We are excited to bring together board members and chairs from across the country at an important time for the social housing sector. Just months after a new government took power, housing associations face a further period of change, along with ongoing regulatory reforms and continued scrutiny from the Ombudsman and the media. It’s crucial that boards can effectively lead their organisations to deliver their social purpose to provide safe, quality homes for their residents and deliver more affordable housing.


8:30am

Registration open

8:45am

Duration: 1 hour

10:00am

Chair's opening remarks

Duration: 15 minutes

Speaker:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

10:10am

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Sonia Sodha

    Sonia Sodha
    The Observer

  • Kate Henderson

    Kate Henderson
    National Housing Federation

  • Lord Gavin Barwell

    Lord Gavin Barwell
    Clarion Housing Group

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

10:55am

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

    Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
    New Economics Foundation

  • Caroline Corby

    Caroline Corby
    Peabody

  • Paul Johnson

    Paul Johnson
    Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

11:35am

Networking break

12:00pm

Breakout session (please select one)

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Ronak Kantaria

    Ronak Kantaria
    Two Saints HA

  • Monica Burns

    Monica Burns
    Tyne Housing

  • Anne Chapman

    Anne Chapman
    Porchlight

Chair:

  • Sue Ramsden

    Sue Ramsden
    National Housing Federation / Thamesreach Housing

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Daisy Armstrong

    Daisy Armstrong
    Southern Housing and G15 Group

  • Charlaine Nkum
    Vice Chair Resident Strategy Group

  • Stephen Johnson

    Stephen Johnson
    Tenant Advisory Panel

  • Nora Law

    Nora Law
    Chrysalis

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Shendi Keshet
    WDH

  • Tariq Khazi

    Tariq Khazi
    Peabody

  • Caroline Stockman

    Caroline Stockman
    Vivid

Chair:

  • Matthias Barker
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Matthew Harrison

    Matthew Harrison
    South Yorkshire Housing Association

12:40pm

Changeover

12:50pm

Breakout sessions (please select one)

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Roli Barker

    Roli Barker
    Jigsaw Homes Group

  • Kanika Selvan

    Kanika Selvan
    Incommunities

  • Lara Sonola

    Lara Sonola
    Octavia

  • Keryn Jalli
    Jigsaw Homes

  • Asha Cleavely
    Saffron Housing

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Heena Prajapat
    Platform

Chair:

  • Ruth Johnston

    Ruth Johnston
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Karin Erlander

    Karin Erlander
    S&P Global Ratings

Chair:

  • Joseph Carr

    Joseph Carr
    MHS Homes

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Rory Weal

    Rory Weal
    Rural Homelessness Counts Coalition

1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm

Duration: 55 minutes

Chair:

  • Helena Evans
    NHF National Smaller Housing Association Network

Duration: 30 minutes

Speaker:

  • Annie Owens

    Annie Owens
    National Housing Federation

2:25pm

Breakout sessions (please choose one)

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Kate Dodsworth

    Kate Dodsworth
    Regulator of Social Housing

  • Phil Parramore

    Phil Parramore
    Community Gateway Association

Chair:

  • Simon Nunn

    Simon Nunn
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Maggie Porteous

    Maggie Porteous
    Abri

Chair:

  • Roli Barker

    Roli Barker
    Jigsaw Homes Group

Duration: 40 minutes.

Speakers:

  • Dr Henrietta Blackmore

    Dr Henrietta Blackmore
    Habitat for Humanity GB

  • Paul Massara

    Paul Massara
    Sovereign Network Group

Chair:

  • Kevin Garvey

    Kevin Garvey
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Mike Kirk

    Mike Kirk
    Hyde Housing Association

  • Hattie Llewelyn-Davies

    Hattie Llewelyn-Davies
    Eastlight Community Homes

  • Victor Andrews

    Victor Andrews
    Tenant Advisory Panel

3:05pm

Networking break

3:35pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Kevin Brady

    Kevin Brady
    Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

4:15pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Jonathan Walters

    Jonathan Walters
    Regulator of Social Housing

  • Imran Mubeen

    Imran Mubeen
    Stonewater

  • Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
    Communities and Local Government

  • Emily Cox MBE

    Emily Cox MBE
    Gentoo

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

4:55pm

Chair's closing remarks

Duration: 5 minutes

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

6:00pm

8:30am

Registration opens

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Richard Blakeway

    Richard Blakeway
    Housing Ombudsman

Chair:

  • Jo Allen

    Jo Allen
    National Housing Federation

9:15am

Chair's opening remarks

Duration: 10 minutes

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

9:20am

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Mike Emmerich

    Mike Emmerich
    Torus

  • Cllr Arooj Shah

    Cllr Arooj Shah
    Oldham Council

  • Claire Ward
    Mayor East Midlands Combined County Authority

10:05am

Short break

10:10am

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Fiona MacGregor

    Fiona MacGregor
    Regulator of Social Housing

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

10:50am

Networking break

11:20am

Breakout sessions (please choose one)

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Annie Owens

    Annie Owens
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Steve Williams

    Steve Williams
    Beyond Housing

  • Maeve Collier
    Beyond Housing

  • Rajiv Peter

    Rajiv Peter
    Golding Homes

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Rachel Williamson

    Rachel Williamson
    Chartered Institute of Housing

Chair:

  • Christopher Kemball

    Christopher Kemball
    Anchor

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Junior Hemans

    Junior Hemans
    Former Chair, Tuntum

  • Gary Moreton

    Gary Moreton
    WHG

  • Jane Tabor

    Jane Tabor
    Curo

12:00pm

Changeover

12:10pm

Breakout sessions (please choose one)

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

  • Aisha Butera

    Aisha Butera
    Muir Group

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Chris Cheshire
    Watford Community Housing

  • Callum Gillespie
    NCHA

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Sarah Pierman

    Sarah Pierman
    Dynamic Boards

  • Maggie Shannon

    Maggie Shannon
    Progress Housing

  • James Carss
    Castle Peak Group

  • Yvonne Luu

    Yvonne Luu
    Thrive Homes

  • Vanessa Belleau
    High Fifteen

12:50pm

Lunch

1:00pm

Duration: 30 minutes

Speaker:

  • Sarah Finnegan

    Sarah Finnegan
    National Housing Federation

1:45pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Emily Spurrell

    Emily Spurrell
    Merseyside Police

  • Councillor Nasrine Djemai
    London Borough of Camden

  • Ellie Southwood
    Habinteg

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

2:25pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Rhys Moore

    Rhys Moore
    National Housing Federation

  • Peter Freeman

    Peter Freeman
    Homes England

  • Hakeem Osinaike

    Hakeem Osinaike
    Southwark Council

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

3:05pm

Conference closes

Duration: 10 minutes

Chair:

  • Mark Easton

    Mark Easton
    BBC

3:15pm

Conference closes