Join people from around the world sharing their passion for bamboo... for the environment, economy, and community. From the US to India, to the Philippines, to Indonesia, to Japan, to Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile.... to the Democratic Republic of Congo to Spain and Paris, and end in Taiwan, hear about the positive impacts of bamboo projects from the people who are making them happen!
BAMBOO NOW is our theme. #BambooNow #BambooisGrowing #KeepBambooStrong
SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS via ZOOM / streaming on YouTube
Tentative / Things can change / Expect spontaneous surprises!
Time (GMT-4) START TIME, 18 September
2am. LIVE FROM BOSTON USA
Opening / Welcome / Susanne Lucas, WBO Executive Director
2:30am LIVE FROM BANGALORE INDIA
Centre for Green Building Materials and Technology
Neelam Manjunath and team, Bamboo Cultural Fest
4:30am LIVE FROM CHANDIGARH INDIA
Santosh Oinam and Nirmala Chongtham - bamboo shoot nutrition and more
6:30am LIVE FROM TRANH HOA VIETNAM
Bamboo EcoPark, Thuy Linh Tran and others
7:30am LIVE FROM KOCHI JAPAN
Yoshihiro Yamagishi and Taketora team
8:30am LIVE FROM MANILA PHILIPPINES
Bryan Benitez McClelland and BamBikes team
Edgar Banasan and EDAYA
video from Bambusa Nusa Verde, Indonesia
10:00am LIVE FROM BALI INDONESIA
Arief Rabik of IndoBambu
10:30am LIVE FROM KINSHASA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Nicky Mesia Bunga and LECOBAF
11am LIVE FROM PARIS
Michel Abadie, WBO President and team
12noon LIVE FROM SPAIN
Ivan Platas with Pablo Jacome (INBAR), Francesco Intrieri and Isaac Gonzalez (Bambusa Estudio), Greta Tressera (BambooHUB), Jaime Espinosa (Bambusa Espinosa): Bamboo Seeding in the Iberian Peninsula
1pm / 13h LIVE FROM TULUM MEXICO
Vishal Modha
Videos from 11th WBC 2018
Videos from workshops in Mexico / DICMA Trade
Video from Peter van Lengen Mexico
Video from Maira Bisquett Chile
3pm / 15h LIVE FROM PUEBLA MEXICO
Mauricio Mora Tello and artisanal bamboo beverages
3:30pm / 15.3h LIVE FROM LIMA PERU
Tania Cerron and Bamboo Green Communities
4:30pm / 16.3h LIVE FROM COLOMBIA - Pre-Recorded
Ximena Londono and Colombian Bamboo Society
6pm / 18h LIVE FROM MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY
Katia Sei Fong and team
7pm / 19h LIVE FROM QUITO ECUADOR
Pablo Jacome, INBAR Latin America
8pm / 20h LIVE FROM SAO PAULO BRAZIL
Guilherme Korte, Brazilian Bamboo Policy, EMPRAPA and others
8:30pm / 20.3h LIVE FROM PUEBLA MEXICO
Martin Mortera Abdi, Bamboo Architecture Company
9pm / 21h LIVE FROM TAOYUAN TAIWAN
Peter Kan, Alice Lin and Taiwan Bamboo Society at Taoyuan Land Art Festival
9:30pm / 21.h LIVE FROM YUNLIN TAIWAN
LiFang Tang, Storyhouse, Founder of Taiwan Bamboo Society
Closing Remarks
And many more surprises!