEO, Finnish Log House Industry Association
Tytti Bruce-Hyrkäs, Sustainability Business Development Manager, Granlund Oy

14:40 – 15:00
Conclusion & Networking Claudia Koistinen, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce

N.B. all presentations incl. time for Q&A times are local Finnish time (EST)/ changes possible