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12th Forum Wood Building Nordic 2023 – Växjö, Sweden
Progress accelerates! Are you keeping up?
The 12th Forum Wood Building Nordic focuses on the fast-changing wood building environment. The wood building sector has claimed its place in the construction industry long time ago and is currently accelerating in an unheard-of pace. Wood is an indispensable building material and each year, more new actors enter the industry as they discover the benefits of using wood in construction. This accelerates the progress: new technologies, innovations, strategic benefits, digitalization…Are you still keeping up?
Topics to be covered at this year’s conference are dealing with technical issues in building physics like structures, sound, vibrations and connectors. Furthermore, areas like product development for automation, hybrid systems, wood bioeconomy, city development and wood as the perfect green partner are presented as well.
WBN is the leading conference for wood building in the Nordic countries and part of the international Forum-Holzbau organization. The conference brings together academics and practitioners to exchange experiences and learn the latest developments in the field, featuring lectures by international speakers accompanied by an exhibition where different organizations present their latest products and services. Industry, scientific research communities and building authorities will come together to learn, find inspiration and exchange experiences.
Registration
Registration deadline: 22 September 2023
Pre-conference tours
Information to Pre-conference tours Wednesday 27 September 2023 13.00 – 16.15 with mingle dinner 19.00 – 22.00
Program
Thursday 28th September 2023
07.30 – 08.30: Shuttle minibuses from market square downtown to Linnaeus university
08.00 – 08.40: Registration and coffee
08.40 – 08.50: Opening words – Tobias Schauerte, Forum Holzbau (CH/SE)
08.50 – 09.00: Opening words – Peter Aronsson, Linnaeus university (SE)
Block 1 – Sweden, Nordics and Europe – current developments and future prospects
09.00 – 10.30: chair:
Tobias Schauerte, Forum Holzbau/Linnaeus university (SE)
09.00 – 09.20
How can we future-proof our built environment?
Evelina Enochsson, Sweden Green Building Council (SE)
09.20 – 09.40
a contribution from Norway to be announced
speaker inquired
09.40 – 10.00
From national programs to European collaboration -the case from Finland to European Wood Policy Platform
Petri Heino, Dpt. of the Built Environment, Ministry of the Environment (FI)
10.00 – 10.20
Effects of sustainability assessments on construction costs in timber constructions
Ludger Dederich, University of Applied Sciences Rottenburg (GER)
10.20 – 10.30: Panel Discussion
10.30 – 10.50: Coffee break in the exhibition halls
Block 2 – The changing environment: new business approaches
10.50 – 12.10
10.50 – 12.10
chair:
Susanne Rudenstam, Swedish Wood Building Council (SE)
10.50 – 11.10
New innovations elevating wood
Saki Boukas, Stora Enso (SE)
11.10 – 11.30
The way towards the world’s lowest EPD values in CLT
Urban Blomster, Södra (SE)
11.30 – 11.50
Green public procurement in Finland for public wooden buildings
Sini Koskinen, Ministry of the Environment (FI)
11.50 – 12.10: Panel discussion
12.10 – 13.10: Lunch in the exhibition halls
Parallel sessions A and B
Block 3A – Great structures for great buildings
13.10 – 14.30
Block 3A – Great structures for great buildings
13.10 – 14.30
chair:
Michael Dorn, Linnaeus university (SE)
13.10 – 13.30
World of Volvo in Gothenburg
Martin Stenberg Ringnér, Henning Larssen, (DK)
13.30 – 13.50
New structural applications: Katajanokan Laituri Helsinki
Antto Kauhanen, Stora Enso (FI) and Lukas Kotrbaty, Sweco (FI)
13.50 – 14.10
The Financial Park Offices in Stavanger
Reinhard Kropf, Helen & Hard (NO)
14.10 – 14.30: panel discussion
Block 3B – Productdevelopment for automation
13.10 – 14.30
13.10 – 14.30
chair:
Jerker Lessing, Stanford University (USA)
13.10 – 13.30
Modularized exterior wall in one-piece configuration for automation
Patrik Jensen, Inwoco AB (SE)
13.30 – 13.50
On the way to automate window installation
Tobias Schauerte, Linnaeus university (SE), Maria Runesson, AEC (SE)
13.50 – 14.10
Worldclass production of volumetric modules at TopHat
LarsEvert Wikholm, Wikfors technology (SE)
14.10 – 14.30: panel discussion
14.30 – 15.00: Coffee break in the exhibition halls
Block 4A – Hybrid systems – get the best out of two worlds
15.00 – 16.20
15.00 – 16.20
chair:
to be announced, moderator inquired
15.00 – 15.20
Interaction and responsibility – opportunities and challenges in designing timber hybrid buildings
Elin Hiller, LFM30 (SE)
15.20 – 15.40
Case studies of timber-concrete buildings – dynamic evaluations
Carl Larsson, Skanska/Linnaeus university (SE)
15.40 – 16.00
A hybrid timber building – from design to building
to be announced, Tyréns (SE)
16.00 – 16.20: panel discussion
Block 4B – Wood – the perfect green partner for expressionate great buildings
15.00 – 16.20
15.00 – 16.20
chair:
Jessica Becker, Wood City Sweden (SE)
15.00 – 15.20
Superhub Meerstadt
Erik Roerdink, De Zwarte Hond (NL)
15.20 – 15.40
to be announced
speaker inquired
15.40 – 16.00
to be announced
speaker inquired
16.00 – 16.20: panel discussion
16.30 – 17.00: shuttle transport to hotels downtown
17.30 – 18.15: shuttle transport from market square downtown to VIDA arena
from 18.00: Buffe dinner
19.00 – 21.30: SHL hockey Växjö Lakers vs. Frölunda
22.00 – 23.30: Live music in VIDA arena
Until 00.00: shuttle transport to the market square downtown
Friday 29th September 2023
08.00 – 09.00: Shuttle transport from market square downtown to Linnaeus university
08.00 – 09.00: Registration and coffee
Block 5A – Do you feel it? Do you hear it? Sound and vibration
09.00 – 10.20
09.00 – 10.20
chair:
Erik Serrano, Lund university (SE)
09.00 – 09.20
Tall Timber Buildings subjected to wind loads – Full scale experimental dynamics
Andreas Linderholt, Linnaeus university (SE) and Marie Johansson, RISE (SE)
09.20 – 09.40
Vibrationstudy for Mass Timber Applications
Andreas Ringhofer, Graz University of Technology (AT)
09.40 – 10.00
Perception of sound impact insulation: psychoacoustics in wood construction
Valtteri Hongisto, Turku University of Applied Sciences, (FI)
10.00 – 10.20: panel discussion
Block 5B – Wood BioEconomy – more than circularity
09.00 – 10.20
09.00 – 10.20
chair:
Magnus Falk, RISE (SE)
09.00 – 09.20
The competitiveness of CLT
Ambrose Dodoo, Linnaeus university (SE)
09.20 – 09.40
The Plus: The world’s most environmentally friendly furniture factory
Terje Strand, Woodcon (NO)
09.40 – 10.00
100% fossilfree structural boards and building elements
Marielle Henriksson, RISE (SE)
10.00 – 10.20: panel discussion
10.20 – 11.00: Coffee break in the exhibition halls
Block 6A – Get connected!
11.00 – 12.20
11.00 – 12.20
chair:
Thomas K Bader, Linnaeus university (SE)
11.00 – 11.20
Sliding floors – reflexions regarding intercomponent connections in modular-based timber structures
Johan Vessby, Karlstad University (SE)
11.20 – 11.40
Wind turbine towers
tba, Modvion (SE)
11.40 – 12.00
What’s behind the extraordinary Wisdome Structure?
Martin Looser, Blumer Lehmann (CH)
12.00 – 12.20: panel discussion
Block 6B – City development: densification and/or garden cities?
11.00 – 12.20
11.00 – 12.20
chair:
Mikael Ludvigsson, RISE (SE)
11.00 – 11.20
Timber on top
Jessica Becker, Wood City Sweden (SE)
11.20 – 11.40
Modern Garden Cities
Ulrika Liiv, Forever Sustainable (SE)
11.40 – 12.00
Green Cities Europe
Maja Persson, LRF (SE)
12.00 – 12.20: panel discussion
12.30 – 13.00: Closing panel discussion
What are the lessons learned from the WBN23? Together with the chairmen and the audience, a short recap of the past two days will conclude the WBN
What are the lessons learned from the WBN23? Together with the chairmen and the audience, a short recap of the past two days will conclude the WBN
13.00 – 13.10: Presentation of the venue for the 13th Forum Wood Building Nordic 2024 and closing words
13.10 – 14.00: lunch in the exhibition hall
13.30 – 14.30: shuttle transportation to the hotels/market square downtown
