PEFC's 'Tomorrow's Timber Talk' explores the latest trends and advancements in timber construction, emphasising the benefits of using sustainably sourced timber. Timber is only sustainable when sourced from certified forests.

The session will be presented by Dr. Pablo van der Lugt. An inspirational speaker and an architectural engineer, Pablo is a senior sustainability consultant to the wood and bamboo industry as well as lecturer in bio-based building at Delft University of Technology (Environmental Technology & Design).
He is also the author of five books on bio-based building, including Tomorrow’s Timber (2020), published by Material District. The session will explain how timber has evolved from a traditional building material to an engineered, high performance, construction material. Presented by PEFC, this session explores how responsibly sourced timber enhances aesthetics, supports biophilic design, and drives sustainability by replacing non-renewable, fossil-based materials in modern construction.

Learning Objectives:

• Innovations in mass timber and offsite manufacturing
• Health and wellbeing benefits of timber buildings
• Timber’s role in a circular economy
• Timber vs. carbon-intensive materials
• Principles of bio-based construction
• Latest engineered timber products
• Importance of specifying certified timber
• Future of timber construction