It's That Time! Register to Join the Michigan Delegation at the 2025 Int’l Mass Timber Conference

Each year, we organize a Michigan delegation to the International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon. This is the premiere mass timber event with an enormous industry expo, fantastic educational programming, and tour of mass timber buildings, manufacturing facilities, and forests. Our Michigan group always comes back with new ideas and information, along with new partnerships to advance Michigan mass timber momentum. Please join us this year!  

To register for the 2025 International Mass Timber Conference, please start with this link. Scroll down, choose the appropriate pass for you, and click the green "Register" button for that window. At the pay window, use the code IMTC25MSUGROUP10 to save 10% off your General Full Pass or 1-Day Pass. For lowered government, student, and non-profit rates, please register using your .mil, .gov, .edu, or .org email address. PLEASE NOTE: Since Edu/Gov/NPO passes and Student passes are already heavily discounted, they are not eligible for the group discount. 

Once you’ve registered, email Sandra Lupien at lupiensa@msu.edu so we can be sure to loop you into Michigan delegation communications so you won’t miss any opportunities to connect with the group in Portland!

We are thrilled to announce the third annual Michigan Mass Timber Update: Opening Doors on December 10, 2024, at Adelaide Pointe in Muskegon. This is our opportunity to join together at the end of the year to hear dozens of updates on what is happening in mass timber construction, manufacturing, workforce training, sustainability, research, and more in the brand-new mass timber event space at Adelaide Pointe, right on Muskegon Lake. 

If you, or someone you know, are engaged with mass timber in Michigan and would like to receive an invitation, please fill out the form below. 

If you’ve already registered, be sure to book your stay at one of our reserved hotel blocks by November 9th to receive a discounted rate. More information, including direct booking links, can be found on the Eventbrite page.

Timber Tuesday at Climate Week NYC featured three fantastic mass timber panels, and we were thrilled to have our director, Sandra Lupien, co-host one and speak in another. Sandra also attended several other events during the week. Read our highlights article below to learn more.

Mass Timber Construction: Improving forest land use in the U.P. 

A recent UPword article highlights the efforts of MassTimber@MSU and initiatives at Michigan Technological University that are driving research and innovation in mass timber technologies, industry, policy, and community. With more than 50 mass timber projects already in the pipeline, we aim to continue building on this progress, with the goal of realizing Michigan mass timber production using Michigan timber. 

Wisconsin’s Wooden Skyscrapers 

“We want to see mass timber production happening in the state of Michigan.” Sandra Lupien emphasizes Michigan's potential to lead in this sustainable construction movement in a new piece by Matt King in Belt Magazine, touching on the research and collaborative efforts we’re pursuing alongside Michigan Tech. Raju Pokharel, MassTimber@MSU collaborator and assistant professor of forest resource economics at MSU, also states “mass timber actually increases sustainability. Right now, our forests are degrading because we don’t have the money to manage them properly."