Sara Cultural Centre Sweden
The European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. CEI-Bois has much to celebrate and is keen to focus on the future, especially on an increased use of sustainable timber to help decarbonise the built environment. Source: Timberbiz
Hence the choice of the prize-winning engineered timber Sara Cultural Centre in Skellefteå in northern Sweden as both the venue and focus of its Summer General Assembly meeting and 70th Anniversary festivities.
The summer meeting will take place under the banner of ‘The Future is Bright – the Future is Wooden’.
Participants will get the opportunity to go on a guided tour visiting several of the unique wood projects in Skellefteå, followed by a dinner celebrating the 70th Anniversary at the Wood Hotel by Elite, part of the Culture House.
On June 15, the General Assembly will be opened by a panel discussion that will include the following key speakers:
- Oscar Norelius and Robert Schmitz from White Architects – architects of the Sara Cultural Centre
- Therese Kreisel, Head of Planning, City of Skellefteå
- Evelina Fahlesson, Mayor of Skelleftea (TBC)
Through their interventions we will explore how the rise of a building – the new Sara Culture Centre – can help a whole region rise, and in turn what are the wider lessons for Europe.
“CEI-Bois has a long and distinguished history, and we are proud to mark our 70th anniversary,” CEI-Bois’ President Sampsa Auvinen said.
“We are convinced our best years are still ahead of us which will be realized if we can optimise the role of wood in helping Europe reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.”
The CEI-Bois anniversary celebrations are organised by CEI-Bois, Swedish Wood, Swedish Forest Industries Federation and The Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry.
CEI-Bois, the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries represents 21 European and National organisations from 15 countries and is the body backing the interests of the whole industrial European wood sector: more than 180.000 companies generating an annual turnover of 152 billion euros and employing 1 million workers in the EU.
