Technology Showcase
& Awards
Project
Sponsor
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DiBETSA 2026 brings together technology, innovation and built environment professionals to showcase projects, exchange ideas and recognise solutions shaping the future of the industry.
DiBETSA attendance is growing from strength to strength
2024: 150 Attendees > 2025: 250 Attendees > 2026: Expecting 300+ Attendees
DiBETSA attendance is growing from strength to strength
2024: 150 Attendees > 2025: 250 Attendees > 2026: Expecting 300+ Attendees
Technology Showcase & Exhibition
21 October 2026
08:00 – 16:00
Discover the latest innovations shaping the future of the built environment at the DiBETSA 2026 Technology Showcase & Exhibition.
The exhibition provides a platform for organisations to showcase digital technologies, products, research and projects that are advancing the built environment. Alongside the exhibition, visitors can attend presentations and engage with new ideas that are driving digital transformation across the industry.
The Technology Showcase & Exhibition is CPD accredited, allowing registered professionals to earn valuable CPD points while attending.
Awards
Gala
Dinner
21 October 2026
18:00 – Onwards
Celebrate excellence in digital transformation at the DiBETSA 2026 Awards Gala Dinner.
The Gala Dinner recognises outstanding projects, organisations and individuals who are making a meaningful contribution to the digital transformation of the built environment. It is an evening of recognition, celebration and networking as the winners across the DiBETSA award categories are announced.
Join us as we celebrate innovation and the achievements that are helping shape the future of the built environment.
Technology Showcase & Exhibition
09:00am – 14:00pm
Discover the latest innovations shaping the future of the built environment at the DiBETSA 2026 Technology Showcase & Exhibition.
The exhibition provides a platform for organisations to showcase digital technologies, products, research and projects that are advancing the built environment. Alongside the exhibition, visitors can attend presentations and engage with new ideas that are driving digital transformation across the industry.
The Technology Showcase & Exhibition is CPD accredited, allowing registered professionals to earn valuable CPD points while attending.
Awards
Gala
Dinner
18:00pm – 22:00pm
Celebrate excellence in digital transformation at the DiBETSA 2026 Awards Gala Dinner.
The Gala Dinner recognises outstanding projects, organisations and individuals who are making a meaningful contribution to the digital transformation of the built environment. It is an evening of recognition, celebration and networking as the winners across the DiBETSA award categories are announced.
Join us as we celebrate innovation and the achievements that are helping shape the future of the built environment.
Featured Speaker
Werner Maritz
Senior Manager, Industry and Customer Value for Oracle Construction and Engineering in EMEA
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Werner Maritz
Werner Maritz is Senior Manager, Industry and Customer Value for Oracle Construction and Engineering in EMEA. He focuses on developing infrastructure and public-sector solutions that strengthen project controls, construction contract management and Building Information Modelling (BIM).
Werner also leads the development of a technology-partner ecosystem around Oracle’s industry suite, helping project owners and delivery teams improve collaboration, decision-making and project outcomes.
Speaker
Gary Mansfield
Senior Account Executive,
Autodesk
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Alfred Agyei
Gary Mansfield brings over 15 years of experience helping organizations across the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations (AECO) industry navigate digital transformation and improve the way they design, deliver and manage the built environment.
His career spans both technical and business leadership, including roles as Digital Innovation Lead and BIM Manager at CKR Consulting Engineers, Managing Director of beyondCAD, and AEC Technical Manager and BIM Consultant at The CAD Corporation. He has also served as a Non-Executive Director of BIMcommUNITY.Africa, contributing to industry knowledge-sharing, skills development and the advancement of BIM and digital practices across Africa.
Currently a Senior Account Executive at Autodesk, Gary manages a strategic portfolio of group accounts, partnering with customers to align technology investments with their broader business and transformation objectives. His focus is on helping organizations improve productivity, reduce project and operational risk, strengthen collaboration and information management, and create greater value from data across the asset lifecycle.
Drawing on his background in BIM, digital delivery and industry transformation, Gary works with customer stakeholders to connect people, processes and technology—helping organizations move beyond individual technology implementations toward scalable, enterprise-wide digital strategies.
He is particularly passionate about BIM, information management, connected data, AI, and the evolving relationship between design, construction, and operations. His mission is to help AECO organizations embrace change, unlock greater value from technology and data, and deliver smarter, more sustainable outcomes across the built environment.
Panel Moderator
Dr. Amanda Filtane
Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Dr Amanda Filtane
Dr. Amanda Filtane is a seasoned Construction Manager, academic, and thought leader in Construction Business & Project Management, with a strong focus on Productivity, Digital Construction, and Building Information Modelling (BIM). She holds a PhD in Construction Business Models, where her research examined how firms build dynamic capabilities through value networks to drive performance and resilience in the construction sector.
With over 8 years of academic engagement at the Department of Construction Economics and Management, Dr. Filtane combined academic rigour with extensive industry experience across private consulting, contracting, and public sector roles. Her work bridges theory and practice, offering evidence-based insights into collaborative project delivery, organisational strategy, and innovation in construction value chains
 Event Panellist
Bridget Ramoshaba
Project Manager at Siemens
MBA, PMP Certified, IPMA Level D Certified,
BTech (QS)
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Bridget Ramoshaba
Bridget Ramoshaba is a Project Manager at Siemens specializing in the delivery of complex electrical infrastructure and industrial projects in Africa. She has extensive experience working in and leading multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, procurement, and project execution, ensuring successful project delivery from design through implementation. Passionate about leadership, stakeholder engagement, and operational excellence, Bridget is committed to driving collaboration and achieving sustainable project outcomes. Her experience in managing technically complex environments has equipped her with valuable insights into project delivery, problem-solving, and navigating the challenges of modern infrastructure and engineering projects.
As a panelist, Bridget brings practical perspectives on leadership, project management, collaboration, and delivering value in dynamic business and industrial environments.
 Event Panellist
Alfred Agyei
Group Digital Transformation Officer, Stefanutti Stocks Group.
BSc in Computer Systems Engineering & MBA, Henley Business School
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Alfred Agyei
Alfred Agyei is the Group Digital Transformation Officer at Stefanutti Stocks Group, one of South Africa’s leading construction companies operating across five SADC countries. With over 15 years of experience spanning IT engineering, infrastructure architecture, and enterprise digital strategy, Alfred has built his career from inside a major contractor’s operations — turning complex project, engineering, and site data into governed, usable business systems.
His major project experience includes serving as digital infrastructure lead and data/systems governance lead on the Kusile power plant project, and providing oversight and governance across multiple data centre projects. Under his leadership, Stefanutti Stocks became the first construction company in South Africa to attain ISO 27001:2022 certification, and his digital transformation mandate extends into BIM-enabled project delivery, integrating BIM data with enterprise systems such as HSE and asset management platforms. His work also includes building an in-house HSE management system supporting compliance data for over 2,000 users across 100+ concurrent projects.
Alfred holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Systems Engineering and an MBA with from Henley Business School. He brings a practical, contractor-side perspective on capturing, validating, and transferring reliable project and asset information from construction through to operational handover.
 Event Panellist
Richard Matchett (Dr)
Head of Digital Advisory, Zutari
(PhD) PrEng
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Richard Matchett (Dr)
Dr Richard Matchett is a professional engineer with more than 28 years of experience in the built environment across South Africa, greater Africa and the Middle East.
He is the head of the Digital Advisory Unit at Zutari, whose work focuses on improving how information is defined, managed, assured and handed over through the infrastructure project lifecycle. He works with clients and project teams to establish information requirements and delivery processes that ensure project information is complete, reliable and suitable for use by asset owners and operators at handover.
Richard holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, a Master’s degree in Construction Management (cum laude), and a PhD from Stellenbosch University focused on Digital Twins for Road Infrastructure. His current work builds on this research, particularly the relationship between project information management, asset management and the transition of information from project delivery into operations.
 Event Panellist
Tunde Ojo-Aromokudu
MD, Prosite Plan Africa, Past President: PMI South Africa Chapter
PMP, PMI-SCP
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Tunde Ojo-Aromokudu
Tunde has a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Architecture from University of Lagos. He also has a Master of Science in Project Management from University of Pretoria, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, and a Masters in Organizational & Management Systems both from University of Kwazulu Natal.
He is a registered Architect in SA. And a Corporate Member of Royal Institute of British Architects. He has a PMP and a PMI-SCP both from PMI. He is also a Pr. CPM from SACPCMP and a Green Star Accredited Professional with the GBCSA.
He is a director of Prosite Plan Africa. A Past-President and currently a Board Member of the South African Chapter of PMI. And a PMI Ambassador for Construction in South Africa.
 Event Panellist
Kabelo Makgala
Development Manager, Transnet Property
BSc (Hons) QS
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Alfred Agyei
Kabelo Makgala is a Development Manager at Transnet Property, an Operating Division of Transnet SOC Ltd. He has 19 years of experience across construction project management, quantity surveying and property development, with work spanning office, retail, education, residential, leisure, mixed-use and sports projects.
Over the course of his career, Kabelo has held senior roles including Senior Project Manager, Projects Director and Head of Developments at organisations including South Point Management Services, Betts & Townsend Project Managers, Lesika Project Management & Quantity Surveyors and VMQ Property Services.
He holds a BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying from Wits University, together with further training in financial modelling and analysis, public-private partnerships and green building. He is also registered as a Candidate Quantity Surveyor with SACQSP, with Pr.CPM registration in progress through SACPCMP.
 Event Panellist
Loyiso Toyi
BIM for Facilities Mgmt., Dabisa Consulting (Pty) Ltd
BSc Eng. GDE
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Loyiso Toyi
Loyiso Toyi, BSc Eng GDE is a civil engineer with more than 32 years’ experience in infrastructure design, concrete structures and project management. As a Director of Dabisa Consulting (Pty) Ltd, he combines this engineering expertise with a growing specialisation in BIM implementation, model validation and information governance.
His current work helps infrastructure authorities, property owners and project teams improve the quality, consistency and operational value of project information. It includes developing BIM model validation and compliance frameworks, executable rules, information quality assessments, and standards for asset identification, naming, classification and coding. A central focus of his work is BIM data governance and facilities management implementation. This approach integrates information requirements, data governance, asset information capture and model validation to improve facilities management readiness and create a more reliable foundation for managing building portfolios.
Loyiso is particularly interested in converting construction information into useful operational information. His work includes enriching legacy AutoCAD drawings, standardising asset information, capturing equipment data during construction and commissioning, and integrating BIM data with facilities management systems.
By combining engineering experience with digital information management, he helps organisations move beyond producing models and drawings to creating trusted, structured and usable information that improves project delivery, asset management and long-term operational decision-making.
 Event Panellist
Hugo Kirchner
Structural & Civil Design Engineer, GIBB
Candidate Engineer, SANRAL Technical Excellence Academy
BEng, MEng (Structures)
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Alfred Agyei
Hugo Kirchner is a civil engineer working at the intersection of infrastructure delivery and digital asset information. An ECSA-registered Candidate Engineer with SANRAL’s Technical Excellence Academy, he is currently seconded to GIBB in East London as a Structural and Civil Design Engineer. He holds BEng and MEng (Structures) degrees from Stellenbosch University and was Highly Commended in the Graduate Engineer of the Year category at the 2025 and 2026 SAICE National Awards.
On Buffalo City Metro’s CoGTA-funded disaster recovery programme, he led investigations and rehabilitation designs for seven flood-damaged sites, where the absence of reliable as-built information highlighted its importance for effective asset management. He previously served as Assistant Resident Engineer on the N2 Green River upgrade, with significant involvement in project close-out and as-built reporting.
Hugo initiated the formation of SANRAL’s Digital Engineering Transformation Team and continues to help coordinate its activities. The team has developed SANRAL’s initial organisational, asset and exchange information requirements (OIR, AIR and EIR) and a draft Digital Engineering TMH, currently being refined. He leads the alignment of SANRAL’s standards with ISO 19650 and manages the team’s Knowledge Hub. He is an Associate Member of SAICE and a member of IABSE and BIMcommUNITY Africa.
 Event Panellist
Thabelo Netshivhungululu
Technical Manager, Modena AEC & Infrastructure
B.Arch
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Thabelo Netshivhungululu
Technical Manager at Modena AEC, he leads multidisciplinary technical capability across the built environment, bringing together technology, people and delivery to solve complex AEC challenges.
With more than 15 years of experience in the AEC industry, his career began in architectural technology and BIM and has since expanded into BIM, ISO 19650 information management, reality capture, digital delivery, automation, data and emerging technologies.
His work spans technical strategy, team leadership, service development, operational improvement, innovation and client delivery across multiple disciplines. He focuses on building capable teams and scalable systems that support long-term organisational performance, rather than relying on individual technical expertise.
 Event Panellist
Zadok Olinga
Managing Director, ÖLINGA | Senior Energy Advisor
MEng, CEM®, CMVP®
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Zadok Olinga
Zadok Olinga is an accomplished energy executive, electrical engineer and sustainability advisor with over 15 years of experience advancing energy efficiency, resource optimisation and regulatory compliance across South Africa. He is Managing Director of ÖLINGA and former President of the SAEEC Confederation (2019–2025).
Holding a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pretoria, he is a Certified Energy Manager and Certified Measurement and Verification Professional. His expertise spans energy performance assessment, digital transformation, demand-side management and sustainability risk mitigation. Zadok has supported industrial and commercial clients in securing over R3.5 billion in tax incentives and grants.
His extensive portfolio includes advisory engagements with Eskom, SANRAL, the Western Cape Government and leading industrial corporations, positioning him at the intersection of energy innovation, infrastructure performance and sustainable asset management.
Nominate A Project
Nominations Close: 15 October 2026
Choose one of four categories
Artificial Intelligence in the Built Environment
Recognising AI-driven innovation across the construction and property lifecycle.
Digital
Project Delivery
Advancing integrated digital workflows across the project lifecycle (BIM, DTs, CDE)
Energy Performance Optimisation
Championing sustainable, low-carbon built environment solutions
Capacity Development
Championing training and adoption of digital technologies
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