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Following its cancellation in autumn 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference is now being launched in summer 2022. The organiser of LIGNA, the world's leading trade fair for the wood industry, Hannover-based Deutsche Messe, and the Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences (TH Rosenheim) are teaming up to welcome visitors to Rosenheim on 1 and 2 June.

This event will continue the successful tradition of LIGNA conferences dedicated to providing information on the woodworking and wood processing industry, including the latest trends and topics, in the 'non-LIGNA' – i.e. even-numbered – years. The event will provide the industry with an opportunity to share ideas and network on-site. Registrations for conference attendance can now be made online, with 1 May being the registration deadline.

The two-day conference will be held on the campus of TH Rosenheim – a university that's considered an educational institution for highly qualified young professionals, which is especially well-known for its Faculty of Wood Technology and Construction. In 22 excellently equipped laboratories, world-renowned engineers are trained in the majors of Wood Technology, Wood Building and Construction, Interior Engineering and Civil Engineering, with a focus on timber construction. This educational portfolio is rounded off by further qualification programs for members of the wood industry.

“After the LIGNA.Innovation Network online format, which took place in September 2021, we're now offering a highlight with the 1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference, which will provide the international wood industry with the opportunity for personal exchange and networking once again,” says Stephanie Wagner, Head of LIGNA at Deutsche Messe in Hannover. “We chose TH Rosenheim as the venue because we can combine theory with a practical approach directly on site."

“We're pleased to be able to stage this conference in Rosenheim together with LIGNA,” adds Prof. Andreas Heinzmann from TH Rosenheim. “It's important to us that by holding the LIGNA.Conference on campus, there'll be a close interaction between the speakers, attendees, presenters and demonstrators and students alike. This time, the LIGNA.Conference will not be held in a classic conference setting, but in the university’s own lecture halls and laboratories.”

Conference takes up themes from LIGNA 2023
The contents of the 1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference will address the topics of digitisation, prefab building and bioeconomy in line with the thematic approach of LIGNA 2023 as well as those of its exhibitors and visitors. Renowned speakers from the business community, including the companies Binderholz, nobilia-Werke, UPM and WeberHaus, will provide insights and outlooks into future developments in woodworking and wood processing in three key topic areas. These speakers will explain what drives and motivates companies and deliver user reports from the field.

In addition to the presentations in two lecture auditoriums, the event will be supplemented by breakout sessions and live demonstrations via table tops in the university laboratories, providing an opportunity to delve further into the topics, as suppliers such as Biesse, Homag, Microtec, SCM, Siempelkamp, Wandres and Weinig as well as Holzbau.Tech, Hundegger, imos, J. Schmalz, Leuco and Weinmann will present their machines and solutions while providing information about their products.

The 1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference is aimed primarily at technical managers from the woodworking crafts, wood industry, wood construction and the furniture industry, both from Germany and neighbouring countries.

The number of attendees is limited and the registration deadline is 1 May 2022. Interested parties can register now at www.ligna.de/en/ligna-conference.