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 (9:00 am – 8:30 pm)
18 September (9:00 am – 8:30 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
Ms Suzy Denys has a master's degree in law (Université Notre Dame de la Paix Namur and KULeuven) and a postgraduate degree in Real Estate (KULeuven) and business management (EHSAL). She is Country Manager and Director Transactions Belux at Patrizia AG and has over 20 years of experience in real estate asset management and transactions. She is also a non-executive board member of Home Invest Belgium, UPSI-BVS and the Cercle Belge des Femmes de l’Immobilier as well as a member of Woman on Board.
Dirk Paelinck
CEO Interoffices/Workero, Chairman European PropTech Association – PropTech House
DIRK PAELINCK is a serial entrepreneur in innovative real estate concepts and in Property/Construction Technology, and the Chairman of the European PropTech Association.
He is the co-founder and Chairman of the European PropTech Association, composed of 24 national PropTech associations in Europe with a total of 3000+ startups/scale-ups as members,
as well as all the largest European real estate corporates.
He organizes, with Prof. Revuelta of Finnova EU, the PropTech StartUp Europe Awards, supported and promoted by the European Commission and the European Parliament.
He is also the founder and CEO of the Belgian independent coworking space operator Interoffices and CEO of the international PropTech scale-up Workero, which has received the Seal of Excellence & funding from the European Commission.
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.
Aurel Gavriloaia
Head of Business Development with AG Real Estate
Head of Business Development with AG Real Estate.
Several Postgraduates at KULeuven (Vastgoedkunde, Financiewezen, Bedrijfskunde), teacher in the Postgraduate Vastgoedkunde at KULeuven and teacher at Executive Master en Immobilier at Saint-Louis University.
Projects developed in Belgium but also in France, Hungary, Romania.
Member of the vzw/asbl Up4North in Brussels representing AG Real Estate.
Passion for all matters related to urban mobility and urban development.
But also : beekeeper in Brussels (also administrator of the Brussels Association of Beekeepers)
Waldo Galle
Part-time assistant professor at VUB and Associate Researcher for the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)
Waldo Galle is a part-time assistant professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and associate researcher for the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO). As a member of the research groups VUB Architectural Engineering, and Business Technology and Operations, he studies the financial and socio-technical feasibility of a circular construction economy. He questions which opportunities the transition towards that economy raises, which constraints it creates, and how the architectural practice changes together with it.
Brigitte Gouder de Beauregard
Executive Director CBFI
Brigitte Gouder de Beauregard, Présidente du Cercle Belge des Femmes de L’Immobilier, est développeur formé d’abord chez CDP et ensuite chez Immobel où elle a participé à la réalisation du Parlement Européen à Bruxelles ; elle a ensuite développé pour AGRE en France une équipe qui a constitué un portefeuille important d’investissements et de développements.
Elle siège également au Conseil de différentes sociétés cotées comme Besixred, CETIM et Krest.
Stephanie Van de Voorde
Professor at the department of Architectural Engineering at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Stephanie Van de Voorde is professor at the department of Architectural Engineering at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. During the past 20 years, she has built up extensive expertise in the field of construction history and young heritage. She explores how historical insights into 20th century building materials, building culture, deconstruction and reuse can be leveraged to address some of the most pressing challenges facing our built environment.
Katrien Kempe
Director UPSI-BVS
Katrien Kempe - Director UPSI-BVS
Anaïs van Swieten
Director Real Estate - Capital Markets at Deloitte
Anaïs van Swieten is a Real Estate Director at Deloitte, with a sharp focus on capital markets. She crafts financing and investment strategies and guides clients through complex real estate transactions. With a diverse educational background in law, taxation, and real estate, Anaïs has built her expertise through hands-on experience in family offices and at Deloitte.
Sandra Gottcheiner
President of the ESG Committee at UPSI-BVS & Development and Innovation/Sustainability Director at BPI Real Estate
Sandra Gottcheiner is president of the ESG Committee at UPSI-BVS and Development and Innovation/Sustainability Director at BPI Real Estate (CFE Group).
She has a broad experience in acquisition, design and sales of large urban development and partnerships (office, residential, hotel, …).
BPI Sustainability team prepares and promotes since three years Taxonomy and CSRD within BPI Real Estate while improving concretely the environmental and social impacts in and around the development projects.
Sandra hold a master in civil engineering and a MBA, both from Brussels University (ULB/Solvay). She is teaching at the Executive Master in Futureproofed Real Estate at Solvay Business School (ULB).
Hanne Decoutere
Journalist & Newsreader at VRT
Hanne Decoutere, is a journalist and newsreader at VRT (the public broadcaster). After her law studies at the KUleuven and at the Sorbonne in Paris, she started at VRT.
In 2012, she became a news anchor of the daily news magazine, ‘Het Journaal’. Next to her work for the VRT news desk, Hanne is an experienced and passionate moderator and presenter.
With more than 10 years of experience, she leads debates, ceremonies and meetings for companies and governments.
Jean Minne
CEO Composil
Jean bought Composil 11 years ago. He put the Company as leader in the carpet cleaning industry.
3 years ago, his partners and him decided to put Composil as an Impact Company, with sustainability as their major strategy pilar.
As consequences, he creates the first ReUse & Recycle process on carpet tiles, to help the building industry to save tons of CO2 by valorising first use carpet tiles.
Petra Deschacht
Program coordinator real estate at PUC - KU Leuven Continue
Petra Deschacht - Program coordinator real estate at PUC - KU Leuven Continue
Olivier Carrette
CEO UPSI- BVS
Olivier Carrette obtained a master degree in Law – Notary at KU Leuven in 1995. He joined UPSI-BVS (Union Professionnelle du Sector Immobilier – Beroepsvereniging van de Vastgoedsector) as CEO in 2007. UPSI-BVS is the professional organization for the real estate sector in Belgium. UPSI-BVS includes the leading Belgian companies operating in real estate related industries such as real estate development, land parcelling and real estate investment.
