European Bamboo Expo 2025 Speaker Schedule
23 Mai / 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
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
“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”
23 Mai / 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
19:30 – 22:30 Special Networking Event
24 Mai / 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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”
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