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2021 HEFMA Annual Conference

This Conference will be held Virtually.

Due to the Impact of COVID-19 it is required that HEFMA move the
Annual Conference 2021 to a Mini Online Conference and AGM.

Registration


Admin/Ticket fee: Free

Theme: Turning challenges into opportunities in the Higher Education sector by reskilling and upskilling FM staff (for the future).

Contact person 1: Deedry Grundling

Email: deedryg@uj.ac.za

Telephone: 011 559 6470

Contact person 2: Desleen Saffier

Email: desleen.saffier@uct.ac.za

Telephone: 021 650 4554


*Please Note that there is no booking fee for this Conference. The conference will be held online so make sure that you have the correct link for to join the conference.


Preliminary Program


Below is our HEFMA Conference Programme Highlight

Key Speakers


  1. Skills development in the context of higher education.
    - Weyers Ludick (Tsebo FM)
  2. Computerised maintenance system: Archibus.
    - Greg James (UJ)
  3. Skill in utility management
    - Shaun Diamond and team (Terra Firma)
  4. Creating the leaders of tomorrow: A UK example of talent development.
    - Stephen Wells, (Association of University Directors of Estate, UK (AUDE)
  5. Reskill for systems and data management
    - Prof Anton Basson (SU)
  6. Rethink and reskill the planning process in BIM
    - Roelof Rabe (Roelof Rabe Architects)
    - Carl Coetzee (David Lombard Mechanical Engineers)
  7. Thinking in Grey: Why “Soft Skills” are now Essential in Upskilling FM Staff
    - Dave Irvin (Florida State University and representing APPA, USA)

Partners:


  1. Tusk Construction Support Services
  2. The South African Facilities Management Association (SAFMA)
  3. APPA, United States
  4. The Association For University Directors Of Estates (AUDE)
  5. The members of the Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association Inc (TEFMA)

Panel Members:


  • Facilitator: Prof Kobus du Plessis
  • Dr Vic Coetzee (UFS)
  • Prof Anton Basson (SU)
  • Weyers Ludick (Tsebo FM)
  • Ebrahim Peters (Boland College)
  • Hylton Holt (UCT)
  • Dr Nkgatho Tlale (TUT)

Conference Presentations

View the 2021 Mini Coference Papers.