The spirit of mass timber is the ethos of Portland; there’s no better place for this conference than the City of Roses. For the eighth year in a row, the world’s largest gathering of mass timber experts and stakeholders assembled for the 2024 International Mass Timber Conference at the Oregon Convention Center. Pre-conference events held on March 26 provided context for the two-day agenda to follow, with local building tours and crash courses in both mass timber basics and recent advancements in research. In cooperation with the wood design experts at WoodWorks-Wood Products Council and with the support of sponsors including the Urban Land Institute and the U.S. Forest Service, the event casts a wide net. … This is a feel-good conference led by makers that grows approximately 30 percent each year, on average. …The 2024 IMTC was the most inspired conference I’ve been to in 20 years, and I can’t wait to see if it will exceed 30 percent growth next year.