COLAB26
17 September 2026, The Atrium, Wintec, Hamilton
EarlyBird tickets available now!
If you would like to find out more about sponsorship opportunities, please go to the Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities page or contact us.
EarlyBird Prices
ex GST
Member*
Non-member
Student
$875
$1,695
$295
Exhibitor (all prices ex gst)
includes 1 x delegate, additional delegates at discounted rates
For more information visit the sponsor & exhibitor opportunities page
Member*
Non-member
$1,950
$2,950
*Please note that in order to qualify for a member rate you need to have an active membership at the time of conference.
Watch the highlights reel from COLAB25
What is COLAB?
COLAB is mass knowledge sharing
on a massive scale at its finest. For enablers, disruptors and innovators in the built environment.
COLAB26 will take place in Hamilton on 17 September 2026. Our programme is being developed and we look forward to welcoming all our Partners, Sponsors, Exhibitors, Speakers and Delegates to the conference.
Offsite manufacturing in the construction sector is entering the next stage in its exciting development. Awareness of the benefits of offsite manufacturing has grown and we now see a wide range of innovative businesses in the market.
OffsiteNZ COLAB will feature updates from industry partners as well as showcasing the latest trends and innovations within the residential, commercial and infrastructure offsite sector in New Zealand and internationally.
As well as hearing from exciting keynote speakers, the conference will also provide an overview of the economic, regulatory, skills and sustainability landscape shaping the sector.
Programme 17 September 2026
The programme may be subject to change
8.30 am
9 am
9.10 am
Venue opens/Registration
Welcome | Opening of COLAB26
Hon Simon Watts | Minister for Building & Construction
OffsiteNZ Roadmap
Dan McNelis | Interim CEO | OffsiteNZ
9.30 am
COLAB26 Session Presentation
Southbase
Simon Trotter | Ministry of Health NZ
10.10 am
MORNING TEA
10.40 am
Industry Update from Ministry of Education
Alana Reid | OMB Programme Manager – National Programmes School Property
in conversation with Ben Drake | Frequency + OffsiteNZ Board Member
11.20 am
Sessions
Steffan Sonntag & Rayno Potgieter | Nemean Ltd
The Feasibility Gap: Why modular fails before it reaches the factory - and the data that closes it
11.50 am
12.20 pm
Karin Speight | Tonkin & Taylor
Making better site decisions: Unlocking housing delivery through early feasibility
12.50 pm
Lunch
1.50 pm
Lachlan Kerwood-McCall | John Curtis Research Centre (Australia) (pre-recorded presentation, live Q&A)
2.20 pm
Leah Singer | Building 4.0 CRC (Monash University, Australia)
2.50 pm
Update from Abroad: Australia
Damien Crough | prefabAUS
3.10 pm
Update from Abroad: UK
Mark Farmer | Cast Consultancy
(Pre-recorded message)
3.20 pm
AFTERNOON TEA
Case Study/Project Presentations
From conception to completion: real-world projects
3.50 pm
Thomas Kastner | Hector Egger
Six years of offsite manufacturing: What we’ve built, what we’ve learned, what’s next?
4.10 pm
David Giera | Studio One
4.30 pm
Marty Verry | Red Stag
5 pm
Closing Remarks and Next Steps
Dan McNelis
Networking (drinks & nibbles)
7 pm
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