A BIM Professional's Guide to Learning Archicad

Boeykens Stefan:
Stefan Boeykens is a Belgian architect-engineer. Starting out as a professional architect in several offices, he returned to KU Leuven in 2000, at the Department of Architecture, for teaching and research, completing his PhD on Building Information Modelling in 2007. Stefan is an experienced researcher with a variety of IT skills. Aside from teaching BIM, he is mainly working as senior Innovation and BIM manager for the Belgian D-Studio, focusing on BIM middleware and consultancy. He is a frequent speaker at BIM-related events and is actively involved in BIM standardization groups, including CEN/TC 442 (Europe) and Belgian Technical Committees. He is father of three boys and enjoys musical composition, reading, cycling and life-long-learning.Van de Walle Ruben:
Ruben Van de Walle is a Belgian architect-engineer. After having worked for both small and large architectural firms, he has dedicated himself to teaching and researching BIM at the HOWEST University in Bruges, briefly combining this with activities at KUBUS, the local Archicad reseller, for whom he helped develop the Belgian Template. Ruben is a BIM and Archicad expert at HOWEST's bachelor program in Applied Architecture. He is also co-founder and BIM expert at studiov2, a Belgian BIM consultant with a focus on architects and SMEs in general. He is a frequent speaker at BIM-related events for the construction industry. He is married and father of three and enjoys playing bass guitar, reading comics and continuing to learn.