VANCOUVER – The world’s leading forum on sustainable wood construction is returning to Canada this fall. Woodrise 2025 will welcome industry and government leaders from more than 25 countries to Vancouver from September 22 to 25, 2025. The fifth edition of the biennial international Woodrise congress will explore how sustainable mid- and high-rise wood construction can help address the world’s most pressing challenges—from climate adaptation and wildfire resilience to housing affordability and sustainable community growth. This year’s theme, Building Smarter with Wood: Sustainable Solutions to Resilient Communities and Housing, reflects a shared urgency to build better, faster and more responsibly. Organized by FPInnovations, in collaboration with the Province of British Columbia, France’s Institut Technologique Forêt Cellulose Bois-construction Ameublement and Japan’s International Association for the Industry of Urban Development, Woodrise 2025 brings together leading architects, engineers, developers, researchers and policymakers.