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Event Name: Southeast Asian Woodworking Summit
Category: Furniture
Event Date: 13 – 14 November, 2025
Frequency: Biennial
Location: IMPACT Exhibition Center (Phoenix Room) – Popular 3 Road, Banmai Sub-district, Pakkred District, Nonthaburi 11120 Greater Bangkok, Thailand
Organizer: IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd., 10th Fl., Bangkok Land Building, 47/569-576 Popular 3 Road, Banmai Sub-district, Pakkred District, Nonthaburi 11120 Thailand
Phone: +66-2-833-5055 / +66-82-415-9441
Email: janyap[at]impact.co.th
Timings: 10.00 AM – 18.00 PM
Tickets: Visitor Registration Required – Click Here!
“Shaping the Future of the Woodworking Industry and Markets in Southeast Asia”
Southeast Asian Woodworking Summit 2025: Overview
A Must-Attend woodworking event with 1 and a-half day conference + field trip / factory tour comprising over 300 attendees from all over the world.
Join us in this Knowledge Exchange and Networking event bringing together leading experts, government players, industry professionals, and woodworking business to discuss and address critical issues affecting our woodworking industry and market today, while at the same time connect and build networks.
You will gain and share insights into global and regional trends, sustainable practices, and latest technologies that are shaping our woodworking industry and market today, while at the same time renew and build new networks.
The woodworking industry in Southeast Asia remains a dynamic and evolving sector, with its rich natural resources, and increasing global and domestic demands for furniture, timber and wood-based products.
While there are growing opportunities in demands for sustainably sourced products, innovations and designs, market diversifications, and technology advances, our industry is also facing challenges ranging from deforestation and environmental concerns, labor costs and competition for skilled workforce, supply chain issues and trade barriers and tariffs.
Be part of this discussion, knowledge exchange and renew and build your market networks!
Press Release:
Global Woodworking Leaders to convene in Bangkok this November for the Southeast Asian Woodworking Summit
BANGKOK, Thailand – [15 May 2025] – Over 300 global woodworking professionals and industry players are expected to convene in Bangkok for the inaugural Southeast Asia Woodworking Summit 2025 from 13th to 14th November 2025.
The Summit is hosted by Thailand’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and supported by the Forestry Industry Organization, the Royal Department and many local and international wood related industry associations and organizations.
Organized under the theme “Shaping the Future of Woodworking Industry and Markets in Southeast Asia”, the Summit brings together international experts, government players, industry professionals and woodworking businesses to discuss and address issues impacting their woodworking industry and markets, while at the same time, connect and build networks.
As the woodworking and furniture industries across Southeast Asia continue to evolve amidst rising demand, global sustainability goals, and technological disruption, the Southeast Asian Woodworking Summit 2025 will offer attendees critical insights into the future of the region’s wood-based industries and markets.
For over 1 and a-half day, which will culminate in a field trip / factory tour, attendees will get to gain and share insights into global and regional trends, sustainable practices and technologies that are shaping the woodworking industry and markets today.
Southeast Asia remains a dynamic hub for the global wood industry, offering abundant natural resources and robust domestic and international demand. However, challenges such as deforestation, labor shortages, supply chain pressures, and international trade policies require coordinated solutions and innovations — all these which the Summit aims to address.
An international line-up of renowned industry speakers are been assembled, that will include the likes of Assoc. Prof. Songklod Jarusombuti, Special Advisor, Faculty of Forestry and Head of Center of Academic Excellence in Rubber, Kasetsart University, and Mr. Jirawat Tangkijngamwong, President of Thai Furniture Association / Thai Timber Association from Thailand, Mr. Cliff Chang, Director, SK Global Co., Ltd./Standing Director, Taiwan Woodworking Machinery Association, and Mr. Xu Fang, General Manager, American Softwoods, from China, Assoc. Prof. Kent Wheiler, Director, Center for International Trade in Forest Products, University of Washington from USA, Mr. Ole Seidenberg, Managing Director, SKYSEED GmbH, Mr. Ingo Bathe, Director International Sales, imos AG, and Mr. Ger Gerdes, Consultant & Expert, Technology Scouting, Mechanical Engineering Industry Association, VDMA, all from Germany, and Mr. Aaron Boo, Managing Director, PYTHA Asia from Singapore, with plenty more speakers to come.
The Southeast Asia Woodworking Summit 2025 is organized by the organizer of Thailand International Woodworking & Furniture Exhibition (TIWF), which is a biennial international trade exhibition that takes place in Bangkok every 2 years. The next edition of TIWF will be held in September 2026.
This year in 2025, the inaugural Southeast Asian Woodworking Summit 2025 will help to continue to facilitate as the regional industry platform and gathering place for discussions, networking and business exchange.
For those in the wood related industry and businesses, Southeast Asian Woodworking Summit 2025 is hence a must-attend event get connected in a regional market that has a thriving woodworking industry.
