Conversations: Dario Corbetta - Director Xylexpo, Roberto Frassine - Director Assocompositi, Mario Maggiani - Director Plast
“Introducing Matec 2026”

Talk show “Building with timber: where multimateriality is at home”
Hugo KarreHolzbau Forum
Tommaso Martini SCM
Pierluigi Paoletti - Paoletti Engineering.

Holzbau Forum Italia at Xylexpo 2026 “Manufacturing operations in timber construction: efficient, optimized, automated”
Dario Corbetta - Director Xylexpo
Hugo Karre - Holzbau Forum
Welcome speech
Laura Marsillo - ICD/CA-Institute for computational design and Construction (Stuttgart University, Germany) “Artificial intelligence and timber constructions: from material properties to fabrication”
Andrea Pallaver - HSB Italia (Trento, Italy) “Direct generation of production control data from 3D models in real time”
Stefano Brunelli - Gropyus Technologies (Berlin, Germany) “Next Gen House: robot-aided production”
Walter Bauer - Bauer Holzbau (Satteldorf-Gröningen, Germany) “Roofs, ceilings and walls: prefabrication in timber construction for small and medium businesses”
Franco Piva - Ergodomus (Pergine Valsugana, Italy) “Prefab elements in construction site practice: benefits for quality warranty”
Francesco Marroni - LignoAlp-Damiani-Holz&Ko Spa (Brixen, Italy) “Complex structures in timber construction: production and installation”
Final remarks and conclusion
Moderator: Giuseppe Mosconi CQ-Costruire in Qualità (Verona, Italy).

11.30-12.00 PLAST VENUE

Qualità Legno Group “Wood and building renovation”
The green transition of the built environment depends – also and mostly – on the capacity to regenerate existing buildings, turning living into a more sustainable, efficient and aware model, combining architectural quality, technological innovation and care for the environment.
Reports with a common denominator: durability
Davide Maria Giachino - architect and professor “The durability project in architectural renovations with wood”
Franco Piva - engineer “The design of durability as an integral part of the building process”
Gianfranco Magri - engineer and expert of woodworms, termites and moisture “From mechanical engineering to the culture of durability (production units as vital rings)”
Moderator Sonia Maritan architect and trade journalist

LDDL Le Donne Del Legno (Women in Wood)
Roundtable “Building health: the healthiness of wood and its extreme versatility”
The sustainability of construction derives from a good design of the building envelope, passive systems for energy recovery, natural cooling systems, bioclimates, closed-loop natural construction materials, but most of all it is about wellness inside paces built while safeguarding the environment.
Claudia Bedini - engineer
Viviana Deruto - architect
Giovanna Fongaro - entrepreneur
Lucia Krasovec-Lucas - architect and expert of urban and human operations
Margherita Michelazzo - artist and geographer
Beatrice Spirandelli - architect
Moderator: Sonia Maritan - architect and trade journalist

LEI Wood Family “Wood has lost space, not demand”
The entire value chain is focusing on the user to promote a new vision of wellness in the home system. To improve the market’s awareness of wooden windows, very effective and constant communication is required, directly addressing customers through a team of experts who can develop such a communication plan.
Relationships based on the progression: context → disruption → evidence → solution.
Sonia Maritan - architect and journalist “Wood and wellness to live according to nature”
Paolo Marelli - journalist “Wood? It doesn’t exist… if you don’t tell about it”
Stefano Zanini - entrepreneur “Building healthy is not a slogan. It’s a job”
Massimo Schiavetta - creator of “Lei” and entrepreneur “The market is not going to change by itself: here comes LEI Wood Family”
Introduction and moderation by Sonia Maritan, architect and trade journalist

Xylexpo 2026 Welcome Toasts
A toast to the 29^th edition, to Acimall’s 60^th anniversary and to Xylon’s 40^th anniversary
The event is open to Acimall members, exhibitors and media

Conversations: Enrico Aureli, president Acimall "Cards are on the table: Acimall, Xylexpo, CFM and…”

COMPOSITES FUTURE ACADEMY: Technologies for composite materials (see specific program)

Presentation of the “Coating Handbook” by Avisa/Federchimica
in collaboration with Catas and the companies involved in the project.
Franco Bulian - Catas
Fabio Chiozza - Avisa/Federchimica
Maurizio Carrer - Taka
Carlo Coralli - Cefla

Talk show “Painting or lamination?””
Franco Bulian - Catas
Fabio Chiozza - Avisa/Federchimica
Mario Moretti - Costa Levigatrici
Mattia Croce - Lesta

“Integrated solutions for manufacturing” The integration of technology and software allows to optimize manufacturing operations in the world of interior design, improving efficiency, quality and workflow continuity, from design to production.
Andrea Depaoli - Biesse
Lorenzo Perlini - Imos

Matec 2026 Exhibitor Toast
A toast to the first edition of Matec.
The event is open to exhibitors and media.

Conversations: Federico Broccoli - vice president of Acimall
“An industry searching for itself, between markets and innovation”

COMPOSITES FUTURE ACADEMY: Applications of composite materials (see specific program)

Presentation of the “Drying Handbook” (Conlegno)
The publication – coordinated by Professor Giacomo Goli of the Florence University and written together with his peers Dr. Ottaviano Allegretti of CNR IBE, Professor Corrado Cremonini of the Turin University and Professor Luigi Todaro of the Basilicata University – aims at illustrating the topic of drying exhaustively, from raw materials to industrial drying systems.

Talk show “Drying, the state of the art”
Sebastiano Cerullo - Conlegno
Giacomo Goli - Dagri, University of Florence
Corrado Cremonini - Disafa, University of Turin
Michele Bigon - Big On Dry

(see specific program)

Conversations: Dario Corbetta - Director Xylexpo, Roberto Frassine - Director Assocompositi, Mario Maggiani - Director Plast
“The Matec 2026 experience: a look into the future…”

COMPOSITES FUTURE ACADEMY: Sustainability of Composite Materials (see specific program)

Conversations: Franco Paviotti - president of Gruppo Utensili

Talk show: “What’s the future of woodworking tools?”
Fanny Paviotti - Metalworld
Simone Poletto - Catas
Giacomo Goli - Dagri, University of Florence
Giampaolo Pesenti - Fapil
Tomas Zuani - TWT

(see specific program)