Below you will find the current speakers’ schedule. The program may be updated with additional speakers.
Thursday, 28 May 2026
| Time | Speaker | Presentation Title / Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Johan Gielis | Bamboo Intelligence — An AI knowledge model by the Bamboo World Organization |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Henri Potze | What Is the Value of Bamboo Carbon Credits? |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Alex Chui | From Low-Carbon to Health, Safety, Durability, and Circularity: Opening Up New Frontiers |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | — | Coffee Break |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Richard Lin | How Data-Driven Bamboo Engineering Is Opening Up New Frontiers |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Iraklis Kalamenios / More Podium participants will be announced soon. Stay tuned. | PODIUM — Discussion and Open Q&A: 4 Years of the European Bamboo Expo: Meaning, Impact, Challenges and the Road Ahead |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | — | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Renko Steffen | From Simple Huts to Multi-Storey Structures Built with Round Bamboo in the Subtropics |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Christian Engels | A Holiday Home in Germany with a Bamboo Roof – A Wood–Bamboo Hybrid Building |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Charlotte Dubois | One Nest: The Practice of Collective Creation with European-Grown Bamboo |
Friday, 29 May 2026
| Time | Speaker | Presentation Title / Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Luc Boeraeve | Bamboo: It All Starts with the Plant |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Maryam Sodagar | From Plant to Performance: Bamboo Fibre as a Composite Reinforcement |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Jan Oprins & Mark Oprins | Interactive Q&A Session: Bamboo in European Gardens and Agriculture: Opportunities and Challenges |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | — | Coffee Break |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Henri Potze | How to Transform Your (Bamboo) Plantation into a Verified Carbon Asset |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Henri Potze | Open Q&A Session: Can You Trust and Rely on Bamboo Carbon Credits? |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | — | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Raphaël Ascoli | Bamboo as a Means of Reconstruction in Crisis-Affected Regions |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Tim Becker & Linda Lütkes | Building the Future with Bamboo: Research Insights and Lessons from China, India, and the Global Timber Industry |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Yann-Olivier Kersaint | Bamboo in the Caribbean: Exploring the Ecological and Economic Potential of Bamboo in Haiti and Jamaica |
Below are the official websites of the speakers and their companies, provided for your convenience.
- Henri Potze https://www.bamboovillage.world/ & https://greenhouse-sustainability.com/en/
- Alex Chui, Jo Leung, Richard Lin https://www.bambooint.de/
- Johan Gielis https://www.worldbamboo.net/
- Jan Oprins https://www.vista-verde.eu/
- Mark Oprins https://www.vista-verde.eu/
- Renko Steffen https://www.iek.uni-hannover.de/de/tragwerke/team/renkosteffen
- Christian Engel https://www.adva-architekten.de/
- Boeraeve Luc https://www.bamboo.org/
- Raphaël Ascoli https://www.blue-temple.com/
- Tim Becker https://www.trabbi-bioeconomy.de/en
- Linda Lütkes https://www.trabbi-bioeconomy.de/en
- Maryam Sodagar https://www.ita.rwth-aachen.de/cms/ita/das-institut/team/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeiter/~wxjnr/sodagar-maryam/?allou=1&lidx=1
- Yann-Olivier Kersaint https://www.instagram.com/yannkersaint/
- Charlote Dubois https://www.instagram.com/one_nest_/
- Iraklis Kalamenios https://weproductions.net/
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