Latest Antwerp Podcast Episodes
#32 Sunita Van Heers (pt.2) (Sureal)
Bao Podcast - May 13, 2024 22:05 - 1 hourFor episode 32 of the Bao Podcast, we invited a familiar face! Sunita Van Heers returns for a second episode. She’s the founder and managing director of SuReal. SuReal is a consultancy firm that supports companies and government agencies in making buildings, city projects and their companies m...
#31 Thomas Vandenbergh (BESIX Group)
Bao Podcast - April 11, 2024 22:05 - 57 minutesFor episode 31 of the Bao Podcast, we invited Thomas Vandenbergh. Armed with a PhD in Engineering, Thomas is General manager of Besix Technology and CEO of BESIX STAY. These 2 enterprises are part of the BESIX Group. BESIX is a renowned global player in the construction and real estate develop...
#30 Dennis Vangeneugden (Kepler)
Bao Podcast - March 13, 2024 23:05 - 54 minutesFor episode 30 of the Bao Podcast, we invited Dennis Vangeneugden. Kepler is a new player in the housing market that introduces a new housing standard in terms of technology and energy. With an Energy Level of -15, KEPLER homes are extremely energy efficient that save consumers up to €3,000 annu...
#29 Michael Lefeber & Ken Spranghers (Kozo)
Bao Podcast - February 11, 2024 23:05 - 53 minutesFor episode 29 of the Bao Podcast, we have another dual-guest episode for you, featuring Michael Lefeber and Ken Spranghers, co-founders of KOZO. Kozo designs and builds spaces that adapt to the people who buy them. Whenever something changes in their life, their house can change with them. Ko...
#29 Michael Lefeber & Ken Spranghers
Bao Podcast - February 11, 2024 23:05 - 53 minutesFor episode 29 of the Bao Podcast, we have another dual-guest episode for you, featuring Michael Lefeber and Ken Spranghers, co-founders of KOZO. Kozo designs and builds spaces that adapt to the people who buy them. Whenever something changes in their life, their house can change with them. Ko...
#28 Wim Pieters & Peter Bertels (CIRCL)
Bao Podcast - January 11, 2024 23:05 - 48 minutesEpisode 28 of the Bao Podcast marks a special occasion as we host our first-ever dual-guest episode featuring Peter Bertels, CTO, and Wim Pieters, CEO of CIRCL. CIRCL is reshaping the housing landscape with fixed-price, future-oriented single-family homes. Their unique approach integrates circ...
#27 Regina Zirion (Cutr)
Bao Podcast - November 27, 2023 23:05 - 1 hourFor episode 27 of the Bao Podcast, we invite Regina Zirion. Regina is Head of Sales at Cutr. Regina was born and raised in Mexico, she studied and worked there until she moved to Amsterdam in 2018. She worked for Uber from 2016, first in Mexico-City and from 2018 onwards in Amsterdam until she l...
#26 Patrick Nijssen (NORNORM)
Bao Podcast - October 02, 2023 22:05 - 52 minutesFor episode 26, we invite Patrick Nijssen. Patrick is Head of Growth Benelux at NORNORM. NORNORM is a Danish company that was founded in 2020 by former IKEA manager Anders Jespen as well as investor and Skype co-creator Jonas Kjellberg. With 10 million tonnes of office furniture ending up in lan...
#25 Idriss Goosens (PropTechLab, LuxPropTech, RecAp, ...)
Bao Podcast - August 30, 2023 22:05 - 46 minutesFor our anniversary episode, number 25, we do a part 2 with one of our guests for the first time ever. He was our very first guest and now he's back: Idriss Goossens! Idriss has not stood still since the last episode, 2 and a half years ago. Today he's not only co-founder of PropTech Lab Belgium...
#24 Minne Warmenbol (BUURMAN Antwerpen)
Bao Podcast - July 01, 2023 22:05 - 54 minutesFor episode 24 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Minne Warmenbol. Minne is a master in Architecture and co-founded BUURMAN 3 years ago. BUURMAN Antwerp is a circular construction market where reused building materials from the region are collected, processed and offered. In this way, they offer a ...
#23 Simon Maillet (Cordeel Group)
Bao Podcast - May 30, 2023 22:05 - 1 hourFor episode 23 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Simon Maillet. Simon is the Group Sustainability Officer of Cordeel Group. He’s originally from Germany and today lives in Belgium since almost 5 years. He did an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk and later studied economics part-time. He is now ...
#22 Ismaël Ben-Al-Lal (Futech & iLumen)
Bao Podcast - April 30, 2023 22:05 - 56 minutesFor episode 22 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Ismaël Ben-Al-Lal. Ismaël is a visionary entrepreneur and innovator who made a name for himself in the world of renewable energy. After he finished his studies at Groep T at the University of Leuven, Ismaël went on to found his own company, Futech, ...
#21 Lieven Smeyers (Lito)
Bao Podcast - April 03, 2023 12:10 - 1 hourLieven is CEO of Lito. He and his team managed to develop the ‘Litobox’: the Litobox combines a heat pump, solar water heater, PV system, battery storage, rainwater filtering, ventilation, electrical equipment and internet network in one unit. All this on 3 square metres and placed on site in le...
#20 Filip Timmermans (Skilpod)
Bao Podcast - March 02, 2023 23:05 - 57 minutesFilip is the founder of Skilpod. This is a company that builds houses using a prefab system. All parts of the houses are made in the factory, and set on site in an incredibly quick way. With this, Skilpod wants to disrupt the traditional construction industry where the duration of a project take...
#19 Sarah Parent (Go Forest)
Bao Podcast - January 31, 2023 23:05 - 56 minutesSarah is founder and CEO at Go Forest. Go Forest is a young company, established in 2020 that plants trees all over the world for companies and individuals who want to work towards a greener environment. Go Forest aims to restore nature by planting the right kind of trees in environments where t...
#18 Axel van der Donk (Bao Living)
Bao Podcast - January 01, 2023 23:05 - 1 hourFor our Christmas Special of the Bao Podcast, we welcomed someone very special: Axel van der Donk! Axel is CTO and co-founder at Bao Living. We thought it would be fun to dedicate an episode to what we do here at Bao Living and the learnings of the past 5 years. So I invited my partner in crime ...
#17 Kristof De Jaeger (Inhout & Mobble)
Bao Podcast - November 25, 2022 09:38 - 53 minutesFor episode 17 of the Bao Podcast, we had the honour to welcome Kristof De Jaeger. Kristof is the director of Inhout, a company specialising in timber frame construction. Here they focus on sustainable business using bio-ecological materials. Since 2020, they have also been making modular homes,...
#16 Özturk Taspinar (KPMG)
Bao Podcast - October 27, 2022 22:05 - 56 minutesÖzturk Taspinar works at KPMG as Digital Innovation Consultant and is very passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation and anything that’s digital such as AI, Blockchain, robotics et cetera. With the ever-growing PropTech industry that's closing the gap between construction and the digital wor...
#15 Margaux Lespagnard (PhD Researcher VUB)
Bao Podcast - July 03, 2022 22:05 - 56 minutesFor the last episode of this season, our guest is Margaux Lespagnard. Margaux is a PhD researcher at VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel - in architectural engineering. In her research, she aims to develop circular design guidance for architects when designing circular affordable housing. She does ...
#14 Johan Klaps (Madaster Belgium)
Bao Podcast - June 09, 2022 22:05 - 1 hourJohan is director of Madaster Belgium. This Dutch company developed a digital materials passport for buildings. This passport is a crucial link to make circular building possible. It’s a digital platform where users can list all the materials that are in a building. This information is enriched,...
#13 Xavier Leclair (Slow Cabins)
Bao Podcast - May 12, 2022 22:05 - 1 hourIn the 13th episode of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Xavier Leclair. Xavier is founder and CEO of Slow Cabins. This is a Belgian company that allows guests to rent cabins placed in secret locations across the countryside, and has plans to soon expand the concept throughout Belgium and Europe. Thes...
#12 Sven Grooten (B-architecten)
Bao Podcast - April 21, 2022 22:05 - 58 minutesIn episode 12 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Sven Grooten. Sven is one of the founders of B-architecten. Throughout the years, he started two spin-offs named B-bis and B-city. Today, B-architecten, B-bis, and B-city have grown into a combined office of more than 75 people. Each B-team has its pa...
#11 Jérôme Constant (Rise PropTech Fund)
Bao Podcast - March 29, 2022 22:05 - 34 minutesFor our podcast episode for the month of March, our guest is Jérôme Constant. Jérôme is managing partner at Rise PropTech Fund, a venture capital fund dedicated to Late-Seed and Series A startups active in the PropTech sector. They invest in companies that have the ambition and potential to chan...
#10 Jan Kriekels (Jaga)
Bao Podcast - February 24, 2022 23:05 - 1 hourAfter a short winter break, we’re back with a bang! For our tenth podcast episode, our guest is Jan Kriekels. Jan is the owner of Jaga Climate Designers, a radiator manufacturer using innovative heating and cooling technologies. Jaga employs over 600 people and operates in over 35 countries acro...
#9 Hans Verboven (Sustacon)
Bao Podcast - December 09, 2021 23:05 - 1 hourHans is the founder and owner of Sustacon. With Sustacon, he advises Flemish family businesses on (among other things) strategy, organizational development, and sustainability. They are specialized in helping companies to work more sustainably in the construction sector, but they also advise com...
#8 Rik Neven (Architectura.be, Circubuild.be)
Bao Podcast - November 11, 2021 23:00 - 1 hourRik is the founder of editorial office Palindroom, specialized in writing articles on construction and architecture. With Palindroom he creates websites where they publish the latest news about the construction industry. One of these websites, architectura.be, is the most visited architecture we...
#7 Jona Michiels (Groep Van Roey)
Bao Podcast - October 07, 2021 22:00 - 1 hourJona is Innovation Manager at the well know construction company Groep Van Roey. With 11 companies in this group, They are a specialist in total solutions for the construction industry, they develop projects from start to finish. On top of this they are probably also one of the oldest companies ...
#6 Chris Van de Voorde (JuuNoo)
Bao Podcast - September 02, 2021 22:05 - 1 hourChris is the founder of JuuNoo. This company has developed a circular interior wall, it’s a wall that is not demolished at the end of its life but gets dismantled and repositioned as a new wall. Chris started JuuNoo 5 years ago, with one specific goal in mind: to stop building waste created by i...
#5 Serge de Gheldere (Klimaatzaak vzw & Futureproofed)
Bao Podcast - August 06, 2021 12:48 - 1 hourSerge is a “climate ambassador” of Al Gore, initiator of the climate case against Belgium (which he and his colleagues have won), and founder & CEO at Futureproofed. The mission of Futureproofed is to help businesses and cities become ‘futureproof’ by helping them reduce their CO2 emissions whil...
#4 Sunita Van Heers (SuReal)
Bao Podcast - July 07, 2021 14:30 - 55 minutesSunita is the founder and managing director of SuReal. SuReal is a consultancy firm that supports companies and government agencies in making buildings and city projects more sustainable. To reach this goal, they do all types of studies. One of the projects they already worked on is the Victoria...
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