Explore the Moderators
The biggest B2B gathering for Real Estate leaders, and political authorities, during the 17th and 18th of September, in Gare Maritime on the Tour&Taxis.
When?
17 September (9 am – 8 pm)
18 September (9 am – 8 pm)
Where?
Gare Maritime, Brussels, Tour&Taxis, Belgium
Patrick Luysterman
Economic journalist and moderator
Patrick Luysterman is an economic journalist and moderator, mainly working in the field of construction and real estate. He worked for Mediafin - De Tijd for most of his career. Co-author of the book ‘Een huis kopen zou niet moeilijk mogen zijn' (Buying a house should not be difficult).
Jeroen Roppe
Spokesperson visit.brussels
Jeroen Roppe is a passionate Brussels enthusiast. He works as a spokesperson for visit.brussels and is a presenter and moderator for various events. Jeroen is also known as a football commentator on television and as a news podcaster. Previously, he worked as a host at Studio Brussel, as director of FM Brussel and as editor-in-chief of BRUZZ.
Idriss Goossens
Founder & CEO PropTech Lab
Idriss is the founder of PropTech Lab, the largest proptech exosystem in Europe. Their mission is to ease the digital and sustainable transformation of the construction & real estate sector. PropTech Lab is active in Belgium, Luxembourg, Czechia, Spain, and Portugal, analyzing 3500 propTech startups, and 900 ESG-related solutions. PropTech Lab is also co-owner of RecAp, the resilient cities accelerator for corporates, facilitating the creation of Resilient and Sustainable cities. Idriss is Co-Chair of the ULI Real Estate Technology Product Council of Belgium & Luxembourg.
Suzy Denys
Country Manager at PATRIZIA BeLux
Suzy Denys holds a degree in law (Université Notre Dame de la Paix de Namur and KU Leuven) and postgraduate degrees in property studies (KU Leuven) and business management (Ehsal). She began her career as a lawyer. She then moved to Redevco, and Codabel. Since 2020 she holds the position of Country Manager at PATRIZIA BeLux, and combines this function with Director Transactions.
Dirk Paelinck
CEO Interoffices/Workero, Chairman European PropTech Association – PropTech House
In 2018 Dirk Paelinck founded Workero, a digital service provider organizing Coworkings within companies who want to monetize their underused workspaces and to attract innovating business partners. The same year he started organizing, with Finnova Foundation, the PropTech StartUp Europe Awards, supported and promoted by the European Commission. He co-founded the EU PropTech House in October 2018. He is also founder & CEO of Interoffices (2015), the second largest network of business centers/coworking spaces in Belgium. He has 12 years of flexible office real estate experience of which 7 as a Director for Regus, where he was awarded Area Director of the Year (2010).
Valérie Vermandel
Chief Development Officer at Whitewood
Valérie leads the Development Departement of Whitewood and with her team she is in charge of the different real estate projects that Whitewood is currently realising.
