Retrofit Innovation Summit

Retrofit Innovation Summit

19–20 Nov 2025 | Liège, Belgium

Event agenda

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

08:30 - 09:30

Welcome Coffee

Location:Pas Perdus

09:30 - 10:45

Plenary Session Day 1

Location:Charles RogierTrack:PLENARY SESSION
  • European and Walloon Perspectives on Efficient Buildings and Innovation

1. Mr. David Lamy, GreenWin Chairman 2. Mr. Rémi COLLOMBET, Efficient Buildings Europe, Head of Policy 3. Mr Samuël Racanelli, deputy chief of staff Economy, Walloon Government Vice-President Jeholet Representative

10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Location:Pas Perdus

11:00 - 11:20

BLOC 2 - Introduction

Location:Mosane 8 & 9Track:BLOC 2 - Managing Renovation in Occupied Buildings
  • Renowatt session

Renowatt, Salma LASRI, CEO

11:00 - 11:20

BLOC 3 - Introduction

Location:Charles RogierTrack:BLOC 3 - Smart Territories: Leveraging Data for Renovation

Dr Cécile Goffaux - Cenaero

11:00 - 11:50

BLOC 1 - Introduction: A Transformation Strategy for your Company

Location:Mosane 7Track:BLOC 1 - Navigating Uncertainty and Resistance to Change
  • Resilient Buildings and future Financial estate values

11.00 CEREMA, FR, Miss Cécile CAUDRON

11:00 - 12:50

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

11:20 - 12:50

BLOC 2 - Sub-Theme 1: Public Buildings (Non-Residential)

Location:Mosane 8 & 9Track:BLOC 2 - Managing Renovation in Occupied Buildings
  • Renowatt session

Renowatt, Salma LASRI, CEO, and Partners: success stories and case studies 11.15: Luminus Solutions experiences Raoul NIHART, CEO 11.45 RenoEnergy experiences Olivier VAN LANGENACKER Commercial Director 12.15 Panel session

11:20 - 12:50

BLOC 3 - Sub-Theme 1: Practical digital collaborative Tools for Renovation

Location:Charles RogierTrack:BLOC 3 - Smart Territories: Leveraging Data for Renovation

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰̧𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘀 R&D Program - Lead & 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗲 Building Performance & Renovation, Pitch session by Construction du Futur & EDIH connect, 𝗟𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 project manager Thomas & Piron

11:50 - 12:50

BLOC 1 - Sub-Theme 1: Crisis and need to innovate

Location:Mosane 7Track:BLOC 1 - Navigating Uncertainty and Resistance to Change
  • Why innovate in time of crisis ?

11.50 - 12.15 IDETA Mr Loïc Delhuvenne Digital Boldness: Transforming Our Daily Practices 12.15: Q&A and Discussion

12:50 - 14:00

Lunch Break

Location:Pas Perdus

12:50 - 14:00

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

14:00 - 15:30

BLOC 1 - Sub-Theme 2: Turning Uncertainty into a Lever

Location:Mosane 7Track:BLOC 1 - Navigating Uncertainty and Resistance to Change
  • Why innovate in time of crisis ?

Mr François Bonnifet, C3D and GenAct Chairman Mr Gilles Vanvolsem, Belgian Green Building Council, Managing Director

14:00 - 15:30

BLOC 2 - Sub-Theme 2: Public Housing

Location:Mosane 8 & 9Track:BLOC 2 - Managing Renovation in Occupied Buildings

14.00-14.10: Cluster Eco-Construction, Anne-Sophie MARTIN: Interreg NWE CircularReno 14.10-14.30: Renowatt, Lionel DELATTE + social housing organisations clients 14.30-15.25: Walloon Social Housing Administration (SWL) and social housing organisations

14:00 - 15:30

BLOC 3 - Sub-Theme 2: Connected Buildings, Augmented Cities: Towards Smarter Renovation

Location:Charles RogierTrack:BLOC 3 - Smart Territories: Leveraging Data for Renovation

𝗝𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗾 | Archipelago Architects, 𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗜 PhD Student at Sustainable Building Design (SBD) Lab, 𝐒𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨-𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐚 architect principal A2M+M2A – AIA, NCARB

14:00 - 15:30

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

Location:Pas Perdus

15:30 - 16:00

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

16:00 - 17:30

BLOC 1 - Sub-Theme 3: Will my Bank Still Support me if I don’t Decarbonise?

Location:Mosane 7Track:BLOC 1 - Navigating Uncertainty and Resistance to Change

16.00-16.45: Carbonology Ltd Mel BLACKMORE Founder and CEO: Unlocking sustainable Finance -The Power of Independent GHG Verification 16.45 - 17.25: Filière Bois Wallonie and HoutInfo Bois: examples of decarbonisation by wood 17.25-17.30: wrap-up

16:00 - 17:30

BLOC 2 - Sub-Theme 3: Private Buildings (offices, etc.) – Collective Housing

Location:Mosane 8 & 9Track:BLOC 2 - Managing Renovation in Occupied Buildings

VELUX SA, Vincent Detemmerman, Public Affairs Manager: LKR Innovation House, Denmark: a showcase of retrofitting as a powerful alternative CAP Construction Cluster + Company tbc: occupied offices retrofitting Wrap-up

16:00 - 17:30

BLOC 3 - Sub-Theme 3: Managing Renovation at Territorial Level: Shared Data and Collective Strategy

Location:Charles RogierTrack:BLOC 3 - Smart Territories: Leveraging Data for Renovation

𝐕𝐞́𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐃𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐞𝐭 GIM - SMART GEO INSIGHTS, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐚 Président de MINnD2050 et 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲́ 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 Vice-Président de MINnD2050, 𝐆𝐰𝐞́𝐧𝐚𝐞̈𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍 CEO UrbanThinkPlatform

16:00 - 17:30

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

17:30 - 18:00

Coffee Break

Location:Pas Perdus

17:30 - 18:00

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

18:00 - 19:00

Inspiring Session

Location:Charles RogierTrack:PLENARY SESSION
  • Luc de Brabandere - Thinking in a Digital World

19:15 - 20:15

VELUX Networking Drink

Location:Pas Perdus

Thursday, 20 November 2025

08:30 - 09:30

Welcome Coffee

Location:Pas Perdus

09:30 - 10:45

Plenary Session Day 2

Location:Charles RogierTrack:PLENARY SESSION
  • Adaptation to climatic changes - Regional and European Networks for R1I

ReNow Mrs NEVEN, Walloon Gov, Minister Energy, Housing, Climate: video Karim SELOUANE: CEREMA/Global ABC/Co Chair of Adaptation WG: Construction Value Chain adaptation to climatic changes: no time to waste ECTP/Built4People Partnership

10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Location:Pas Perdus

11:00 - 11:20

BLOC 4 - Introduction

Location:Mosane 7Track:BLOC 4 - An Industrialised Renovation Value Chain

Roosens Beton SA Johnny Zshau + Vincent GAMBLIN

11:00 - 11:20

BLOC 5 - Introduction

Location:Charles RogierTrack:BLOC 5 - Designing for Reuse: Structuring Circular Renovation at Every Scale

Introduction by Émilie Gobbo, Assistant Professor at UCLouvain

11:00 - 11:20

BLOC 6 - Mutualised renovations and district approaches

Location:Mosane 8 & 9Track:BLOC 6 - Mutualised Renovations and District approaches
  • Building a resilient City-Region

Mr Benjamin Cadranel, CEO, CityDev : Rethinking urban development in the Brussels City-Region: a territorial strategy for climate-resilient buildings.

11:00 - 12:50

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

11:20 - 12:50

BLOC 4 - Sub-Theme 1: Energy Systems (HVAC), Bathrooms, Kitchens

Location:Mosane 7Track:BLOC 4 - An Industrialised Renovation Value Chain
  • European projects and company solutions

ECTP Anastasiya Yurchyshyna, Project and Policy Officer SET Plan Projects & Affordable housing LitoBox, Lieven SMEYERS, CEO and BAO Living, Benjamin Eysermans, CEO

11:20 - 12:50

BLOC 5 - Sub-Theme 1: Rethinking Buildings for Reuse

Location:Charles RogierTrack:BLOC 5 - Designing for Reuse: Structuring Circular Renovation at Every Scale

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐱, projet Manager for SPI & 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐮 𝐋𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐲, durability project Manager for Greisch - Pitch session by Switzerland : 𝐃𝐫. 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐜, 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐢̂𝐭 𝐒𝐞́𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐮

11:20 - 12:50

BLOC 6 - Sub-Theme 1: Private Housing

Location:Mosane 8 & 9Track:BLOC 6 - Mutualised Renovations and District approaches
  • Private Housing OSSs: Belgian Peers session

Belgian PEERS session: Ruenovation Project (Wallonia), La Roue project (Brussels), EnergieHouse Limburg (Flanders),Dynamic Renowave simulation (FNRS project)

12:50 - 14:00

Lunch Break

Location:Pas Perdus

12:50 - 14:00

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

14:00 - 15:30

BLOC 4 - Sub-Theme 2: Building Envelopes and Construction Systems

Location:Mosane 7Track:BLOC 4 - An Industrialised Renovation Value Chain

EcoReBuilders factory: a new building system and innovative business model HE AEGIR Project by Eva CEH, Innovawood: develop modular, renewable and industrialised envelopes for low-energy renovation Vivus spin off ULiège: 2D green wall product,case studies

14:00 - 15:30

BLOC 5 - Sub-Theme 2: creating materials for a second life

Location:Charles RogierTrack:BLOC 5 - Designing for Reuse: Structuring Circular Renovation at Every Scale

𝐀𝐦𝐞́𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡 University of Liège & 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭 Users Matter , 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 - Luxemburg, 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Grégoire ECORCE, 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧 Sales manager GROVEN+

14:00 - 15:30

BLOC 6 - Sub-Theme 2: Public Procurement Specifications and Innovation Partnerships

Location:Mosane 8 & 9Track:BLOC 6 - Mutualised Renovations and District approaches

14.00 Benefits & limitations of centralised public retrofit Wallonia 14.15 A more sustainable school campus Luxemburg 14.35 Manchester diocese example, Energy Houses Project UK 15.00 Namur town hall retrofit Wallonia 15.15 Modul'Air project Brussels

14:00 - 15:30

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

Location:Pas Perdus

15:30 - 16:00

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

16:00 - 17:30

BLOC 4 - Sub-Theme 3: Logistics and Transport

Location:Mosane 7Track:BLOC 4 - An Industrialised Renovation Value Chain

16.00 LIST expertise and projects experience: Fabrice BERROIR, Lead R&D Ir 17.00 KitCo project 17.20 Wrap-up

16:00 - 17:30

BLOC 5 - Sub-Theme 3: Using Tools to Put Reuse into Practice

Location:Charles RogierTrack:BLOC 5 - Designing for Reuse: Structuring Circular Renovation at Every Scale

Baumans-Deffet sprl , 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 Project Manager - SPW, 𝐉𝐞́𝐫𝐞́𝐦𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐃 Project Coordinator for Life Waste2Build, 𝐋𝐞́𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐓 Project Manager for Cyneo, 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐒 for IFAPME

16:00 - 17:30

BLOC 6 - Sub-Theme 3: Financing Renovations

Location:Mosane 8 & 9Track:BLOC 6 - Mutualised Renovations and District approaches

16.00: Wallonie-Entreprendre: € for companies retrofit 16.20: RENOMUT project, Justine Smeets 16.35: French FIEDO Retrofit Bank 17.00: Third-Party Financing Approach for Renovating University Lecture Halls, Deputy Chairman, ULBrussels 17.25 Wrap-up

16:00 - 17:30

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

17:30 - 18:00

Coffee Break

Location:Pas Perdus

17:30 - 18:00

Meetings

B2B Session

Location:
  • Meeting Point

Meeting duration:15 minute time slots

17:45 - 18:00

Conclusions

Location:Charles RogierTrack:PLENARY SESSION
  • Conclusions and next steps

GreenWin Innovation Cluster: conclusion, next steps and good bye !

18:00 - 19:30

Networking Drink

Location:Pas Perdus

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