
COLAB23
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COLAB23
20-21 June 2023
Aotea Centre | Auckland
Prices
ex GST
Member
Non-member
Student
$995
$1,995
$295

What is COLAB?
COLAB is mass knowledge sharing
on a massive scale at its finest. For enablers, disruptors and innovators in the built environment.
COLAB23 will take place over two days in Auckland, 20-21 June 2023. Speakers are being approached and we will keep you updated on the schedule as confirmations come in.
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 international keynote speakers, the conference will also provide an overview of the economic, regulatory, skills and sustainability landscape shaping the sector.
Programme
Please note that timings and speakers are subject to change
20 June 2023
Challenging Construction
8 am
Venue opens/Registrations/Tea & Coffee
8.50 am
Karakia
9 am
Welcome
9.10 am
International Keynote Speaker
Gerry McCaughey | OffsiteTek | US
If it is not a system, it is not a solution
10 am
Presentation
Glenn Jowett | BECA
Building Information Modelling and its application to offsite manufacturing
10.30 am
MORNING TEA
11 am
11.30 am
Presentation
Michael Lisowski | Metlifecare
Enabling OSM principles and the need to demonstrate "value add" to facilitate the $1.5b development portfolio
12 pm
12.30 pm
LUNCH
1.15 pm
1.45 pm
Presentation
James Griffin | Sustainable Business Network
Maximising sustainability outcomes via circular economy business models
2.15 pm
Presentation
Lessons learned from a component-based platform approach to manufacturing buildings in Australia and value-adding through technology
2.45 pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3.15 pm
Showcase
Andre Heller & Ricky Frost | Flexi House
3.30 pm
3.45 pm
4 pm
4.15 pm
4.30 pm
CLOSE
4.30 pm
NETWORK FUNCTION
6 pm
CLOSE
21 June 2023
Looking to the future
8 am
Venue opens/Registrations/Tea & Coffee
8.45 am
Welcome
8.50 am
International Keynote Speaker
Vaughan Buckley | Volumetric Building Companies | US
Volumetric Building Companies' Journey
9.30 am
Pre-recorded presentation & live Q&A
Alex Jonovski | Demain | US
Demain's journey from strategic partnership to commercial entity
10.10 am
10.40 am
MORNING TEA
11.10 am
11.30 am
Industry Update
Dave Ross | Kāinga Ora
11.50 am
Industry Update
Amy Moorhead | MBIE
12.10 pm
12.30 pm
Industry Update
Jock Hyde | Auckland City Council
12.50 pm
Pre-recorded message | Ilke Homes (UK)
1 pm
LUNCH
1.45 pm
Presentation
Presentation
Practical disruption: creating radical certainty in how we design & deliver responsible buildings
2.15 pm
Presentation
Scott Fisher
Mental wellbeing in the construction sector
2.35 pm
Pre-recorded message | Mark Farmer (UK)
3 pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3.30 pm
Break-out conversations
- Gerry McCaughey
- Vaughan Buckley
- Waihanga Ara Rau
- Hanga-Aro-Rau
- Amanda Macauley & Sophie Cunningham| Built Ready
- Johann Betz | Bridging the gap between design and manufacture
- Stijn van den Eeden | LEAN
4.30 pm
CLOSE

CPD POINTS
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT POINTS
RAB CPD: 70
ADNZ: 12
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What CPD points are available and how do I claim them?We will publish available CPD points on this website. Generally your CPD points will be allocated within a week of you attending the event. In some cases you will need to approach the CPD provider to claim your points.