Conference Day One | September 30, 2025

7:15 am Check-In, Networking & Coffee

8:00 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

• Jessica Scarlett Regional Director, WoodWorks

Building Trust to Advance Mass Timber Adoption

8:10 am Panel Discussion: Overcoming Misinformation to Build Trust & Secure Buy-In: What Has Changed & How Can This Influence Mass Timber Adoption in 2025?

• Rachel Zanetti Architect & Associate, FFA Architecture and Interiors, Inc.
• Molly Cutler Founder, Cutler Development
• Darrell Whatley Partner, Kirksey
• Todd Lubsen Director, KLH USA

8:50 am Case Study: Unpacking Mass Timber’s Cost Delta: Supporting Smarter Early Design Decisions to Identify Offset Strategies

• Scott Cutler Founder, Cutler Development
• Molly Cutler Founder, Cutler Development

9:30 am De-Risking Mass Timber Manufacturing & Delivery to Ensure Cost Certainty and Schedule Reliability

• Houston Hunter Senior Manager - Project, Mercer Mass Timber LLC
• Nate Foster Director, Preconstruction and Projects, Mercer Mass Timber LLC

10:00 am Speed Networking & Morning Refreshments

Accelerating Project Approval

10:40 am Reducing Long-Term Risk Perception to Build Insurer Confidence, Improve Risk Assessment, & Accelerate Project Approval

• Cheri Hanes Vice President, Head of Construction Innovation & Sustainability, AXA XL

11:20 am Evaluating Project Feasibility to Improve Efficiency, Control Costs & Support Confident Mass Timber Decisions

• Nathan Buxser Mass Timber Preconstruction Executive, Swinerton

12:00 pm Lunch Break

1:00 pm Understanding Permitting Requirements to Expedite Mass Timber Approvals & Avoid Delays During Design Reviews

• Parisa Parisa Nassiri Senior Fire Engineer, Holmes US

1:40 pm Case Study: Mastering Material Selection & Integration for Informed Design Outcomes

• Mike Baker Director of Architecture, oWOW

2:20 pm Panel Discussion: The Missing Part of Mass Timber Sustainability

• Jeff Lloyd Senior Vice President of Innovation & Sustainability, Nisus
• Karl Englund Associate Research Professor, Washington State University
• Reid Ipser Termite Training Director/Entomologist, Massey Services inc

3:00 pm Networking & Afternoon Refreshments

Achieving Supply Chain Certainty

3:40 pm Panel Discussion: Understanding Sourcing Regions & Tariff Impacts to Enable Smarter Mass Timber Specification & Avoid Unpredictable Cost Surges

• Kyle Freres Vice President of Operations, Freres Wood
• Mike Baker Director of Architecture, oWOW
• Josh schultz tech director, Vaagen Timbers
• Greg Miller Vice President, Webcor

4:20 pm Leveraging Value Engineering in Mass Timber Projects to Control Costs, Maximize Design Flexibility, & Achieve Budget Efficiency

• Scott Brown Mass Timber Specialist, DPR Construction

5:00 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

• Jessica Scarlett Regional Director, WoodWorks

5:10 pm End of Conference Day One