Sustainable Forestry and Timber Construction

CONFERENCE March 15th , EXPO 2020 Swedish pavilion

Tentative program
09.00 Parallel guided tours of the Swedish and Malaysian pavilions
10.00 Introduction
10:10 “Forests, timber and the global climate – Facts and visions”
10:45 “Challenges and developments in mass-timber construction”
11:00 Parallel sessions; Timber technology, health & well-being, risks and opportunities
11.50 “Financial benefits from timber technology”
12:10 “Timber driven entrepreneurship and new value chains”
12.30 Lunch
13.30 “Challenges in global forestry”
14.15 “Timber as a scarce resource – saving or destroying habitat”
15.00 Parallel sessions; Regional forestry challenges, handling biodiversity and yield
15.45 Coffee break
16.00 “The Wood solution”; positive examples from around the world”
16:45 Conclusions
17:00 Parallel guided tours of the Swedish and Malaysian pavilions