Explore your agenda for Board Leadership 2026
8:30am
Registration and exhibition open
8:45am
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room: Bon Hub (lower ground floor)
Speakers:
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Jess Mullins
National Housing Federation -
Victor da Cunha
Curo
10:00am
Chair's opening remarks
Duration: 10 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Chair:
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Mark Easton
10:10am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speakers:
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Kate Henderson
National Housing Federation -
Ben Shimshon
Thinks Insight & Strategy -
Anoosh Chakelian
New Statesman
Chair:
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Mark Easton
10:55am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speakers:
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Terrie Alafat
Riverside Group -
Pat Ritchie CBE
Homes England Nick Burkitt
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chair:
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Mark Easton
11:35am
Networking break
12:05pm
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 1
Speakers:
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Holly Dagnall
Nottingham Community Housing Association -
Chris Hampson
Look Ahead Housing & Care / GreenSquareAccord
Chair:
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Sue Ramsden
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 2
Speakers:
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Jerome Tsui
Jigsaw Homes / Chartered Institute of Housing Adam Collin
Your Housing
Chair:
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Geeta Nanda
Crisis
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 3
Speakers:
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Matthew Scott
Chartered Institute of Housing -
Jenny Davidson
Livin
Chair:
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Kevin Garvey
National Housing Federation
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Room: Bon Hub (lower ground floor)
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
Location: Room: Highwalk 1
Speakers:
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Jenny Danson
Healthy Homes Hub -
Faye Sanders
University of Bath / Housing Studies Association's Healthy Homes Research Network Kris Birtwistle
Amazon Web Services
Chair:
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Parminder Dosanjh
WHG
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 3
Speakers:
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Jean Templeton
St Basils -
Obehi Alofoje
Aurora Inc. -
Yvonne Akinmodun
Housing for Women
Chair:
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Catherine Dass
Community Housing
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 2
Speakers:
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Aileen Evans
Curo Group -
Verity Richards
Housing Ombudsman -
Judith Tomlinson
Ongo Homes
Chair:
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Jo Allen
Harrogate Flower Fund Homes / National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Bon Hub (lower ground floor)
Speakers:
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James Carss
Castle Peak Group -
Natalie Wilkinson
Livin -
Adrian Caradice-Davids
Arawak Walton HA
Sponsored by:
1:35pm
Networking lunch
Location: Room: Gallery lounge (lower ground floor)
Chair:
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Maggie Galliers CBE
National Housing Federation
Duration: 35 minutes
Location: Room: Bon Hub (lower ground floor)
Speaker:
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Rosemary Farrar
Platform Housing
Chair:
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Henry Lee
English Rural Housing Association
2:35pm
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 1
Speaker:
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Jackie Njoroge
Salford University
Chair:
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Ciaran Tully
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 3
Speakers:
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Nick Phillips
The Almhouse Association -
Martyn Craddock
United St Saviour’s Charity Southwark -
Rita Edmond
Appleby Blue Almshouse
Chair:
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Catherine Ryder
PlaceShapers
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 2
Speakers:
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Donna Cesir
ForHousing -
Kate Dodsworth
Regulator of Social Housing -
Yvonne Castle
Railway HA
Chair:
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Alison Inman
Tpas
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Bon Hub (lower ground floor)
Speakers:
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Gary Moreton
WHG Nikki Stockton
Irwell Valley Homes
3:15pm
Networking break
3:45pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speakers:
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Andy George
Home Builders Federation -
Carol Lynch
Construction Youth Trust -
Mike Kirk
Hyde Housing Association
Chair:
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Mark Easton
4:30pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speakers:
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Althea Efunshile
Metropolitan Thames Valley -
Oona Goldsworthy
ACH -
The Right Reverend Rob Wickham
Church Urban Fund
Chair:
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Mark Easton
5:10pm
Chair's closing remarks
Duration: 10 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Chair:
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Mark Easton
6:00pm
Duration: 3 hours
8:30am
Registration and exhibition opens
8:30am
Duration: 35 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speaker:
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Richard Blakeway
Housing Ombudsman Service
Chair:
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Jo Allen
Harrogate Flower Fund Homes / National Housing Federation
9:15am
Chair's opening remarks
Duration: 5 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Chair:
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Mark Easton
9:20am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speakers:
Hannah Peaker
New Economics Foundation-
Caroline Corby
Peabody -
Andy Smith
Savills
Chair:
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Mark Easton
10:05am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speakers:
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Leann Hearne
Yorkshire Housing -
Akash Paun
Institute for Government -
Cath Purdy
Great Places Housing Group
Chair:
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Mark Easton
10:45am
Networking break
11:15am
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 1
Speakers:
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John Hoarey
Housing Ombudsman Service -
Kai Jackson
TPAS
Chair:
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Faith Locken MRICS
Moat Homes / RHP Group
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 2
Speakers:
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Geraldine Howley
Together Housing -
Elly Hoult
Peabody and CIH -
Louise Wilson
A2Dominion Group and Thames Reach Housing
Chair:
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Maggie Galliers CBE
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 3
Speakers:
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Jesse Fajemisin
Fairhive Homes -
Natalie Wilkinson
Livin -
Helen Wilson
Abri
Chair:
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Simon Nunn
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Bon Hub (lower ground floor)
Speakers:
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Mike Kirk
Hyde Housing Association -
Yvonne Castle
Railway HA
12:05pm
Breakout sessions - please select one
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 2
Speakers:
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Arturo Dell
Azeus UK -
Claire Hyland
Sovereign Network Group
Chair:
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Dr Jaz Saggu
Watmos Community Homes
Sponsored by:
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk 3
Speakers:
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Ruth Picknett-Powell
Sovereign Network Group -
Ebele Akojie
Golding Homes -
Matthew Harrison
South Yorkshire Housing Association
Chair:
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Caroline Corby
Peabody
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Bon Hub (lower ground floor)
Speakers:
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Maggie Galliers CBE
National Housing Federation Jenny Brown
Altair
12:45pm
Networking lunch
Learning from inspection: in conversation with Pickering and Ferens
Duration: 12:55pm-1:35pm
Location: Room: Bon Hub (lower ground floor)
Speakers:
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John Glenton
Pickering and Ferens -
Claire Warren
Pickering and Ferens Homes
Chair:
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Kevin Maxwell MBE
Your Place and St Mungo’s
1:45pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speakers:
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Sarah Elliott
Shelter David Tovey
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Sir Steve Bullock DL
Sapphire Independent Housing -
Bob Blackman MP
Chair:
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Mark Easton
2:30pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Speakers:
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Jacqueline Starr
Bromford Flagship LiveWest -
Jonathan Walters
Regulator of Social Housing -
Anne Waterhouse
L12 / Wandle Housing Association
Chair:
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Mark Easton
3:10pm
Chair's closing remarks
Duration: 5 minutes
Location: Room: Highwalk Forum (main stage)
Chair:
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Mark Easton