PrefabAUS announces inaugural conference dates
PrefabAUS, the peak body for Australia's off-site construction industry, has announced the dates for its inaugural conference. To be held at Rydges Swanston Street on the 11th through to 13th of August, the 150 delegate event will feature an influential line-up of national and international speakers and cover all approaches to off-site construction, from commercial to residential and across all key infrastructure sectors including health and education.
Writing in a newsletter sent out to subscribers, PrefabAUS CEO Sarah Backhouse says "as the off-site construction sector begins to expand rapidly, this Conference is timed to bring together key representatives from all related areas for the first time; from architecture, engineering, manufacturing, material supply, property development and construction, universities, government agencies and client representatives".
List of speakers:
- Dr Masa Noguchi, ZEMCH and The University of Melbourne
- Steve Hayden, ACT Government
- Pamela Bell, CEO of PrefabNZ
- Associate Professor Haeyoon Yoo, Seongsil University, South Korea
- Tai Hollingsbee, Sustainability and Performative Design Group at GHD, Australia
- David Chandler, Construction Edge
- Damian Moloney, The Moloney Group
- Professor Peter Newman, Curtin University
- Mark Albert, MtM and Linsey Siede, Automotive Supplier Excellence Australia
- more speakers will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
On the afternoon of Monday August 11th, optional factory tours and project visits will be offered. Tuesday August 12th the Conference gets underway in full swing from 9am to 5:30pm with a drinks and networking session from 6pm. At 7:30am on Wednesday 13th, the PrefabAUS Annual General Meeting will be held and open for members to attend and then the final session of the conference will be held from 9am to 3pm.
PrefabAUS members are offered a generously discounted rate to attend the conference with early bird rates set at $600 and from June 16th the full rate of $800 kicks in.
Non-member rates start at $1,400 and from June 16th the full rate of $1,600 applies.
Interested parties who would like to participate in the conference are invited to contact PrefabAUS CEO Sarah Backhouse: sarah@prefabaus.org.au.
PrefabAUS is a member of the Urban.com.au Industry Hub.
