Agenda Congress 2025 Stockholm

Wednesday 24:th September

Location: Gamla riksarkivet. Birger Jarls Torg 2A, 111 28 Stockholm

14h00-15h45

Executive Committee

1

Separate agenda sent to the Executive Committee members

Invited board members

16h00

Monthly update call on Treated wood for Decarbonisation

EWPA-EWPM – monthly update call. Hybride Teams Session open to members of Exco and members delegates atteding the meeting room.

Thomas Tugler and collegues from EPPA

17h00

End of session

18h30

Welcome Dinner See separate information..

Thursday 25:th September

Location: Gamla riksarkivet. Birger Jarls Torg 2A, 111 28 Stockholm

10h00

Official opening of the Congress

1

Welcome to Sweden

Ulrik Lindgren, President of the Swedish Wood Protection Association

Leif Berglund, President of the Wood Protection Institute

2

Practical information

Organizing committee

3

A United Voice for Wood Protection – Past, Present, Future

Erik Karlsson, President

10h30

Session 1 – Economics and policy outlook

1

Forest Industries, wood products and Climate Strategy

Viveka Beckeman Swedish Forest Industries

Networking Fika

2

Wood protection extends service life—keeping the carbon in products longer and increasing climate benefit

Tomas Lundmark, professor emeritus in forest management

3

Market Trends and outlook for wood products

Mathias Fridholm, Director Swedish Wood. Board member CEI-Bois

13h00

Networking Lunch

14h00

Session 2 – Standardisation and regulatory affairs

1

Standardisation for wood products in CEN

Willie Clason, Senior Standardisation Specialist. EWPA

2

Construction Product Regulation : Update

Frédéric Henry, Director of the Wood and Furniture Standardisation Office at FCBA, France

3

Horizontal standards for sustainability

Patrice Godono, Head of standardiation at Swedish Wood

4

Digitalisation of wood products and digital product passport

Bernt Olauson, Business Development Excecutive, Tanico AB Project manager digitalization for Swedish Wood,

Networking Fika

5

Circularity and waste sorting. Closing the circle

Fredrik Westin, Managing Director, Swedish Wood Protection Association

6

Strategy Update: Treated Wood for Decarbonisation EU political strategy overview 2025-2026

Eduardo Mulas, Alex Bocquillion and Thomas Tugler. EPPA

16h00

General Assembly, for EWPA members

European Wood Protection Association 2025 General Assembly. Separate agenda sent to the members

Members representatives

17h20

End of session

19h00

Gala dinner see separate information

Friday 26:th September

Location: Gamla riksarkivet. Birger Jarls Torg 2A, 111 28 Stockholm

09h30

Session 3 – Inspiration and best practice

1

Masterclass in “Design of Timber-Based Hybrid Structures”. Concepts and exhibition

Professor Magnus Wålinder, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

2

The rise of industrialised construction in wood

Susanne Rudenstam, Managing Director, Träbyggnadskansliet

3

Wood innovation Cluster and Trästad

Jessica Becker, Architect and Director, Träinnovations klustret och Trästad

Networking Fika

4

Tanasote, From zero to hero

Andrew Hodge Director EMEA Marketing WO Arxada

5

Panel discussions with live Q&A

Members,

6

Invitation to the 74rd Annual Congress in Bath

Andrew Hodge, Willie Clason

7

Formal closing of the congress

President elect

12h00

End of session

12h00

Networking Lunch

13h00

Coach transfer to Valbo Trä, Gävle

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