WoodBUILD 2024

The Climate crisis continues to intensify. Our natural and built environments need to adapt to change rapidly. More and more societies see forests and timber construction as a bigger part of the solution to decarbonising our built environment. At the same time forests are becoming more under pressure from global warming. What does this mean for future building projects? WoodBUILD offers an opportunity to meet with experts from across the forest industries and timber construction sectors to learn, collaborate and be inspired.

Since the first WoodBUILD event in 2016, this conference and expo has become the premium timber industry and low carbon housing event in Wales. This year’s WoodBUILD will be bigger and better than ever. For 2024 we are organising two-days packed with enticing speakers, exhibitors and a series of presentations, panel discussions, off-site forest and farm visits, interactive plenary sessions, co-creation workshops and hands-on demonstrations. Join more than 250 industry experts on 2-3 July in Swansea.

Designed to bring together stakeholders from across the timber value chain, provide a safe space to air perspectives, share knowledge, get hands on with new industry tools, and deliver updates on Home-Grown Homes 2.

08:00. Wood walk

09:00. Arrivals, refreshments, exhibition, networking

10:00. Welcome, keynote and elevator pitches from sponsors

11:00. Break: refreshments, exhibition, networking

11:30. Breakout session with targeted presentations of Home-Grown Homes 2 project outcomes to date

13:00. Lunch: exhibition, networking

14:00. Breakout session with hands on demonstrations and tool share

15:30. Break: refreshments, exhibition, networking

16:00. Plenary focused on co-collaboration and building cross-group relationships

17:45. Wrap up

19:00. Networking and Dinner

Focusing on bringing communities together and developing collaboration for action. First within traditional streams, then deliberately seeking to cross boundaries and develop the ‘next best step’ towards cross-boundary community projects.

08:00. Wood walk

09:00. Arrivals, refreshments, exhibition, networking

10:00. Plenary with policy update keynote

11:00. Break: refreshments, exhibition, networking

11:30. Breakout session focused on strengthening existing communities of practice, building relationships and sharing challenges

13:00. Lunch: exhibition, networking

14:00. Cross-boundary co-creation workshops: bringing together groups across the boundaries between streams to find common ground, define a single collaborative action, and define the next best step.

15:30. Break: refreshments, exhibition, networking

16:00. Plenary with round up and feedback

16:00. Conference close

16:00. Break: refreshments, exhibition, networking

16:15 – 17:00. Woodknowledge Wales AGM for members (closed session)

We are currently open to sponsor enquiries.

Please find our sponsorship pack here.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

UWTSD SA1 Waterfront Campus, IQ Building, Trinity Waterfront, Swansea, United Kingdom