Programme

Draft Programme

10.00 | OPENING SESSION

Welcome address

10.00 Baiba MILTOVIČA, President of the TEN Section
10.05 Helene HOLSTEIN, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure, Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union

10:10 | KEYNOTE SPEECHES

10.10 Laurenţiu PLOSCEANU, President of the EESC study group on 'Wooden construction for CO2 reduction in building sector'
10.15 MEP Henna VIRKKUNEN (Group of the European People's Party, Christian Democrats, Finland)

10:25 | PANEL 1: Can wood be the material of the future? - Opportunities and limits of timber in construction

Moderated by Sam HÄGGLUND, EESC co-rapporteur on "Wooden construction for CO2 reduction in building sector"

Guest speakers:

Hein BOLLENS, Deputy Head of Unit DG GROW.H.1 Construction, European Commission
Thomas SCORIER, President of EMBUILD, the Belgian Construction Association
Dr. Andrew NORTON, European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries
Dr. Erich WIESNER MBA, Managing Director, WIEHAG Holding GmbH “Pushing the boundaries of timber construction”

Q&A session

11:40 | PANEL 2: The environmental, societal and social challenges and advantages of wood materials and engineered wood products

Moderated by Rudolf KOLBE, EESC rapporteur on "Wooden construction for CO2 reduction in building sector"

Guest speakers:

Michael BURNARD, Deputy Director, InnoRenew CoE
Bruno BOTHUA, General Secretary, National Federation of Employees in Construction, Wood and Furniture CGT (FNSCBA CGT); Chair of the Standing Committee Wood/Furniture/Forestry, EFBWW
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annette HAFNER, Lehrstuhl Ressourceneffizientes Bauen, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Robert SCHMITZ, Architect, Sara Cultural House, Sweden

Q&A session

12:55 | CONCLUSIONS

Laurenţiu PLOSCEANU, President of the EESC study group on 'Wooden construction for CO2 reduction in building sector'