Ready, steady…stop. The first “Rosenheim Ligna.Conference”, organized by Deutsche Messe and Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences, initially scheduled for next October, has been postponed to 2022 because, according to the organizers, Germany’s COVID-19 restrictions may well still be in place by then.
The conference, which would have been held on October 6 and 7 at the University of Rosenheim, should have previewed the themes of the next Ligna in May: Woodworking Transformation, Prefab Building Processes and Green Material Processing. “The Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference is all about people” stressed Christian Pfeiffer, Deutsche Messe’s Global Director Ligna & Woodworking Shows. “There’s a real ‘hunger’ in the wood industry for a face-to-face event. That’s why we’re postponing the event until 2022. In October, we will not be able to deliver on this vitally important networking aspect of the conference”.
Certainly a painful choice, but also taken in agreement with the partners. “Honestly, we considered alternatives, but we believe interpersonal contact – the human factor – is fundamental to the LIGNA.Conference, and so, logically, postponement was the only route open to us”, said TH Rosenheim’s Professor Thorsten Ober. We’re looking forward to our joint conference event in 2022”.
