Programme Day 1

7:30 - Registration, Networking and Coffee

8:50 - Opening remarks from the chairperson

9:00 - Topic: Infrastructure Asset Registers – The Bigger Picture for Local Government

Rob Childs - Professional Engineer: Partner: i @ Consulting (Pty) Ltd

• Why all the fuss over asset registers?
• Specific challenges for local government
• Integrated infrastructure asset management processes
• How to get started, and stay on track
 

9:40 - Topic: Analysis of the Management of State Assets in line with GIAMA and the integration of Web-Based Portal for improved asset management and reporting:

Mr. Gustav Coetzee - Director, Core Focus

• Process and Principles of GIAMA in Asset Management
• Impact of GIAMA in Asset Management
• Asset Utilisation Assessment
• Asset Reporting using Asset Management Toolkit
 

10:20 - Key-note: Risk Mismanagement: Lessons learnt

Zulu Xaba - General Manager: Risk & Compliance : Public Investment Corporation

11:00 - Coffee

11:20 - Key-note: National Treasury’s role in the oversight of State Owned Enterprises:

Avril Halstead - Chief Director: SOEs, National Department of Treasury

• The future of government subsidies to SOEs that generate revenue
 

12:00 - Topic: Challenges of Asset Management in the Municipal Sector

Karin Strydom - Manager Portfolio Monitoring, SA Operations, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

• Status of assets in municipalities and the impact of accelerated investments,
• Maintenance as part of asset management,
• Challenges and constrains (general and further illustrated by a case study),
• Funding constrains and opportunities
 

12:45 - Networking Lunch

13:40 - Topic: Developing an integrated asset management model for municipalities

Riaan Visser - Manager: Public Sector Consulting Division Head: SNG Academy, SizweNtsalubaGobodo

• Strategic Asset Management Planning as part of the IDP process of municipalities
• Components of the model
• Use of organisational maturity indicators in model
• Using the model as an assessment tool for municipal asset management
 

14:20 - Topic

Darryl Aberdein - Projects Manager: Pragma, MSc(Eng) (Civil); BCom ,Registered Professional Engineer (South Africa), MS (Management of Technology) (MIT, Boston USA)

15:00 - Afternoon Tea

15:20 - Panel Session

17:00 - Closing remarks from the chairperson:

Programme Day 2

7:30 - Registration, Networking and Coffee

8:50 - Opening remarks from the chairperson:

9:00 - Key-note

Mr. Cromet Molepo - Group Corporate Real Estate Special Advisor: PRASA CRES - Corporate Real Estate Solutions, A division of PRASA

9:40 - Key-note: The Role of Public Entities in bridging the vast infrastructure gap in Ghana

Mrs Magdalene Apenteng - Director of the Public Investment Division, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP), Ghana

• Current/prevailing infrastructure requirements and practices
• Current policy and functional arrangements for facilitation
• Requirements for good quality infrastructure policy and planning
• Private sector participation to ensure improvements in infrastructure development – the way forward
 

10:20 - Topic: Improving Efficiencies from State-Owned Real Estate Holdings

Maurice Mdlolo - Chief Operating Officer: Liberty Properties

• The current state of real estate assets in the public sector
• The benefits of improved governance, systems and management of your assets.
• Helping develop the local economy through improved management of your real estate assets.
• What actions can state entities take to improve the supervision and administration of their assets?
 

11:00 - Mid morning coffee

11:20 - Key-note: Asset Management and Administration of SOEs in Namibia

Ms I Murangi - Director of Administration and Financial Advice, State-Owned Enterprises Governance Council Secretariat (SOEGCS) Office of the Prime Minister, Namibia

12:00 - Topic: State Owned Assets – a source of value in the delivery of Services

John Samuel - Director- Facilities Management & Public Private Partnership Consulting in Africa, Turner & Townsend

• Funding Assets to support Service Delivery
• State Assets - an opportunity to deliver a revenue stream
• Revenue development using State Assets
• Development Model Case Studies
 

12:45 - Networking Lunch

13:40 - Topic: Customizable Asset Management System – Lessons from Nkomazi Local Municipality

Mr. Thulani F. Magagula - Manager- Asset Management , P.D. Naidoo & Associates Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd

• Information Age and Beyond
• Asset Management Systems
• Operation & Maintenance
• Risk Mitigation
 

14:20 - Topic: Facilities Management - The job creation solution that South Africa has been waiting for.

Gugu Moloi - Chief Executive Officer: Drake and Scull

15:00 - Mid afternoon coffee

15:20 - Panel Session

16:30 - Closing remarks from the chairperson: