Agenda | Board Leadership Conference

Explore your agenda for Board Leadership 2026

Thursday 12 February 2026
Friday 13 February 2026

8:30am

Registration and exhibition open

10:00am

Chair's opening remarks

Duration: 10 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

10:10am

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Kate Henderson
National Housing Federation

Chair:

Mark Easton

10:55am

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

11:35am

Networking break

12:05pm

Breakout sessions - please select one

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Holly Dagnall
Nottingham Community Housing Association

Duration: 40 minutes

Duration: 45-60 minutes

Speakers:

Alistair Smyth
National Housing Federation
Jess Mullins
National Housing Federation

12:55pm

Breakout sessions - please select one

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Jenny Danson
Healthy Homes Hub
Leanne Hurrell
Amazon Web Services

Chair:

Parminder Dosanjh
WHG

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

James Carss
Castle Peak Group

1:35pm

Networking Lunch

2:35pm

Breakout sessions - please select one

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Catherine Ryder
PlaceShapers

Duration: 40 minutes

3:15pm

Networking break

3:45pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

4:30pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

5:10pm

Chair's closing remarks

Duration: 10 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

6:00pm

Duration: 1 hour

7:00pm

Speaker:

Maggie Galliers CBE
National Housing Federation

8:30am

Registration and exhibition opens

9:15am

Chair's opening remarks

Duration: 10 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

9:20am

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

10:05am

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

10:45am

Networking break

11:15am

Breakout sessions - please select one

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Nick Phillips
The Almhouse Association

Duration: 40 minutes

12:05pm

Breakout sessions - please select one

Duration: 40 minutes

12:45pm

Lunch

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

1:45pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

2:30pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

3:10pm

Chair's closing remarks

Duration: 5 minutes

Chair:

Mark Easton

8:30am

Registration and exhibition open

10:00am

Chair's opening remarks

Chair:

10:10am

Beyond the headlines: understanding the political landscape

Speaker:

Chair:

10:55am

How boards can drive delivery through partnership

Chair:

11:35am

Networking break

12:05pm

Breakout sessions - please select one

Responding to the challenges: creating stability and growth for supported housing

Speaker:

Cyber security: anticipating risk and building resilience

Resilient by nature: rethinking our homes for a changing climate

Chairs talking - Unlocking delivery through boardroom collaboration

Speakers:

12:55pm

Breakout sessions - please select one

Health at the heart of housing

Speakers:

Chair:

Beyond good intentions: creating inclusive strategies for staff mental health and wellbeing

Insight that delivers: learning from complaints

Chairs talking - Board recruitment: building diverse boards

Speaker:

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1:35pm

Networking Lunch

New board members lunch

2:35pm

Breakout sessions - please select one

Data driven organisations: creating better outcomes for residents

Placemaking with purpose: designing homes and communities that endure

Chair:

Getting governance right to prevent failing your residents

Chair's talking - New models of finance: opportunities for innovation

3:15pm

Networking break

3:45pm

Labour market in England: impact on the social housing sector

Chair:

4:30pm

Modern Britain: navigating societal changes and building connections

Chair:

5:10pm

Chair's closing remarks

Chair:

6:00pm

Networking drinks

7:00pm

Networking dinner

Speaker:

8:30am

Registration and exhibition opens

9:15am

Chair's opening remarks

Chair:

9:20am

Connecting the dots: housing and the wider economy

Chair:

10:05am

Beyond Westminster: boards at the heart of local influence

Chair:

10:45am

Networking break

11:15am

Breakout sessions - please select one

Awaab’s Law phase one reflections and preparing for phase two

Mind the gap: developing talent now and for the future

Understanding and supporting your residents with complex issues

Speaker:

Chairs talking - Risk factors: recovery, reflection and reset

12:05pm

Breakout sessions - please select one