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SUMMARY:The 6th Expert Group Meeting and TWG Innovation & Research Workshop and in Zurich\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:This two-day event features the 6th Expert Group Meeting of the European Wood Policy Platform\, a workshop of the Technical Working Group “Innovation & Research” and two visits.  \nOn Tuesday (1 April 2025)\, TWG Innovation & Research workshop participants will engage in discussions on bridging the gap between research and commercialization\, including brief flash presentations on success stories. The workshop will end with an exclusive tour of a production plant operated by a major construction company\, which is currently building a 24-storey timber hybrid high-rise using glue-laminated beech wood for residential and commercial purposes (Note: Slots for this tour are limited and allocated at a first-come\, first-served basis). \nOn Wednesday (2 April 2025)\, the WoodPoP 6th Expert Group Meeting (hybrid) will provide updates on the Wood Policy Paper and international developments and processes\, feature a presentation of a study on EU wood-based policy developments\, discuss the next steps for the Platform and the upcoming 4th High-Level Meeting\, and culminate in a visit to the NEST facility for sustainable building technologies. \n\nPROGRAMME\nDay 1 Tuesday\, 1 April 2025\nTechnical Working Group Innovation & Research Workshop (Hybrid)\n08.00 – 08.30 Registration & Welcome Coffee \n08.30 – 08.45 Short Introduction of the Host\, EBP Schweiz AG \n08.45 – 09.15 Opening Remarks \nIntroduction to the objectives of the Forum and the importance of public-private funding programs in driving innovation \n09.15 – 09.45 Current information on “Horizon Europe” \n09:45 – 10:00 The European research and innovation landscape in the wood sector: How to increase the success rate of the wood sector? \n10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break \n10:15 – 11:15 3-minute flash presentation by TWG members on innovation: success stores \n\nTitle\, Programme\, Amount\, and Partners\nResults and Next Steps\nWhat is the X-Factor for this success story? What is the added value?\n\n11:15 – 11:45 Setting the Scene for the TWGs \nOvercoming financing barriers and increasing private investment \n11:45 – 12:00 Wrap-up\, Next Steps \n12:00 – 13:00 Lunch \n13:00 – 18:00 Post-workshop Excursion \nExcursion to ERNE AG Holzbau \nPlease note that slots for this excursion is limited and allocated on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n18.00 Dinner (upon invitation of FOEN) \n  \nDay 2 Wednesday\, 2 April 2025\n6th Expert Group Meeting (Hybrid)\n08.00 – 08.30 Registration \n08.30 – 08.40 Opening of the meeting \n08.40 – 09.00 Update on the Wood Policy Paper \n09.15 – 10.20 Updates and WoodPoP Status Quo \n10.20 – 10.40 Coffee break \n10.40 – 11.20 Study Presentation \n“Taking a bird’s eye view of EU wood-based policy: Untangling policy\, institutional\, and actor frameworks affecting the wood-based sectors” by Aggestam\, F.\, Weiss\, G.\, Elomina\, J. and Helga Puelzl. \n11.20 – 11.40 Updates on international developments and processes \n11.40 – 11.50 Preparation for the 4th High Level Meeting (15 October 2025\, Izola\, Slovenia) \n11.50 – 11.55 AOB \n11.55 – 12.00 Wrap-up and closure of the meeting \n12.00 – 13.00 Lunch (Standing snacks) \n13.30 – 15.15 Post-EGM Excursion \nExcursion to Empa-NEST \n15.15 End of workshop and return \nFurther information\nThe 6th Expert Group Meeting and the TWG Innovation & Research Workshop will be in English. \n  \nRegistration\nInterested parties are requested to email contact(at)woodpop(dot)eu  \n  \nMeeting Documents\nPlease find the invitation\, draft agenda and the practical information for the Workshop and the Expert Group Meeting below: \n1- Invitation woodPoP EGM TWG IR WS Zurich 1-2 April 2025\n2 – 6th ExpertGroupMeeting_draft agenda_ 2 April V27March2025\n3 – TWG Innovation Workshop and Excursion 1-2 April 2025 updated V27March2025\n4 – Pratical Information 1-2 April 2025\n5 – Overview of Locations\n \n  \n  \nPhoto Credits: Photo by Ilia Bronskiy (Pexels)
URL:https://woodpop.eu/event/egm-twg-innovation-zurich/
LOCATION:EBP Schweiz AG\, Mühlebachstrasse 11\, Zurich\, 8032\, Switzerland
CATEGORIES:EGM,TWG Events,TWG Research & Innovation
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