Karelia Symposium - Wood on my mind

The University of Eastern Finland and Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen’s Fund are organizing the 9th Karelia Symposium at Kuopio campus.

Welcome to follow the presentations and discussion by the experts of the field on the current situation in the use of wood and development of the sector in Finland, USA and Europe. The speakers include Sandra Lupien from Michigan State University, and experts from Finnish wood industry, European Forest Institute and academic research and education. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah will have a video presentation on the wood construction program in Finland. The program will be in English. 

Register to the symposium on 1 April at the latest. There is a free bus transportation from Joensuu campus (Borealis, Yliopistokatu 7) at 7 a.m. and return in the evening. Pre-registration is compulsory.

Call for posters open until 28 March. More information on the speakers: event web pages.

For further information, please contact Professor Ossi Turunen, email ossi.turunen@uef.fi, phone 050 342 5151.
 

Programme

08:30–09:00 Refreshments

Session 1, Chair Heli Peltola

09:00–09:10 Opening of the Symposium
Kari Lehtinen, Dean, University of Eastern Finland 

09:10–09:30 Wood construction program in Finland
Sari Essayah, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, video presentation

09:30–10:15 Mass timber momentum in the U.S.A.: demand, supply, policy, and engagement
Sandra Lupien, MassTimber@MSU, Michigan State University

10:15–10:50 Wood products for the future: raw material supply vs. industrial demands?
Henrik Heräjärvi, University of Eastern Finland 

Coffee 

Session 2, Chair Laura Tomppo

11:10–11:45 Wood products industry in Finland; past, present and the future
Matti Mikkola, Federation of the Finnish Woodworking Industries

11:45–12:20 New plywood products to strengthen sustainable use of wood
Sami Uuksulainen, UPM Plywood, Product Management and Development

Lunch break (at own cost)

Session 3, Chair Janne Jänis

13:20–13:55 How and how much wood do we use in Europe?
Cleo Orfanidou, European Forest Institute

13:55–14:30 Wood construction education promoting use of wood
Timo Pakarinen, Karelia University of Applied Sciences 

14:30–15:30 Panel discussion, moderation by Nataša Lovric

15:30–16:00 Students on stage: Topical PhD and MSc projects, and posters and poster award.

Funding decisions and symposium closing

16:00–16:15 The grant receivers of 2024, Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen’s Fund, Dean Kari Lehtinen

16:15  Closing remarks, Ossi Turunen, University of Eastern Finland

16:20 Refreshments & networking  

17:00 Symposium ends, bus transport from front of Snellmania to Joensuu