European Bamboo Expo
Speakers & Panelists

Speakers & Panelists

European Bamboo Expo 2025 Speaker Schedule

9:00 – 9:45 Open doors / Jingle & Mingle


9:45 – 10:00 Opening by Weproductions and the City of Dortmund


10:00 – 10:30 Dr. Johan Gielis


“The Future of WBO: Overcoming Challenges in Organizing, Summarizing, and Interpreting Bamboo Information”


10:30 – 11:00 Musse Tesfaye Gebre, Value Chain Development Officer

“The Value of FSC Certification: Building Ethical Bamboo Supply Chains & Empowering Smallholders”


11:00 – 11:30 Roman Kreuzer, Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Konstanz

“Design-Build-Redesign: The chance for Bamboo Architecture in Europe”

Co-Presenting: João Heep, CEO Changelis NGO


11:30 – 12:00 Break


12:00 – 12:15 Dr. Bernhard Hauke, Structural Engineer and Journalist

“Bamboo & the Future of Construction in Europe”


12:15 – 13:15 Panel discussion Led by Dr. Bernhard Hauke

Bamboo Goes Timber: Next Steps – The Role of Bamboo in Construction

Featuring:

Orin Hardy Co-founder of Bamboo U and The Kul Kul Farm

Dipl.-Ing. Christian Engel, Architect and DGNB-Auditor

Hendrik Alsmann Carpenter & M.Sc. Civil Engineering

Roman Kreuzer Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Konstanz


13:15 – 14:30 Break


14:30 – 15:00 Yannic Windeln, PhD students at University of Applied Sciences Aachen

Yannic Windeln

“Enabling the Industrial Application of Full Culm Bamboo”

Co-Presenting: David Bunse


15:00 – 15:30 M.Sc. Pascal Franck, Master of Science M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

“Mechanical Comparison of Bamboo and Wood, and Teaching Approaches to Enhance Understanding of Bamboo Construction”


15:30 – 16:00 Orin Hardy, Co-founder of Bamboo U and The Kul Kul Farm

“Lessons from bamboo paradise”


16:00 – 16:30 Jan Detavernier, Artist & Industrial Design Engineer

“Connect. The Nature of Bamboo”

19:30 – 22:30 Special Networking Event


9:30 – 10:00 Open doors / Jingle & Mingle


10:00 – 10:30 Carlos Ruiz-Garvia, Climate Adaptation/Resilience @ UN Climate Change | Adaptation Division

”Unlocking opportunities for Bamboo-based solutions in national climate policy”


10:30 – 11:00 Sundar Bharadwaj, CEO TERRAGRN

“Can Bamboo be a game-changer to decarbonise mature industries?”


11:00 – 11:30 Camille Rebelo, COO & Co-founder Ecoplanet Bamboo

“EcoPlanet Bamboo: Disrupting Global Supply Chains through Bamboo BioEconomies”


11:30 – 12.00 Breack


12:00 – 12.15 Hans Friederich, World Bamboo Ambassador

“Building the Future: Addressing the Need for a Unified European Bamboo Organization”


12:15 – 13:15 Panel discussion Led by Hans Friederich, World Bamboo Ambassador

“European Bamboo Plantations: Unlocking Potential, Addressing Challenges”

Featuring

Carlos Ruiz-Garvia, Climate Adaptation/Resilience @ UN Climate Change

Camille Rebelo, COO & Co-founder Ecoplanet Bamboo

Kjell Tahon, Co-owner at Bamboologic


13:15 – 15:15 Breack


15:15 – 15:30 Navya Singh, Climate Action Journalist, Founder- News With Navya

(Recorded Message – 10 minutes)

“Global Bamboo Growth: India’s Role & the European Bamboo Expo 2025”


15:30 – 16:00 Kien Khuc, Business development director at Greener Future

“Towards a greener future through the bamboo value chain”


16:00 – 16:20 Juan Pablo M. / Juan Bambu, CEO Wububamboo

“Unveiling the World’s Most Efficient & Cost-Effective Bamboo Curing System”


16:20 – 16:40 Hendrik Alsmann, Carpenter & M.Sc. Civil Engineering

“Developing a socioeconomic bamboo project in the Philippines”


16:40 – 17:00 Jonathan Cilimba, Chairman OYAK

Socioeconomic Impact of Bamboo Projects in Guatemala”

Co-Presenting: Elisabeth Evers, Civil Engineer, Graduate of the University of Münster


17:00 – 17:15 Iraklis Kalamenios, CEO Weproductions

“Closing words, announcing the European Bamboo Expo 2026”