Karin Harkmaa

University Professor, architect and chartered engineer Hermann Kaufmann is a pioneer of contemporary timber architecture whose practice and academic work have helped establish timber construction as a sustainable and forward-looking architectural approach.

Dr Matti Kuittinen is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Construction at Aalto University, whose work focuses on the climate impact of construction, the circular economy, and new construction methods. He has developed the carbon footprint assessment methodology for the life cycle of Finnish buildings and initiated the Nordic Bauhaus program.

Professor Emeritus and chartered engineer Wolfgang Winter is a recognised expert in timber and hybrid structures whose work has brought together architectural design, structural engineering and the development of resource-efficient multi-storey timber construction.

Civil engineer and entrepreneur Lauri Tuulberg advances industrialised timber construction by bringing together off-site manufacturing, technological innovation and collaborative leadership.

Julian Zotter is an Austrian structural engineer whose work brings together resource-efficient design, timber-hybrid structures and the principles of low-impact circular construction.

Architect Raphael Eder brings European and Japanese spatial traditions into dialogue, pursuing durable and circular approaches across educational, residential and urban architecture.

Professor Alar Just is an internationally recognised expert in the fire performance of timber structures, combining academic research, structural design experience and the development of European design standards.

Dr Katrin Nele Mäger is an expert in the fire performance of timber structures whose research contributes to the development of European calculation methods, design standards and safer timber buildings.

Leading international expert in free-form timber engineering, whose work on projects such as Wisdome Stockholm brings architecture, engineering and precision timber fabrication together.

Laur Lõvi is a civil engineer and the founder and board member of the engineering and architectural firm Makespace. Laur, who has been designing timber and glulam structures for nearly 20 years, was named Civil Engineer of the Year by the Estonian Association of Civil Engineers in 2020. At the conference, he will speak about the structural design of the Võsu school, which was awarded the main prize of the Estonian Wooden Building of the Year 2025.

Miķelis Putrāms is a Latvian architect and co-founder of MADE arhitekti, whose work combines wood, energy efficiency, and high-level contemporary architecture. The practice has been awarded the Latvian Architecture Award Grand Prix three times.