Explore your agenda for Board Leadership 2026
8:30am
Registration and exhibition open
10:00am
Chair's opening remarks
Duration: 10 minutes
Chair:
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Mark Easton
10:10am
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Kate Henderson
National Housing Federation -

Ben Shimshon
Thinks Insight & Strategy
Chair:
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Mark Easton
10:55am
Duration: 40 minutes
Chair:
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Mark Easton
11:35am
Networking break
12:05pm
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Holly Dagnall
Nottingham Community Housing Association
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Jerome Tsui
Jigsaw Homes
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Matthew Scott
Chartered Institute of Housing
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Speakers:
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Alistair Smyth
National Housing Federation -

Jess Mullins
National Housing Federation
12:55pm
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Jenny Danson
Healthy Homes Hub -

Leanne Hurrell
Amazon Web Services
Chair:
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Parminder Dosanjh
WHG
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Jean Templeton
St Basils
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Aileen Evans
Curo Group -

Verity Richards
Housing Ombudsman
1:35pm
Networking Lunch
2:35pm
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Duration: 40 minutes
Chair:
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Catherine Ryder
PlaceShapers
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Kate Dodsworth
Regulator of Social Housing
Duration: 40 minutes
3:15pm
Networking break
3:45pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Tom Arey
Places for People -

Andy George
Home Builders Federation
Chair:
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Mark Easton
4:30pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Althea Efunshile
Metropolitan Thames Valley
Chair:
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Mark Easton
5:10pm
Chair's closing remarks
Duration: 10 minutes
Chair:
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Mark Easton
6:00pm
Duration: 1 hour
8:30am
Registration and exhibition opens
9:15am
Chair's opening remarks
Duration: 10 minutes
Chair:
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Mark Easton
9:20am
Duration: 40 minutes
Chair:
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Mark Easton
10:05am
Duration: 40 minutes
Chair:
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Mark Easton
10:45am
Networking break
11:15am
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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John Hoarey
Housing Ombudsman Service
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Geraldine Howley
Together Housing
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Nick Phillips
The Almhouse Association
Duration: 40 minutes
12:05pm
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Ruth Picknett-Powell
Sovereign Network Group
Duration: 40 minutes
12:45pm
Lunch
Learning from inspection: in conversation with Pickering and Ferens (12:55pm-1:35pm)
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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John Glenton
Pickering and Ferens -

Claire Warren
Pickering and Ferens Homes
1:45pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Sarah Elliott
Shelter
Chair:
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Mark Easton
2:30pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Jacqueline Starr
LiveWest -

Jonathan Walters
Regulator of Social Housing
Chair:
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Mark Easton
3:10pm
Chair's closing remarks
Duration: 5 minutes
Chair:
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Mark Easton
