International Conference on the Art and Joy of Wood
19-22 October 2011, J N Tata Auditorium Complex, Bangalore, India
Conference Programme
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
08.00 - 09.30 Conference registration - registration area by main entrance
Main auditorium
09.30 - 10.30 Opening ceremony
10.30 - 11.00 High tea - dining area underneath main auditorium
Main auditorium
11.00 - 12.30 Why we are here? Different perspectives on the role of wood in sustainable development
Saara Taalas
Bridging life at home and sustainable production
S Balaram
Designing with wood for development
Michael Martin
Wood is good
Pascal Kamdem
Can wood play a role in the sustainable development of Africa?
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch - dining area underneath main auditorium
Main auditorium
13.30 - 15.00 An introduction to wood culture:
building on the past
Howard Rosen
The evolution of wood culture in the USA
Sangeeta Gupta
History and current status of wood culture in India
Andrea Klein
The treasure of special stem assortments - Lost knowledge of
the past
V Ramakrishnan
The fourth dimension of wood
Hall A
The use of wood in different cultures
Eric Appau Asante
The effect of culture and traditions on the use of wood in
Ghana
Michael Grabner
Understanding historical wood utilization - Ideas for the
future?
T K Kunhamu
The Wood Legacy of Kallai: lessons for the future
Rajesh Bhowmik
Preservation of tribal culture – a heritage of wooden crafts
world: A case study of north-east corner
15.00 - 15.30 Afternoon tea - dining area underneath main auditorium
Main auditorium
Hall A
15.30 - 17.30 Artistic aspects of wood use and design
The use of wood in different cultures
M P Ranjan
Design detailing in wood: An appreciation of furniture design
by Gajanan Upadhaya
Jirawat Tangkijngamwong
The way of wood: Finding green pieces in Thailand
Achmad Zainudin
Jepara: Mirror of Indonesian art wood
M Hakki Alma
Wood carving in Turkey
Lv Jiufang
Wood aesthetic pattern design and its application
Victor Adekunle
The social, religious and magico-cultural aspects of wood
and its versatility for rural and sustainable national
development in Nigeria
Xiaomei Jiang
The inheritance and development of Hongmu culture in
China
O K Remadevi
Wooden monuments in India, epitomes of beauty and
talent, need protection from a biological perspective
Edmond Adjovi
Typology of wood sculptures in West Africa
Stephen Tekpetey
Lifestyles changes in some urban centres in Ghana: What
are existing and potential impacts on wood use in 2011 and
beyond?
18.30 - 19.30 Concert: “Music from wood” - IWST Community Hall (ticket required)
19.30 - 21.00 Welcome reception - IWST Community Hall (ticket required)
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Main auditorium
09.30 - 10.30 Wood in architecture: what can be done?
Hall B
GFTN Side-event
Michael Green
See separate programme
The future of urban structures
Dustin Tusnovics
Building for a better world: how timber architecture can make
a difference
Andrew Waugh
A short talk on tall timber buildings
Hall C
Students Conference
See separate programme
10.30 - 11.00 Morning tea - dining area underneath main auditorium
Main auditorium
Hall A
11.00 - 12.30 Wood in architecture: what can be done?
Artistic aspects of wood use and design
Ederson Augusto Zanetti
Wood from sustainable sources and the mitigation of global
climate change – case study of social interest housing in
Curitiba, Parana, Southern Brazil
Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi
Wood for housing in Ghana: Why the low interest?
Roshan Shetty
Vernacular architecture for sustainable development - A case
study of South Canara region
Neelam Manjunath
Saga of the poor man’s timber
Kitazawa Hideta
Enjoyment of Japanese traditional wood carving
Olga Sevan
Traditional and modern house paintings and arts of every
day life in wood
Guixiang Wang
Impression, comparison and understanding: Chinese woodframed architecture in history
Jianju Luo
Introduction of wood aesthetics and its application in daily
life
Hall B
GFTN Side-event
Hall C
Students Conference
See separate programme
See separate programme
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch - dining area underneath main auditorium
Main auditorium
13.30 - 15.00 Selling the art and joy of wood products to consumers
Jim Birkemeier
Full value forestry: New jobs from dead trees on the family farm
Mr Giedrius Leliūga
Customer needs and control of supply and are the keys to success
M V Rao
Etikoppaka - An Indian village perpetuating the joy of wood through the tradition of toy art
Sudipta Dasmohapatra
Consumer purchase trends and perceptions in the USA
15.00 - 15.30 Afternoon tea - dining area underneath main auditorium
Main auditorium
Hall A
15.30 - 17.30 Wood industry development in the formal sector Development of the handicraft sector
Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam:
The development of furniture industry clusters in Malaysia
Huynh Van Hanh
How to develop sustainable furniture
K Satyanarayana Rao
Promoting technology based processing and utilization by the
small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) - the key to
develop wood as a sustainable material in India
Mr Shengfu Wu
The struggling Chinese woodworking industry: Challenges
and solutions
Arif Nuryawan
The description of marketing mix at three level furniture
industries in Medan area, North Sumatera, Indonesia
C N Pandey
Wood-based handicrafts industry in India: Key issues
Pankaj K Aggarwal
Strategy for socio economic sustainability of artists of
Channapatna of India
V Ramakantha
A road map for strengthening solid wood based handicraft
sector of Manipur, India
B Siddapa
Efficiency resources (forest and credit) use by SHG’s for
socio-economic transformation of Karnataka economy
Mangala De Zoysa
Rediscovering traditional wood product industries in Sri
Lanka: Promotion of cultural heritage, improvement of rural
livelihood and expansion of export earnings
18.00 - 19.00 Tour of IWST facilities - Starting from IWST Community Hall
19.30 - 21.30 Conference dinner - IWST Community Hall (ticket required)
Friday, 21 October 2011
Main auditorium
09.30 - 10.30 Promoting wood culture in the future
Gabriel Hemery
Reviving Britain's lost wood culture
Yang Ping
The promotion of wood culture in Japan
S C Joshi
The need to rethink the forestry sector perspective in India
10.30 - 11.00 Morning tea - dining area underneath main auditorium
Main auditorium
11.00 - 12.30 Promoting wood culture in the future
Ying Lin Hung
Wooden paths to a sustainable future
Criswell Davis
Designing with Sustainable U S Hardwoods
Nobuaki Hattori
The present state of life cycle and carbon footprint assessment in Japan to visualise eco-friendliness of products including
wood
Maria Riala
Mapping customers’ minds with a new technique: the case of housing needs and preferences in Finland
T R Manoharan
Forest certification and wood based industries in India
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch - dining area underneath main auditorium
B2B Lunch - IWST Community Hall (by invitation only)
Main auditorium
Hall A
13.30 - 15.00 Sustainable wood supply: the key to success
Focus on sandalwood and teak
T S Rathore
Status of wood consumption in handicraft industries of
Jodhpur
Aimi Lee Abdullah
Changes in EU timber consumption
E V Anoop
Kerala’s withering wood security - the way forward
K S Shashidhar
Changing trends in timber usage in Nagaland, India
V S Venkatesha Gowda
Global emerging trends on sustainable production of natural
sandalwood
H S Ananthapadmanabha
Sustainable supply of Global sandalwood for the industries
Ramesh Chandra Mishra
Sandalwood the saviour of ecological balance and super
wealth creator
K Jayaraman
TEAKNET – International R & D network on teak
15.00 - 15.30 Afternoon tea - dining area underneath main auditorium
Main auditorium
15.30 - 16.00 Award of prizes to competition winners
Brian Hooper
Tree of knowledge
Eduardo Rojas-Briales and Petri Tuomi-Nikula
Closing statement from FAO's Assistant Director General and His Excellency, the Ambassador of Finland to Italy
16.00 - 17.15 Facilitated discussion on the outcomes of the conference
17.15 - 17.30 Closing ceremony
Saturday, 22 October 2011
07.00 - 20.00 Field-trip to Mysore (for participants that have registered for this)
Buses for the field trip will depart from the conference accommodation (Green Path Serviced Apartments,
Citadel Hotel and NIAS guest house) at 7.00am and will collect other participants at the IISc car park at
7.30am. It is anticipated that the buses will return to Bangalore at 8.00pm.