5th WOOD Conference – "The New Passion: Create Something with Wood"

On 17.02.2015 the Fifth Wood Conference was held at the CTICC (East and West Ballroom) in Cape Town, South Africa.
 

Under the leadership of George Kuratle, the organizational team planned the five-year anniversary event of Wood Conference.

The following persons formed part of the team:

• Zaida Davids (Administration and coordinating the event)

• Klara Popova (online registration)

• Silvia Furlan (Marketing and booklet)

• Thomas Rohner (contents and program)

• Katharina Liedtke (support organisation)

The goal of all conferences is held to convey inspiration and knowledge about wood as a material, a material for energy-efficient construction, sustainability and CO2 neutrality. The success story of Wood Conference, which is open to architects, builders wood, investors, designers, project managers, educators and students who are interested in wood, reads as follows:

2011 "wood as a universal material for innovative, sustainable and modern architecture"

70 participants

2012 "Cutting edge knowledge for living and building"

120 participants

2013 ", inspired by nature," Wood - a sustainable building system