WEI Spring Meeting 2023 – 1 & 2 March
Novotel Tour noire, Brussels
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AGENDA
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
11h00 Executive Committee meeting (Members only)
12h30 Buffet lunch
14h00 Opening “Spring Meeting 2023” – Welcome – Practical arrangements
14h15 Program
- Performance based specification of wood: Mr Ed SUTTIE, BRE – Building Research Establishment
- Developments in the EU sawn softwood market: Mr Diego BENEDETTI, European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry
- CEI-Bois Sustainability Working Group’s activities: Mr Claudiu-Nicolae Sonda, CEI-Bois
- Challenges and opportunities in a changing market: Mr Erik KARLSSON, Rundvirke Poles
- Update EWPM: Mr Arno VAN OOSTEN, President EWPM
19h00 Common dinner – Restaurant Bonsoir Clara, Rue A. Dansaert 22-26
Thursday, 2 March 2023
09h30 Commission Wood Preservatives
- Update Biocidal Products Regulation
- State of affairs on Creosote: Mads KORNER, Creosote Council Europe
- Biobiowood – CSR engagement with modified wood: Ms Stina MOLDRUP, IWT-Moldrup
- Treated wood and wood waste discussion – Title tbc: Mr Christophe LORIEAU, PiveteauBois/ Arbust
- Leaching of fire retardants from wood constructions/claddings: Mr Andreas Wilfried Christof, Dansk Teknologisk Institut
Commission Finished products and Marketing
- Update WG Marketing: Mr Fredrik WESTIN, Swedish Wood Preservation Association
Round table of national developments
Invitation WEI Congress – September 2023
12h00 Lunch