We moved

to a brand new place

Hackistan is a community of entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, engineers, biologists, developers and makers who are willing to change the world through innovation. A community to catalyse disruptive innovations through the sharing of resources, knowledge and transdisciplinarity. 

On top of this community, we aim at building a venture mutualist cooperative that fosters collaborative support.

Hackistan also aims at promoting an inspired vision of the future while offering an stimulating and productive work environment, where creativity and open mindedness break down the walls across disciplines. The objective is therefore to create a physical space in Brussels combining scientific labs (biology, chemistry,...), a fablab for the prototyping, office desks for start-ups, media studios (web, video,...), hackerspaces,... The place would also host a bar and exhibitions spaces to foster the collaborative spirit.

A set of tools are provided to Hackistanis. Digital tools to organize and prototype their projects, several access to lab and spaces, as well as devices and software. A large semantic mapping of the ecosystem is also available to facilitate the way changemakers find their way in the jungle.

He likes to involve the multitude through technology at the heart of the change of our society, transition occuring right now. Media, healthcare, politics, science, he dreams about reinventing the way different sectors are working by finding realistic solutions to these challenges.
@pa_klein

Passionate about nature inspired sustainability, Jean-Michel, Co-founder of Biomimicry-Be and member of European Biomimicry Alliance, dedicates himself to the promotion and the development of bio-inspired innovative solutions. Entrepreneur, holding a master's degree in Management engineering, he is the co-founder of Novobiom, a start-up project aiming at offering innovative and competitive solutions for the ecological restoration of degraded ecosystems.
@jmscheuren

Graduated as an architect, co-founder of Magma Nova (the Future of Materials) and living without producing waste, I have a passion for the manufacturing, implementations, applications of bio-sourced materials and am convinced of the potential of biofabrication. I'm a maker in my own way, experiencing these organisms with small means, without any scientific pretension, with an empirical approach, in an attempt to reveal their potential, that will make them the local materials of the future, and this in architectural and design applications.

@Elise

I support and initiate impact-driven projects that use innovative ways of solving the planet's problems. With a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering and a master's in business management I use resilience thinking and biomimicry to co-develop scalable new opportunities. I believe that creative entrepreneurship has a key role to play in solving our most pressing social and environmental problems.

@sdeneubourg

Used to open (bio)laboratory, he co-build a biosourced temperature sensor (La Paillasse/Sony CSL Paris) or microbian powerbattery based on waste (FoAM/Plateforme C). His skills, based on biomimetism can be applied both with technological startups, scientific laboratories or artistic collectives. Through open and participatory work, he hopes to contribute to the emergence of technical objects aimed at helping a sustainable environmental future.
@michka

With a biochemistry  and biotechnology background, he spent 23 years in various jobs in a multinational chemical company. He started his own venture - Metamorphosis - to help organisations and teams in domains he's passionated about : sustainability (circular and functional economy, biomimicry,...), collective intelligence, large group and team dynamics, out-of-the-box / strategic / systems thinking, agile & cooperative governance, breakthrough learning processes and innovative business models. Currently co-develops co-ops in farming, energy and fulfilling workplaces.

@PDrouillon

Interested, even if you don't know yet how you could help, just contact us, any contribution will be welcomed