Programm – Mittwoch 24.09.2025

07:30 – 08:15
Networking Event – Wednesday Breakfast
Ballroom Foyer

08:15 – 08:25
Keynote & Plenary – Welcome Remarks Wednesday
Plenary Room
Speakers: Eric Karsh, Rob Manuel

08:25 – 10:00
Keynote & Plenary – Innovative Solutions and Paths to Success: Shaping the Skyline with Mass Timber
Plenary Room
Speakers: Ana Belizario, Andrew Waugh, Eric Karsh, Jarrett Hutchinson, Steven Ware

10:00 – 10:45
Networking Event – Wednesday Morning Refreshment Break
(supported by Fraserwood)
Exhibit Hall

10:15 – 10:35
Woodrise Corner Session – Ontario’s Advanced Wood Construction Action Plan
Exhibit Hall
Speakers: Steven Street

10:45 – 12:35
Keynote & Plenary – Innovative Solutions and Paths to Success: Manufacturing the Future: Prefabrication, Offsite and Hybrid Innovations
Plenary Room
Speakers: Andrew Stiffman, Clara Schmitz, Craig Mitchell, Eric Karsh, Patrick Geers, Tomoyuki Gondo

12:35 – 12:45
Conclusion
Plenary Room
Speakers: Eric Karsh

12:45 – 14:00
Networking Event – Wednesday Networking Lunch
Exhibit Hall

13:00 – 13:20
Woodrise Corner Session – Mapping the Future: How the Prefab Construction Navigator Is Revealing Canada’s Off-Site Ecosystem
Exhibit Hall
Speakers: Helen Goodland

14:00 – 16:00
Concurrent Workshop – Design Partnerships: The Early Years of Timber Innovation in BC
Plenary Room
Speakers: Eric Karsh, Gerald Epp, John Patkau, Lubor Trubka, Lucas Epp, Martin Nielsen, Michael Green, Michael Heeney, Paul Fast, Shelley Craig, Shinobu Homma

14:00 – 18:00
Concurrent Workshop – Fire Safety
MR 109 – 110
Speakers: Alar Just, Antoine Béreyziat, Christian Dagenais, Erica Fischer, Hans-Erik Blomgren, Jean-Philippe Letarte

14:00 – 18:00
Concurrent Workshop – Dynamic Performance of Timber Buildings
MR 118
Speakers: Andreas Linderholt, Hiroshi Isoda, Marie Johansson, Marjan Popovski, Minghao Li, Pierre Quenneville, Shiling Pei, Thomas Catterou, Thomas Tannert

14:00 – 18:00
Concurrent Workshop – The Future of Construction is Wood: Investing in Canada’s Wood Sector
MR 116 – 117
Speakers: Alexander Nott, Dejan Velichkov, Dennis Bott, Derek Ratzlaff, Jean-François Levasseur, Louis Poliquin, Peter Moonen, Rick Jeffrey, Wayne Edgecombe

14:00 – 18:00
Concurrent Workshop – Scales of Seismic Resilience: From Mass Timber Connections to Whole Communities
MR 119 – 120
Speakers: Andre R. Barbosa, Asif Iqbal, John W. van de Lindt, Shoichi Nakashima, Steve Pryor

14:00 – 18:00
Concurrent Workshop – Wildland Urban Interface / Wildfire: Protection of Our Communities
MR 111 – 112
Speakers: Bruce Blackwell, Erica Fischer, Greg Baxter, Jason Smart, Monireh Aram, Noureddine Benichou

14:00 – 18:00
Concurrent Workshop – Building Monitoring for Risk Reduction
MR 114 – 115
Speakers: Aleksandar Tosic, Atsuo Takino, Cassandra Lafond, Dorian Tung, Jason Teetaert, Julien Herbert, Laurent Le Magorou, Petr Skrla

14:00 – 18:00
Concurrent Workshop – Wood Education and Workforce Integration
MR 121 – 122
Speakers: Alexander Opazo Vega, Blériot Feujofack, Craig Applegath, Ghasan Doudak, Guido Wimmers, Michael David Burnard, Peter Moonen, Pierre Quenneville

15:45 – 16:15
Networking Event – Wednesday Afternoon Refreshment Break
(supported by Entuitive)
Exhibit Hall

19:00 – 23:00
Networking Event – Timber & Taps: West Coast Evening (Ticketed Event)
Craft Beer Market False Creek – 85 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia
Speakers: Ravi Parmar

Programm – Donnerstag 25.09.2025

08:30 – 17:00
Offsite Tour – Post-Congress Offsite Technical Tours (Ticketed)
Multiple Locations