The PURCON Premise
Successful business transformation is best achieved through the intelligent application of new behaviours, processes and technologies that improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and increase value. PURCON sets out to to be an environment where higher education professionals and our business partners can collaborate, share, learn and ultimately improve.
Collaboration: The central tenet underpinning the PURCON Conference and Expo is PURCO SA's foundational purpose to maximise collaboration within institutions, between Members, and with suppliers to derive real financial savings and efficiencies. This strategic purpose of PURCO SA leverages an engaged HE community for the betterment of higher education, the advancement of our individual constituents; and the ultimate benefit of our student bodies.
Evolution: Successful institutions evolve to keep pace with changing market conditions, customer expectations, and emerging technologies. This requires continuous learning, exposure to new ideas and theories, innovation, and agility. Professionals benefit when they keep an open mind and embrace new ideas and approaches.
Adaptation: Adapting to changing business needs requires a deep understanding of trends, supplier capabilities and the real life experiences of local and global professionals. Higher Education professionals benefit from the flexibility to strategically adjust their business methods to benefit from opportunities and success stories.
Monetisation speaks to the importance of recognising and expressing the monetary value of activities such as achieving efficiencies, improving processes, buying more effectively, reducing costs and deriving savings. Monetising institutional activities encompasses 3rd stream income initiatives to bolster higher education funding.
KEY FACTS
Date and Venue
Date: 1 - 3 October 2025
(Pre-conference Annual Member Meeting on 30 September)
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg.
Participants
Higher Education institutions:
65 universities, TVET colleges, and allied institutions.
Attendees:
650+
Exhibitors:
80+ exhibitors
Typical higher education delegates:
VCs and DVCs, registrars, Heads of Procurement, Heads of Finance, ICT Executives, Facilities Executives, Buyers, Commodity and Strategic Sourcing Managers, Finance staff, and more.