Dr. Zanele Bridgette Gasa
Managing Director: The Elilox Group Pty Ltd

TOPIC:
The role of Project Managers in the
implementation of the National Development Plan.

ABOUT DR GASA
Gasa holds a Bachelor of Building Arts in Architecture (University of Port Elizabeth), a cum-laude Post-graduate Diploma in Project Management from the Training for Management College (Newport University, United States), a Certificate in Project Management for the Public Sector (University of Stellenbosch), a Masters Degree in Project Management (University of Natal), a Construction Management Programme qualification (University of Stellenbosch) and a Global Executive Development Programme Certificate through the Gordon’s Institute of Business Science (GIBS). She completed her PhD in Construction Management with the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.
She is the Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB) Past-President for the Africa Region. She serves on a number of Boards in the capacity of Chairperson.
In May 2010, Gasa was appointed by the President of South Africa to serve as a National Planning Commissioner. Bridgette GASA is the 2008 recipient of the Department of Science & Technology Award for a Leading Woman Scientist in Industry. On the 31st of July 2013 she was conferred the award for being Africa’s Most Influential Woman in Business in the category: Basic Industries.
The company of which she is Founder and Managing Director: The Elilox Group, Pty Ltd focuses on: Programme and Project Management Consulting, Infrastructure Planning & Development and Agricultural Enterprises.

Chief Executive Officer, Umgeni Water, President: Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)

TOPIC:"Implementation of Strategic Water Services Projects at Umgeni Water’s Operational Area: The Role of Engineers and Project Managers for Successful Execution”.

The presentation provides an overview of Umgeni Water’s contribution to the delivery of water and sanitation services as part of the national development agenda. It gives a high level view of Umgeni Water’s Capital Expenditure programme and the Project Office, which is responsible for the implementation of Capex. There is also a discussion around Statutory and Voluntary project management organisations ins South Africa and some details about how Umgeni Water is assisting National Treasury with the Graduate Development Programme.

ABOUT MR GAMEDE:

Mr Gamede is CEO of Umgeni Water and President of the Engineering Council of South Africa. Before taking up his current position, he worked at Umgeni Water previously for six years as Director of Operations. He then left to take up a position as Operations Director at African Explosives Limited. 
Mr Gamede holds a BSc (Eng) Mechanical from the University of Cape Town; a MSc (Eng) Mechanical/Industrial Engineering programme from the University of Cape Town; a Master of Business Administration from the University of Cape Town; a Government certificate of Competency; a certificate in Corporate Governance from the University of Johannesburg, and an Advance Diploma in Labour Law from the University of Johannesburg.

Mr Andrew Layman
Chief Executive Officer, Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ABOUT MR LAYMAN
Layman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry, a position to which he was appointed at the beginning of 2011. 
He formerly occupied a similar position in the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business for thirteen years.
Prior to that date, he had a career in school education which spanned thirty years
Layman holds a M Com (Leadership) degree, with a speciality in Local Economic Development.

Mr Clive Mlungisi Manci
Chairman of Oteo Capital (Pty) ) Ltd  and past President, South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry

TOPIC:
IMPLEMENTATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS as a driver for BUSINESS GROWTH seeks to highlight the importance of a paradigm shift of project management, as a mere technical competence, towards STRATEGIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT. In a climate of slow economic growth, desperate employment conditions and poor social life, we need an infrastructure country vision that is supported by a sound TO DO PLAN – yielding maximum strategic benefits.  The presentation highlights the infrastructure demands, structural challenges and opportunities, as a basis of advocating for a heightened strategic focus in the project management. The value driver of the infrastructure 20 year-pipeline, as envisioned by South Africa via the PICC, is the strategic project management capacity that can be leveraged from the private sector experience and robust public sector regulatory framework.This is illustrated in the scenario of key infrastructure projects in KZN.

ABOUT MR MANCI:
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Oteo Investment Holdings, President of South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vice President of Business Unity South Africa,
Clive "Mlu” Manci has travelled a long road from his roots in KwaMashu to being Executive Chairman of Oteo Investment Holdings, Vice President of BUSA (Business Unity South Africa) and President of SACCI (South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry).
He started his business career at the age of 24, when he established what was a first black-owned auction business in South Africa. The business was started in 1997, as a joint-venture with the national Aucor Group, called Isivuno. A company he grew into a significant player in the industry until he divested out in 2001.
His business career has developed along with the various business interests that he has under the investment enterprise, OTEO Investment Holdings, he started in 2002. The company holds interests in property, IT, construction and sports entertainment.

Dr Clive Coetzee
General Manager, Infrastructure Projects, KZN Provincial Treasury

TOPIC:
Implementation of the Infrastructure Delivery Management System in KZN

ABOUT MR COETZEE:
With more than 15 years of experience in the Economics and Finance arena, Coetzee has been a part of, or initiator of over 30 working papers, over 30 spreadsheet and database models, participated in and attended over 15 conferences, delivering 14 papers.  He has extensive consulting experience and has spoken at more than 75 events, and provided numerous newspaper, television and radio interviews and articles.
He is currently the General Manager of the Infrastructure Management and Economic Services unit at the KZN Provincial Treasury and manages his own financial services business. His current position covers three broad functions, of which infrastructure management services is one. To this end he analyses the infrastructure needs of the Province; develops a provincial infrastructure delivery framework; coordinates and manages provincial infrastructure planning; monitors, evaluates and reports on provincial infrastructure progress; and develops and maintains the provincial infrastructure databases.

Mr Neville Searle
Regional Director HatchGoba

TOPIC:
Critical challenges and dimensions to successful implementation of a large programme of inter-related capital projects

ABOUT MR SEARLE:
Searle is an Associate of Hatch Goba. He is an electrical engineer with 38 years of experience in project and programme management, marketing and management consulting. In the past seven years with Hatch and working for Transnet Capital Projects, he has been a project manager on a number of medium to long term port-rail corridor concept studies for Transnet, assisted in the development of the Project Lifecycle Process for Transnet, the HMG JV Project Management Practice Lead for the programme and the Senior Project Manager for the Oreline programme to expand the capacity of Transnet’s rail and port iron ore export system to 60mtpa.

Dr Deen Letchmiah
Director, LDM Consulting

TOPIC:
Using Procurement Strategies to enhance infrastructure Delivery and Socio-economic transformation
The South African Government adopted the National Infrastructure Plan in 2012.  The primary objective of this plan is to transform the economic landscape of the country while simultaneously creating new jobs and strengthening the delivery of basic services through a programme of capacity building and skills transfer.
The construction industry is considered to be one of the more efficient sectors at generating employment and promoting business opportunities.  However, the choice of an appropriate procurement methodology, especially in the public sector, is key to achieving successful socio-economic outcomes.
This presentation examines the overarching procurement framework provided in the South African Constitution that governs the use of procurement to promote socio-economic objectives.  It also identifies the constraints imposed in the amended 2011 Regulations that relate to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA).  In addition, it presents various strategies to enhance socio-economic transformation through procurement and delivery of public sector infrastructure.

ABOUT DR LETCHMIAH:

Letchmiah is a Director of the LDM Group (a Built Environment Professional Practice). He has a B.Sc. (Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics) degree from the University of Natal. 
In June 2013, Deen received a PHD from the University of Witwatersrand (WITS) for his thesis on "The Effectiveness of Preferential Procurement in the South African Construction Industry”.
He was the Leader of the Public Sector Procurement Reform Task Team appointed jointly in 1995 by the Ministries of Public Works and Finance to develop aprocurement system that promotes the principles of the Reconstruction and Development Programme. In this process, he co-authored the Green Paper on Public Sector Procurement Reform which includes various policies to promote economic empowerment of the historically disadvantaged sectors in South Africa and sets out the
concept of Targeted Procurement.
In addition, he has worked closely with Minister Jeff Radebe (as Minister of Public Works in 1994) and the Department of Public Works to help transform the Construction Industry and promote the development of black contractors and consultants. He also advised Minister Radebe (subsequently as the Minister of Public Enterprises) and worked with the Department of Public Enterprises to develop appropriate procurement policies for State Owned Enterprises to promote socio-economic objectives.
Letchmiah is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and represents the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) on the GBCSA.

Mr Gregory Evans
Strategic Executive: Technical Co-Ordination eThekwini Municipality Engineering Unit

TOPIC:
Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS): Awareness and Introduction - Municipal Perspective

ABOUT MR EVANS:
Born and largely raised in Durban, Evans graduated with a BSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Natal in 1984, obtaining his Professional Engineering status with ECSA in 1990 and achieving Professional Construction Project Manager status with SACPCMP in 1995.
Evans has spent the bulk of his career as a Consulting Engineer for large South African consulting practices in Johannesburg, Umtata and Durban including more recently in his own practice largely involved in project management of a variety of projects ranging from civil engineering construction to tourism to improving procurement practices in the ERP environment for a large parastatal.
In 2010 Greg joined eThekwini Municipality’s Engineering Unit as Strategic Executive (Technical Co-ordination) responsible for facilitating City-wide planning and implementation pertaining to the Engineering Unit and it’s Departments as well as the Human Settlements and Infrastructure Cluster of which the Engineering Unit is part.
Amongst others, Evans' responsibility includes initiation of strategic infrastructure related management initiatives and projects which is where his involvement with the Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS) along with National Treasury and CIDB began.

Mr Sabeer Sheik Ibrahim
Chief Executive Officer ItraMAS Corporation Africa (Pty) Ltd

TOPIC:
The Challenges to the Implementation of key Demand Side Management and Energy Efficient Infrastructure Projects both for Government and Private Sector 

ABOUT MR IBRAHIM:
Ibrahim graduated as an engineer in 1984. He was introduced into the computer IT industry early, being involved in one of the first systems integrators and importers of computer systems into South Africa. He then joined a leading defence company in 1986, working in the Sonar Engineering Division. He was instrumental in the development of "intelligent” sonar transducers and hydrophones, and was also part of a team that was responsible for the design and implementation of an underwater vessel simulator for technical and tactical training. He has had an illustrious career since then, developing expertise and knowledge of toll & highway systems, involved in the design, specification and management of projects in South Africa, Brazil, Malaysia, Asia and Europe. Amongst his leadership roles, Sabeer was Asia Pacific, Africa and South America CEO of Efkon AG, a large multi-national European company involved in ITS & Electronic Payment Systems.
Sabeer left Efkon in 2009 to start his own company, Itramas Corporation Africa. The company has already established itself in Southern Africa in the Intelligent Transport Systems, LED Lighting and Energy Efficiency and Parking Management markets in Africa. Sabeer has developed technical specifications for LED lighting in streets and highways, and for large industries and complexes. He has been driving the company’s ESCO project division, and works closely with Eskom to deliver energy efficient solutions to customers.
In short, Sabeer has vast technology experience, a proven track record and a unique blend of engineering, consulting and management skills spanning 27 years at various levels of private sector, governments and consultancies around the world. He has designed, developed and evaluated over 150 tenders in South Africa, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil, UAE, Argentina, UK and Europe. Combined with a keen sense for networking and an extremely professional approach to his functions; Sabeer has become a winner. He has delivered various papers and talks at international conferences and written articles for international magazines (Traffic Technology, ITS World, World Highways) on topics such as energy efficiency and technology development.

Dr Rodney Milford
Programme Manager: Construction Industry Performance CIDB (Construction Industry Board)

TOPIC:
The cidb Construction Industry Indicators; Perceptions of clients and contractors

ABOUT DR MILFORD:
Milford is currently Programme Manager; Construction Industry Performance at the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb), and previously Director of CSIR Knowledge Services, and Director of CSIR Building and Construction Technology (Boutek).
At the cidb, Milford is responsible for monitoring the performance of the construction industry, the development and implementation of the cidb Best Practice Contractor Recognition Scheme, the cidb Best Practice Project Assessment Scheme, and the cidb’s skills strategy for the industry.
Rodney is a past-President of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), a past-President of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), and a past member of the Board of the Construction Industry Development Board.

Dr Andrew Mather
Project Executive, Engineering Unit, eThekwini Municipality

TOPIC:
The proposed new Dig Out Port for Durban promises to place Durban in a commanding role to cater for future growth in the region. In this presentation the new port will be presented, highlighting the many challenges and issues still to be addressed before the project can come to fruition.

ABOUT DR MATHER:
Andrew is a graduate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1986. He has worked for the eThekwini Municipality his entire working career, firstly as an Engineer in stormwater engineering, then as Manager: Stormwater Engineering (1993). At this time he obtained an Honours Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management from UNISA. In 1997 he was appointed as Manager: Rivers and Coastal Engineering. He was appointed as Director: Drainage and Coastal Engineering between 1998 and 2003. In 2003 he took up a strategic management position as Project Executive: Coastal Policy. His current responsibilities include the development of coastal and catchment policies, input into national and provincial legislation, implementation of the ICM Act, as well as the development of strategic public (i.e. Port-City developments) and private developments. He has authored a number of papers, chapters in books and is part of two international guidelines on coastal erosion and the identification of coastal hazards. He is currently an expert reviewer of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (Oceans and low lying areas chapter) due out in 2013/4. He recently completed his PhD titled "The risks, management and adaptation to sea-level rise and coastal erosion along the southern and eastern African coastline”. 

Mr Robert Best
Director: PMSA

TOPIC:
Case Study on Blockages within Municipal Infrastructure Grant Projects Treasury funds available for upliftment of Infrastructure within our communities, but administrative problems and lack of skills to Implement these projects has led to under spending of the Grants.

ABOUT MR BEST:
Robert is a civil engineer having qualified in Northern Ireland, moving to South Africa in 1974 to work on the Sasol Coal to Oil exploration project.
Entering the Project Management sector of industry in 1985 by joining the Project Management Institute and switching from the civil engineering field to project management of turnkey projects in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The next 25 years included both professional body involvement and continuing business operations.
Robert owns a property development company, which is currently involved in Medium density apartment blocks and office buildings. He also is currently assisting the Provincial Treasury with MIG Funding intervention to KZN Municipalities enabling the unblocking of expenditure on a variety of Municipal Infrastructure Projects.

Project Portfolio Management Consultant & Executive, Project Management South Africa

TOPIC:
A Framework for a career path in Project Management

ABOUT MR ENOCH:

Specialising in Project Portfolio Management, Clive harnesses his extensive management and project delivery experience to help organsations deliver relevant capability. Clive has worked across multiple industry sectors including Logistics, ICT, Banking, and Insurance. In addition to managing large portfolios in a leading bank in South Africa, he also has experience in applying the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) methodology for strategy definition as well as participated in strategy translation in the business architecture and Group IT functions at the same organisation. Clive is passionate about project portfolio management and has contributed to the PMI Standard for Portfolio Management (3rd edition) as a core committee member. Clive is in the process of completing his PhD in Computer Science and his thesis was focused on developing a model in project portfolio management. Clive has also presented a number of papers nationally and internationally on Project Management, Project management Office, and Project Portfolio Management. Clive also serves as Vice President: Certification on the executive committee of Project Management South Africa (PMSA).

Mr Ravi Ronny
The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL)

TOPIC:
Current and Planned Developments and Challenges on National Roads in KZN

ABOUT MR RONNY:
Ravi Ronny has been raised and educated in KwaZulu-Natal. Having obtained a BScEng degree in Civil Engineering from UKZN (University of Natal) in 1994, Ronny commenced work with the National Department of Transport in Pietermaritzburg.  He was then seconded for about 6 years to obtain design and construction experience on various roads related projects. 
During this period, National DoT formed the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL), under which Ravi assumed the position as project manager, senior project manager and to Design and Construction Manager of the Eastern Region.  During this period, Ravi also obtained is MSc.Eng degree.

Mr Coenie Nel

TOPIC:
Infrastructure development through public sector engineering skills development
South Africa is currently experiencing a phase in which existing infrastructure is reaching its design life end. With a growing economy and the increased level of social development, the existing infrastructure is under extreme pressure. South Africa is also facing a challenge in which a need exists for engineering capabilities. These capabilities include engineering skills to construct new infrastructure as well as skills to plan for future infrastructure development. A further need exists for capabilities regarding the rollout of large government projects, thus enabling government to spend allocated funds for infrastructure development. This presentation focuses on the development of a program which could pose as an solution towards the above mentioned problem.

ABOUT MR NEL:
Nel is currently working at the University of Stellenbosch, Civil Engineering Department as a Lecturer.  He is currently involved in research relating to Engineering Management, Infrastructure Management and Project Management. Coenie has 10 years experience in the civil engineering and project management environments within the areas infrastructure design and construction. Currently he is teaching Engineering Management as well as Project Management on post graduation level.

Mr Frikkie Brooks

TOPIC:

Provincial growth and development: Progress and Implementation.