Keynote Addresses:

Michael Green (Michael Green Architecture): Evolutions and solutions; MGA and Katerra’s explorations, systems and typologies in mass timber

Together Katerra and MGA are working with vertically integrated systems solutions to address efficiency, affordability and environmental performance in various building typologies. Our goal is to scale the delivery of high quality, well designed, quickly built and affordable buildings to a public in need across the continent and beyond.

John Patkau (Patkau Architects): Wood at Work and Play

A reflection on the role of wood in both commissioned and research projects undertaken by Patkau Architects over the last 30 years, with reference to Patkau Architects' current large-scale, mass-timber project for the Goldring Centre Tower at the University of Toronto.

Panel 1: Urban Environments, Built and Grown
Liat Margolis (University of Toronto): Urban Environments Panel Introduction
Bram Gunther (Natural Areas Conservancy, NYC): National Trends in Urban Forest Management
Amory Ngan & Raymond Vendrig (City of Toronto): Urban Foresty and Renewal in the City of Toronto
Paul Fuge (Naturally Durable): Specifying Biodiversity in the Built Environment
Jane Hutton (University of Waterloo): Wood Urbanism: From the Molecular to the Territorial

Panel 2: Global Forest Partnerships: Conservation, Definitions, Integrations
Sarah Wilson (Cities 4 Forests, University of Michigan): Global Forests Partnership Panel Introduction
Peter Pinchot (Pinchot Institute for Conservation): Tropical Forest Conservation and Wood Construction: Creating a Low-emissions Supply Chain
Leigh Fox (Fair Trade Carbon Uganda): Village Direct Investment: Access to Capital and Joint Venture Models with Youth in the FOFW Network
Thais Linhares-Juvenal (UN FAO): Bringing Back the Positive Role of Sustainable Wood to the International Agenda
Leslie Parker (REIL Network): The Thrilling Partnership of People and Trees: Notes from History and Philosophy

Panel 3: Supply Chains and Industry: Culture and Geography
Robert Wright (University of Toronto): Supply Chains and Industry Panel Introductions
Rob Keen (Forests Ontario): Our Forests: Sustainable Forestry in Canada Today
Christine Leduc (EACOM): We are Growing: EACOM’s Role in Promoting Sustainable, Canadian Wood
Lars Laestadius (Laestadius Consulting, SLU): The Great forest in the North: The Need for Strategy and Collaboration
Grace Jeffers (Grace Jeffers Design): Themes and Truisms in Contemporary Material Histories: Wood is a Renewable Resource, Forests are Not

Panel 4: Wood Buildings: Design, Innovation, Case Studies, Future
Shane Williamson (University of Toronto): Wood Buildings Panel Introduction
Dominique Briand (Structure Fusion): Mass Timber: Now and Tomorrow
Donald Chong (HDR Architects): The Crafted System: Increments, Instruments and New Narratives in Wood
Jan Schotte (Quadrangle Architects): 60 80: Raw to Refined
Merritt Bucholz (University of Limerick): Showcasing Mass Timber in Ireland and Canada

Flash Talks
Mike Yorke (Carpenters Union Local 27): Canada Builds with Wood
David Barmon (Epilogue): Urban lumber: The future of forestry
Eric Davies (University of Toronto): Rewilding Toronto
Dorion Lavalee (Wood-Mizer Canada): Wood-Mizer Canada and Urban Wood
Sacha Gendron (Sawmill Sid): Sawmill Sid, Inc., Urban Sawyers
Joe Vaccaro (Ontario Homebuilders' Association): We Got Wood – We Want Bigger Wood!

Book Launch for Wood Urbanism: From the Molecular to the Territorial, by Daniel Ibañez, Jane Hutton, & Kiel Moe (Actar, 2018). Purchase the book here.