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 Associate Professor of Sustainable Construction at Aalto University’s Department of Architecture. His work focuses on climate impacts, circular economy and new building methods. At Finland’s Ministry of the Environment, he developed the national whole-life carbon assessment method, coordinated Nordic collaboration and initiated the Nordic Bauhaus programme. He has also designed experimental sustainable buildings and participated in humanitarian construction projects.

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 structural engineer and founder and board member of the engineering and architecture practice Makespace. With nearly 20 years of experience designing timber and glulam structures, Laur was named Structural Engineer of the Year by the Estonian Association of Civil Engineers in 2020. At the conference, he will present the structural design of Võsu School, winner of the Grand Prix at the Estonian Timber Building of the Year 2025 awards.