Jean-Jacques Degroof is an accomplished entrepreneur and venture investor with experience teaching at leading European business schools. An alumnus of MIT Sloan School of Management, Jean-Jacques Degroof supports entrepreneurship and innovation at his alma mater. One of the innovative projects is being undertaken at MIT is by Carlo Ratti, a professor of architecture. Mr. Ratti is developing two-bed intensive care pods out of ordinary 20-foot long shipping containers to increase hospital bed capacity in cities around the world ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pods can be built for about $100,000, equipped with all relevant medical devices, a fraction of the cost of building an emergency prefabricated hospital. Mr. Ratti is working with a team of professionals from around the world to fast track the innovative solution. He has already received funding from UniCredit to build the prototype which will be deployed in Milan, Italy where the pandemic is straining health care systems. He will make the designs public so that teams around the world can use them to ramp up their healthcare capabilities. He is also in talks with automotive manufacturers to mass-produce the pods.

1. Jean-Jacques Degroof

2. Jean-Jacques Degroof is an accomplished entrepreneur and venture investor with
experience teaching at leading European business schools. An alumnus of MIT
Sloan School of Management, Jean-Jacques Degroof supports entrepreneurship and
innovation at his alma mater.
One of the innovative projects is being undertaken at MIT is by Carlo Ratti, a
professor of architecture. Mr. Ratti is developing two-bed intensive care pods out of
ordinary 20-foot long shipping containers to increase hospital bed capacity in cities
around the world ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pods can be built for
about $100,000, equipped with all relevant medical devices, a fraction of the cost
of building an emergency prefabricated hospital.

3. Mr. Ratti is working with a team of professionals from around the world to fast
track the innovative solution. He has already received funding from UniCredit
to build the prototype which will be deployed in Milan, Italy where the
pandemic is straining health care systems. He will make the designs public so
that teams around the world can use them to ramp up their healthcare
capabilities. He is also in talks with automotive manufacturers to mass-
produce the pods.