Prologue V “R3 – Roots, Rooftops & Renewal” at the 30th International Wood Construction Conference
Prologue V “R3 – Roots, Rooftops & Renewal” at the 30th International Wood Construction Conference
December 2 @ 1:15 pm - 6:30 pm
Prologue V «R3 – Roots, Rooftops & Renewal» Driving innovation and research to market – Bringing Projects, Funders & Stakeholders Together
Organised by the Technical Working Group «Innovation & Research» of the European Wood Policy Platform (WoodPoP), Alfred W. Kammerhofer, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (CH) and Perla El Boueiz, Luxinnovation (LU)
Moderators: Višnja Koščak, WoodPoP and Andreas N. Kleinschmit von Lengefeld, Homo Silvestris Europae
Event Language: English
Europe’s construction sector is being reshaped by rising housing demand, ambitious climate targets and new requirements for resource efficiency and circularity. According to the European Housing Alliance, Europe needs more than two million new homes a year by 2035 – around 5,000 a day, with an estimated €150 billion in annual investment.
What role can modern timber construction play? How can new technologies, digital planning and circular concepts accelerate the shift to climate-neutral buildings?
Join leading voices from industry, planning, research, public authorities and policymaking for international keynotes, case studies and discussion.
Programme
also available at the International Wood Construction Conference Official Website: https://events.forum-holzbau.com/IHF/Programm.php
13:15
Reception of attendees
Reception of attendees
Welcome and Overwiew
Elfriede Moser, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management, Vienna (AT)
The project: pan-European Wood Innovation Network
Alfred W. Kammerhofer, FOEN, Bern (CH)
Keynotes: current initiatives and programmes for Research and Innovation
European Housing Alliance and affordable housing
Stefan Moser, Head of Unit of the Housing Task Force in the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy, EU Commission, Brussel (BE)
European FOREST Partnership
Dr. Kari Korhonen, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland (FI)
Good practice examples: a closer look at what meeting this demand means in practice for sustainable, low-CO2 buildings
The Timber Truth
Pablo van der Lugt, Technical University Delft (NL)
Case study – HORTUS: energy-positive after around 30 years
Johannes Eisenhut, Senn Immobilien-Treuhand, St. Gallen (CH) and Richard Jussel, Blumer-Lehmann, Gossau (CH)
WoodPop DARA Award 2026 Awardee
~ Roundtable discussion ~
Coffee break
Coffee sponsored by Stora Enso Wood Products
Financing: public and non-public sources of financing for such projects
Blended finance and SME investment, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Georg Weiers, European Investment Bank, Vienna (AT)
Das Raiqa in Innsbruck
Florian Flunger-Lang, Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol, Innsbruck (AT)
Identifying and developing key technologies in the sawmilling industry
Hannes Plackner, HS Timber, Vienna (AT)
The Science and Timber Construction Alliance (SITCA)
Dr. Erich Wiesner, Wiehag, Altheim (AT)
~ Roundtable discussions ~
Summary of the Findings
Lisa Lehner, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management, Vienna (AT) and Višnja Koščak, WoodPoP, Vienna (AT)
Concluding remarks and closure of the meeting
Georg Rappold, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management & WoodPoP, Vienna (AT)
Aperitif in the accompanying trade exhibition
The aperitif is sponsored by Holzwerk Pfarrkirchen
For inquiries about this Prologue, please contact the WoodPoP Secretariat at contact@woodpop.eu
Registration
The Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management is kindly sponsoring entry passes, including meals, for Members of the European Wood Policy Platform to attend the 30th International Wood Construction Forum.
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