31 March 2021

EPF: WOOD4BAUHAUS VIRTUAL CONFERENCE THURSDAY 8 PRIL 2021 AT 10.00 A.M.

Making the New European Bauhaus a great success: Nature-based solutions for citizens, society and our climate. Wood4Bauhaus Virtual Conference Thursday 8 April 2021 at 10.00 a.m.
Pivotal EC official and keynote speaker Professor Schellnhuber confirmed: Over 701 participants already registered.

*The wood4bauhaus.eu alliance has the pleasure to announce that Mrs Ruth Reichstein will open the wood4bauhaus conference on Thursday 8 April 2021 starting at 10.00 am CET. Mrs Reichstein is the pivotal European Commission official in charge of developing the New European Bauhaus, including liaising between the cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre.

*Professor Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber of the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, who has recently been named as an ambassador for the New European Bauhaus High-level Roundtable, is confirmed as our keynote speaker. These leading figures of the New European Bauhaus will provide first-hand insight of the President’s visionary new initiative and will seek to inspire the wood sector to contribute to the design and targets of the New European Bauhaus.

*Additional speakers - architects, designers, industrialists, researchers and social partners - will share first projects, ideas and best practices responding to the President’s call for wood to play a key role in transforming the built environment into a carbon sink1. They will demonstrate that zero-emission buildings can be beautiful, offering pleasant and affordable living spaces, accessible to all. 1 State of the Union Address: 16_09_2020.

For more information contact Mr Kris Wijnendaele, Technical Director:
EPF: European Panel Federation
24 Rue Montoyer
B-1000 BRUSSELS / Belgium
Tel. +32 2 5562589
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E-mail: info@wood4bauhaus.eu