Forum Wood Building Nordic 2024 – Wooden Architecture and Constructions in the Future

Program

Thursday 03 October
08.00 – 08.30
Registration and coffee

Block 1

08.30 – 08.45
Welcome words
Knut Werner Lindeberg Alsén, Trearkitektur (NOR) and Tobias Schauerte, Forum Holzbau (SWE)

08.45 – 08.55
Conference opening

Block 2 – Where is the Nordic construction market in five years?

08.55 – 10.10
chair: Aasmund Bunkholt, Trefokus (NOR)

08.55 – 09.15
Where is the Norwegian construction market in five years?
Heidi Finstad, Norwegian Wood Industry Federation (NOR)

09.15 – 09.35
Where is the Swedish construction market in five years?
Susanne Rudenstam, Swedish Wood Building Council (SWE)

09.35 – 09.55
Where is the Finnish construction market in five years?
Petri Heino, Wood Policy Platform (FIN)

09.55 – 10.10
Panel discussion

10.10 – 10.40
Coffee break in the exhibition halls

Block 3 – How to develop a sustainable world

10.40 – 12.00
chair: Leif D. Houck, Norwegian University of Life Science (NOR)

10.40 – 11.00
Real Estate development for a sustainable world
Anna Ervast Öberg, Folkhem/Nordr (SWE)

11.00 – 11.20
to be announced
Speaker inquired

11.20 – 11.40
to be announced
Speaker inquired

11.40 – 12.00
panel discussion

12.00 – 13.00
Lunch in the exhibition halls

Parallel sessions A and B

Block 4A – Large Buildings

13.00 – 14.15
chair: Gerhard Fink, Aalto University (FIN)

13.00 – 13.20
The world’s tallest wooden Hotel
Rune Abrahamsen, Moelven Limtre (NOR)

13.20 – 13.40
Strategic experiences from NTNU Campus and schools in the Nordic Region
Rob Marsh, CF Møller (DEN)

13.40 – 14.00
Stora Enso’s new head office – The story behind
Antto Kauhanen, Stora Enso (FIN)

14.00 – 14.15
panel discussion

14.15 – 14.45
Coffee break in the exhibition halls

Block 4B – Barriers and harmonization of standardization

13.00 – 14.15
chair: Hauke Burkart, Standard Norge (NOR)

13.00 – 13.20
Eurocode Highlight – Safe rules for brittle failures
Roberto Tomasi, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NOR)
Kjell Arne Malo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NOR)

13.20 – 13.40
Design of cross-laminated timber
Philipp Dietsch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (GER)

13.40 – 14.00
Standardization and fire
Alar Just, Tallin University of Technology (EST)

14.00 – 14.15
panel discussion

14.00 – 14.45
Coffee break in the exhibition halls

Block 5A – Digitalization and the construction industry

14.45 – 16.00
chair: Pasi Aalto, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NOR)

14.45 – 15.05
A new workflow – digital fabrication
Aksel Ludvigsen, LOF arkitekter (NOR)

15.05 – 15.25
Digital materiality in architecture
Speaker inquired, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology/ETH Zürich (CHE)

15.25 – 15.45
How can artificial intelligence shape the future of architecture?
Tim Fu, Studio Tim Fu (GBR)

15.45 – 16.00
panel discussion

19.00 – 21.30
Conference dinner at Oslo Congress Center

Block 5B – Architecture and health

14.45 – 16.00
chair: Anders Q Nyrud (NOR)

14.45 – 15.05
Healthy energy-efficient urban home ventilation
Knut Ragnvald Skulberg, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (NOR)

15.05 – 15.25
Public health and architecture
Bjarte Bye Løfaldli, Kristiansund municipality (NOR)

15.25 – 15.45
to be announced
Speaker inquired

15.45 – 16.00
panel discussion

19.00 – 21.30
Conference dinner at Oslo Congress Center

Friday 04 October

08.30 – 09.00
Registration and coffee

Block 6A – New opportunities

09.00 – 10.15
chair: Thomas Kringlebotn Thiis, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NOR)

09.00 – 09.20
Engineering and innovation
Matthias Stracke, Bollinger + Grohmann (GER)

09.20 – 09.40
Wisdome Stockholm: Free Form timber construction
Martin Looser-Frey, Blumer-Lehmann AG (CHE)

09.40 – 10.00
Challenges and Opportunities in Overseas markets
Anton Wanas, Rubner Holzindustrie, (ITA)

10.00 – 10.15
panel discussion

Block 6B – Market demands – as seen from the contractors

09.00 – 10.15
chair: Tina Sletbak-Akerø, Norwegian Wood Industry Federation (NOR)

09.00 – 09.20
Challenges and Opportunities in Overseas markets
Gaute Moe, Degree of Freedom (NOR)

09.20 – 09.40
Market demands – expected challenges and possible solutions
NN, HENT (NOR)

09.40 – 10.00
speaker inquired

10.00 – 10.15
panel discussion

10.15 – 10.45
Coffee break in the exhibition halls

Block 7A – New innovative products

10.45 – 12.00
chair: inquired, Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology (NOR)

10.45 – 11.05
The story behind a new connector
Kjell Arne Malo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NOR)

11.05 – 11.25
Wood based products for reuse
Roberto Tomasi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NOR)

11.25 – 11.45
Standard framework for new products
Robert Jockwer, University of Technology Dresden (GER)

11.45 – 12.00
panel discussion

Block 7B – Global market trends – as seen from the industries

10.45 – 12.00
chair: Tobias Schauerte, Forum Holzbau (SWE)

10.45 – 11.05
General trends when carbon footprint is set with a legislative threshold
Bastian Zachariassen, KLH Massivholz (AUT)

11.05 – 11.25
Global market Trends in Timber Construction
Reto Schneider,- n’H International (CHE)

11.25 – 11.45
Market trends – Insights from an Adhesive supplier
Franz Windisch, DYNEA (NOR)

11.45 – 12.00
panel discussion

12.30 – 13.10
Closing panel discussion

12.30 – 13.00
Inspirational keynote

13.00 – 13.10
Presentation of the venue for the 14th Forum Wood Building Nordic in 2025 and closing words

13.10 – 14.00
Lunch in the exhibition halls