PropTech Academy
The world's leading property technology organisationThe PropTech Academy Association is based in Zurich, Switzerland. It was established to accelerate innovation in the global property technology market. It is profoundly Swiss – with the traditional strengths of neutrality and independence, quality and great innovative strength – and acts as global market regulatory authority.
The PropTech Academy’s central platform – encompassing the construction, real estate and finance sectors – provides a combination of innovation, technology and sustainability. As a unique innovative space, the Academy’s primary goal is to create an intellectual community of multi-disciplinary professionals to conduct specialist work on innovation that can positively influence the development of these sectors.
The academy is the international property technology (PropTech) organisation for standardization and regulation
As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments, PropTech Academy shapes the future of global property technology market. It plays central role in the innovation process.
Standards & Norms
We realized the needs and gaps at the beginning of 2018 and started to develop the first international property technology standards. The primary objective of standardization is the definition of voluntary technology, innovation, sustainability or quality specifications with which current or future products, production processes or services may comply. Standardization can make an important contribution to the development of sustainable and transparent industrial policy, unlock the potential of innovative markets, and strengthen the position of PropTech in the sectors. It brings a solid foundation to build and disseminate innovative technologies and enhance business practices.
Regulation
The sustainable digital transformation of the markets is the main study program of the PropTech Academy research and development center. Ideas, business models, new services and products are investigated regularly, and the academy members also develop new assessment and evaluation methods for the companies and business areas. The international PropTech standards need a regulated market, and our R&D program also focussed on regulating the business through certification and labelling in the real estate and construction sectors.
Competence Center
A PropTech competency center is used to coordinate property technology skills with all market players and experts. The centers provide expertise for project or program support, development of new business models and new solutions acting both as repositories of knowledge and resource pools for multiple business areas in the real estate, construction and finance sectors. A center of competency develops common solutions and acquires new skills that are then spread throughout the ecosystem to increase the likelihood of success of technology adoption and humanizing of the solutions.
Education
As a pioneer of the property technology (PropTech) knowledge and the builder of a PropTech-based learning system, PropTech Academy aims to cooperate with all universities. For PropTech Academy, cutting-edge research and education are inseparable. Each feeds the other. When they’re not busy pioneering the frontiers of their fields, Academy members play a vital role in shaping the construction and real estate sectors — as advisors, coaches, mentors, entrepreneurs and much more. PropTech Academy develops Certified Advanced Studies such as in the technology, innovation and sustainability for the MSc in Real Estate and in Construction.
The pioneers of the Property Technology
- The first PropTech Book has been written.
- The first International PropTech Standards (IPS) have been written.
- The first academic PropTech Education Module has been developed.
- The first International PropTech Innovation Evaluation Method (IPIEM) has been developed.
- The first PropTech Sustainability Assessment Method (PSAM) has been developed.
- The first International PropTech Innovation Certificate & Label have been developed.
- The first Sustainable Property Technology Label has been developed.
- The first accreditation process for the PropTech organisations, accelerators, and consultors has been developed.
- The Chief PropTech Officer (CPO) as a new job title is created.
Many other developments, inventions, and innovations…
Our Management Team has experiences in Real Estate, Construction, Finance, Insurance, Law and Marketing. In addition to their professional activities, team members serve as guest lecturer at various national and international academic institutions and support academic research programs of universities. We are innovation strength of property technology sector worldwide.
Deniz Karahan
Co-Founder
Deniz studied law and real estate valuation in Zurich and Business Administration in Izmir. He lives with his family in Switzerland since 2002. He worked in the real estate sector for various companies as an investment consultor, asset manager and portfolio manager. As an inventor, he develops evaluation methods and certification processes for the sectors. He specialized in digital and sustainable transformation of the markets. He wrote the first PropTech book in the world and released many studies. He still writes books, studies, reports and market analysis in construction, real estate and finance sectors. As a pioneer, Deniz shapes the now and future of property technology worldwide.
Luca Calanni
Co-Founder
Luca Calanni holds a Master of Science in Real Estate from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and is the owner and founder of Calanni Estate Consulting AG who provides business consultation and advisory services to blockchain and real estate projects at every stage. Luca has successfully completed the executive program in Blockchain Technologies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has successfully deepened his studies in Distributed Ledger Technology (DTL) at the University of Zurich. Before founding Calanni Estate Consulting he worked in banking for various financial institutions, particularly in the real estate finance sector and private banking.
Manuel Frey
Co-Founder
As the head of Digital Planning & Simulations at Gruner Roschi, Manuel has built a reputation for himself and his team as the “go-to” in innovations in HVAC engineering. He helps decision-makers create operative and sustainable high performance buildings by utilizing VDC & BIM in conjunction with building performance simulations and his 19 years of experience in the HVAC industry. Beyond his role at Gruner, Manuel is the President of The International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Switzerland and serves as a guest docent at various international academic institutions.
Tayland Karahan
Data Science & Marketing
Tayland professional creator and designer. He has experience at design, marketing and web publishing more than 15 years. He studied graphic design at Zurich university of the arts and at 9 September university. He won a lot of prizes for his Graphic Arts. He worked as designer or resarcher by many companies. Tayland is Co-Founder of PropTech Switzerland Association. He is as Chief Data Officer, responsible for all data science & design tasks and projects. He is responsable for all visual, database activities and publications.
Arun Chaubey
UK Ambassador
Arun is an MBA from world’s two most reputed Business Schools – Indian School of Business (ISB) and University of St. Gallen (HSG). He helps Re/Insurers to achieve their digital transformation goals by executing business & technology strategy, breaking down the complex problems into smaller pieces, and helping teams to create solutions. He is a LinkedIn influencer, ranks amongst Top 1% in Insurance industry professionals, and has written research paper on AI Enabled Digital Transformation in Insurance Industry. Arun regularly creates and shares contents on Startups, InsurTech, PropTech, FinTech etc. on social media.
Katharina Clavel
Legal Advisor
Law graduate from Lausanne University and St-Gallen University, year 2002. She was then enrolled in the Boston University Program, Banking and Financial Law, School of Law from 2002 to 2003. In 2004, she graduated from Lausanne University in the European and International Economic Law Program. She also has a degree from Russian Language from the Lomonosov State University. She currently speaks eight languages. She worked as a legal trainee in a Law Firm in Geneva, she also frequented Courts and Administrations. Her activity is to be administrator of various companies and bring support in many different legal activities (she writes contracts, agreements, due diligence, represents the clients and preserves their best interests at all times).
We launched the PROPTECH ACADEMY STRATEGY 2030 to supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of United Nations and promotes all the goals in our activities and projects. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. For more information about the goals, please visit; SDGs official page.
