8:00 – 9:00 (main lobby)

Registration and Coffee

9:00 – 9:10 (Louhela-auditorium)

Opening words

Petri Raivo, President, Karelia University of Applied Sciences

9:10 – 10:50 (Louhela-auditorium)

Green Cities and The Role of Wood Construction

Moderator: Antti Asikainen, Executive Vice President, Research, Natural Recourse Institute Finland

9:10-9:40

Key Note: Designing with the invisible

Signe Kongebro, Global Design Director, Urbanism
Henning Larsen Architects

9:40-10:00

Competitiveness of Wood Construction and Regional Economy – European Framework

Uwe Kies, Secretary General
InnovaWood

10:00-10:20

Green Financing Supporting the Growth?

Markus Lier, Analyst
European Commission

10:20-10:40

Biocities: forest-based solutions for transformative urban living

Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza, Head of Biocities Facility
European Forest Institute – BioCities Facility

10:45 – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:00 (Louhela-auditorium)

Wood in Sustainable Architecture

Moderator: Timo Pakarinen, Lecturer, Karelia University of Applied Sciences

11:00-11:25

Key Note: Built environment and the impact on humans (Online presentation)

Tye Farrow, Architect, Founder
Farrow Partners Inc.

11:25-11:45

Tradition Meets Technology – Kiihtelysvaara Wooden Church

Riikka Kuittinen, Architect (SAFA), Partner
LUO Arkkitehdit Oy

11:45-12:00

Affordable Sustainability – Student Housing Block

Juuso Kokkonen, Project Specialist
Karelia University of Applied Sciences

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

Parallel session 1

13:00 – 14:30 (Louhela-auditorium)

Innovations in Design and Product Considerations

Moderator: Henrik Heräjärvi, Professor, University of Eastern Finland

13:00-13:20

Advanced Utilization of Mycelium/Fungi for Wood Construction

Marta Cortina Escribano, Researcher, Natural Recourse Institute Finland
Anti Rohumaa, Project manager, XAMK

13:20-13:40

Predicting and Optimizing the Vibration of Wooden Intermediate Floor Structures

Juho Sormunen, Project Reasercher, University of Tampere
Aarno Hatsala, Project Specialist, XAMK

13:40-14:00

Safe and sound acoustic excellence without compromise

Antti Fredrikson, Founder & COO
Aisti Ltd.

14:00-14:20

Modern and Ecological Log Houses

Eino Hekali, Product Director
Honkarakenne Oyj.

Parallel session 2

13:00 – 14:00 (Temple of Challenge)

Digital Decathlon Competition – Wooden Paviljon

Moderator: Ossi Laakkonen, Lecturer, Karelia University of Applied Sciences

13:00-13:20 

Digitalisation in Construction

Gregor Grunwald, Professor
Jade University of Applied Sciences

13:20-14:00

Digital Decathlon competition

• Introduction
• Presentations
• Winner announcement

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee

Circularity Concept in Wood Construction

Moderator: Diana Tuomasjukka, European Forest Institute

15:00-15:20

Driving a Sustainable Construction Industry: The Circular Economy as a Guide?

Sina Hage, Researcher / Sebastian Hollermann, Professor
Jade University of Applied Sciences

15:20-15:40

Insights for Disassembly – Material Flow Analysis for Circularity

Mark Hughes, Professor
Aalto University

15:40-16:00

Design for Disassembly – Case Finnish Loghouse Industry

Seppo Romppainen, CEO
Finnish Loghouse Industry Ltd.

16:00-16:20

Strength Properties of Dismantled Timber and Processing Possibilities

Hermann Huber, Professor
Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

16:20 – 16:30

Closing Remarks with light refreshments

Tapio Määttä, Rector, University of Eastern Finland

17:30 – 20:30 (Sulo-Puisto, Länsikatu 15)

Seminar Dinner