How can forests be key in creating a sustainable building industry and, at the same time, foster biodiversity and carbon sinks? The Government of Finland has in collaboration with the European Commission and the governments of Estonia and Sweden organized ‘Into the Woods’ to focus on this topic and to facilitate interdisciplinary panel discussions between leading politicians, designers, scientists and construction professionals.
The event consists of an opening discussion and three parallel panel discussions. The themes of the panel discussions are ‘The future of forests’, ‘Building a carbon neutral Europe with wood’ and ‘Architecture inspired by nature’. They will be followed by a final discussion, where various stakeholders will present their views.
Link to online participation: Into the Woods (nordicbauhaus.eu)
Time and Date
Date: 24. November 2022
Location: The Finnish Nature Centre Haltia in Espoo
Time: 10:00-14:40 (UTC +02:00)
Local times for the Nordic countries:
Sweden, Denmark and Norway: 09:00 – 13:40
Iceland and Faroe Islands: 07:00- 11:40
Greenland: 05:00-9:40
Speakers and panel
- Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia
Ebba Busch, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
- Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- Anne Weidenbach, European Commission
Virginijus Sinkevicius, Commissioner for the Environment
Lena Hök, EVP Sustainability & Innovation, Skanska Group
Eeva Furman, Secretary-General of the National Commission on sustainable Development, Prime Minister’s Office
Alan Organschi, Gray Organschi Architecture
- Maria Ohisalo, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Finland
Antti Kurvinen, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
- Hanna Aho, Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
Aveliina Helm, Tartu University
Viveka Beckemann, Swedish Forest Industries
Sven Walter, FAO
- Tomas Alsmarker, Swedish Wood
Holger Wallbaum, Chalmers University
Annika Kibus, Estonian Woodhouse Association
Alan Organschi, Gray Organschi Architecture
- Tomas Sandell, Sandell Sandberg Architects
Yoko Alender, Estonian parliament
Anssi Lassila, OOPEAA Architects
Mark Hughes, Aalto University
Moderator
Matti Kuittinen, Senior Ministerial Adviser at the Ministry of the Environment of Finland