The Housing Finance Conference 2026 brings together finance professionals, sector leaders, and key stakeholders for two days of strategic insight, practical learning, and collaborative discussions. From macroeconomic shifts to regulatory changes, the programme tackles the forces shaping housing finance today.
Covering a breadth of topics from briefings on the economic outlook and its implications for borrowing, business planning and new supply, and long-term sector resilience. Across the eight content streams we deep dive into funding strategy, risk management, policy, and essential technical finance insights.
New for 2026, the Stakeholder Exchange provides a collaborative space to explore new ideas with key sector partners, and the Data and AI Symposium allows you to tap into the possibilities of tech innovation in finance. This year’s agenda also features workshops on resilient leadership, impactful communication, and cultural transformation, as well as dedicated sessions for Future Finance Leaders.
Please see below the 2026 agenda.
5:45pm
Duration: 1 hour
Location: ACC ground floor
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7:00pm
Duration: 2 hours
Location: Albert Docks (venue will be shared with booked attendees)
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8:30am
Registration and exhibition opens
Location: ACC ground floor
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9:00am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room 3A
Speakers:
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Jeanne Harrison
Moody’s -
Zoe Jankel
Moody’s -
Maÿlis Chapellier
Moody’s -
Lénaïc Couderc
Moody’s -
Theodora Bartzoka
Moody’s
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Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speakers:
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Rob Parkes
Yorkshire Housing -
Anna Brennan
The Hyde Group
Chair:
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Aisling Jubb
Workday
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Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room 11A&B
Speakers:
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Toyin Miller
Lloyds Banking Group -
Chinyelu Oranefo
Lloyds Banking Group
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Supporting tenants with dignity and flexibility (09:00am - 09:20am)
Duration: 20 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speaker:
Harry Thomson
Evouchers
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room 3 balcony
Chair:
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Nathan Mallows
Coastline Housing
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Exhibition: NHF stand
9:55am
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
Duration: 10 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speaker:
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Helia Ebrahimi
Channel 4 News
10:05am
Duration: 10 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
10:15am
Duration: 25 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speaker:
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Prof David Miles CBE
Imperial College, London
10:40am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speakers:
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Cris McGuinness
Riverside -
Ruth Curtice
Resolution Foundation -
David Cleary
Lloyds Banking Group
11:20am
Refreshments and networking
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Exhibition
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Exhibition: NHF stand
Speakers:
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Matthias Barker
National Housing Federation -
Adam Gravely
National Housing Federation
Managing change in a finance system transformation - with Cobalt Housing (11:30am - 11:50am)
Duration: 20 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
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Marta Leśniak
XLedger Rebekah Clegg
Cobalt Housing
Chair:
David Tillen
Xledger
12:00pm
Breakout sessions – please choose one option
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3B
Speakers:
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Maria Organ
West Kent Housing Association -
Jonathan Walters
Regulator of Social Housing -
Béatrice de Taisne
S&P Global Ratings
Chair:
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Joseph Carr
mhs homes
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Hall 1C
Speakers:
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Gareth Yeoman-Evans
Heydn -
Lauren Fradgley
Stonewater -
Nicola Henry
Canada Life
Chair:
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George Flynn
Savills Financial Consultants
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Hall 1B
Speakers:
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Richard Petty
JLL -
Catherine Wilson
Savills
Chair:
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Matt Cooper
Places for People
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
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Shakie Kawuyu
RSM UK -
Mark Smith
Notting Hill Genesis -
Mike Figg
Barclays -
Yasmin Holley
Amplius
Chair:
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Phil Day
Peabody
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3A
Speakers:
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Matthew Taylor
BDO -
Emma Lomas
BDO
Chair:
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Helen Berry
BDO
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11C
Speaker:
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Caroline Dakin
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11A&B
Speakers:
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Alex Ingram
Homes England -
Allen Twyning
Homes England -
Martin Taylor
Homes England Michelle Carrier
Homes England-
John Kearney
Homes England -
Ruth Ryan
Homes England
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speakers:
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Charlotte Edwards
Plymouth Community Homes -
Paul McGrady
Magenta Living -
Rajiv Peter
Golding Homes
Chair:
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Amanda Leonard
Housemark
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12:00pm
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3 balcony
Speakers:
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Victor Andrews
NHF Tenant Advisory Panel -
Will Perry
Regulator of Social Housing -
Kate Henderson
National Housing Federation
Chair:
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Nathan Mallows
Coastline Housing
12:45pm
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Location: Exhibition
1:10pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speakers:
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Penny Finburg
Soha Housing -
Ross Lavery
PwC UK Jessica Casson
Soha Housing
Chair:
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Hobby Dean
Sage
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Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Room 11A&B
Speakers:
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Michael Appleby
Altair -
Michaela Booth
Altair
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Duration: 20 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
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David Kronbichler
Ortec Finance -
Thomas Landman
Ortec Finance
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1:35pm
Start Small, Think Big: How Magna Housing Built a Smarter, Scalable Finance Function
Duration: 20 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speaker:
Anthony Raimbault
Strada
2:05pm
Breakout sessions – please choose one option
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3B
Speakers:
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Tina Black
The Guinness Partnership -
Sayheng Sam
L&Q
Chair:
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Anup Dholakia
SNG
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Hall 1C
Speakers:
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Natalie Singh
Trowers and Hamlins -
Nicola Ewen
SettleParadigm -
Lawrence Gill
Centrus
Chair:
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Duncan Brown
MTVH
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3A
Speakers:
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David Scurr
Homes England James Blakey
ModaHelen Collins
West Midlands Mayoral Homes Taskforce-
Max Abbott
West Midlands Combined Authority
Chair:
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Rebecca Jason
Winkworth Sherwood
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Hall 1B
Speakers:
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Charlotte Norman
Mosscare St Vincent's Housing Group and Northen Housing Consortium -
Cllr Liam Robinson
Liverpool City Council -
Steve Partridge
Savills
Chair:
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Lizzie Hearn
National Housing Federation
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
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Rachel Crowther
LCP -
Tim Gilbert
LCP
Chair:
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Rob Griffiths
Amplius
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11C
Speaker:
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Reuben Christian
Edutainer and Coach
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11A&B
Speakers:
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Louise Leaver
Bevan Brittan -
David Brigden
The Housing Finance Corporation -
Caroline Moore
Abri -
Jonathan Clarke
Sparrow Housing Group -
Peter Benz
Sovereign Network Group
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speakers:
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Agnieszka Thakur
Peabody -
Steve Bromley
Bromley Consultancy Services -
Emily Joyce
SoMax
Chair:
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Tim Bryars
iplicit
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3:00pm
Breakout sessions – please choose one option
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Hall 1C
Speakers:
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Francis Gater
JLL -
Ilona Cristea
Peabody -
Andrew Berry
Orbit
Chair:
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Mike Grimditch
Greensquare Accord
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3B
Speakers:
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Will Perry
Regulator of Social Housing -
Rod Holdsworth
Hyde Group -
Jess Tomlinson
Lloyds
Chair:
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Helen Hunter
Addleshaw Goddard
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3A
Speakers:
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Kevin Garvey
National Housing Federation -
Catherine Phillips
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group -
Guy Woodroffe
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Chair:
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Andrew Morton
MORhomes
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
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Matthias Barker
National Housing Federation -
Megan Hinch
Chartered Institute of Housing
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Hall 1B
Speakers:
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Julia Poulter
Crowe -
Edward Farnsworth
L&Q
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11C
Speakers:
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Tanya Srikandan
Women in Social Housing -
Edith Stokes
Housing Diversity Network -
Barrington Billings
BME National
Chair:
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Fizzy Meredith
National Housing Federation
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11A&B
Speakers:
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Katie Jones
Local Government Association -
Tracy Gordon
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority -
Viktorija Kiselyte
National Housing Federation -
Anna Spencer
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority -
Dr Tom Arnold
Chartered Institute of Housing
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speakers:
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Michael Dent
Bernicia Group -
Paul Sandersfield
Bernicia Group -
Janette Longstaff
Bernicia Group
Chair:
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Amanda Leonard
Housemark
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3:45pm
Refreshments and networking
Duration: 35 minutes
Location: Exhibition
3:50pm
FRS 102 Lease Accounting
Duration: 25 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
Darrell Slevin
MUFGKarl Oscar Rosli
MUFG
4:20pm
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speakers:
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Kate Henderson
National Housing Federation -
Jacque Allen
Your Housing Group -
Amy Harhoff
East Midlands Combined County Authority -
Catherine Holmes
Homes England
5:05pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speaker:
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David Olusoga
Historian, Writer, Presenter
5:45pm
Chair’s closing remarks and end of the first day of the conference
Duration: 5 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speaker:
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Helia Ebrahimi
Channel 4 News
5:45pm
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Location: Exhibition
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8:00pm
Duration: 8pm til late
Location: Albert Docks (venue will be shared with booked attendees)
7:30am
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Meet at ACC registration desks
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Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Meet at ACC registration desks
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Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Meet at ACC registration desks (Room 4)
Speaker:
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Rosanna
Rosanna Yoga
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8:30am
Location: ACC ground floor
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8:40am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
Nick Duffin
BDO-
Emily Roberts
BDO
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speakers:
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Lizzie Hearn
National Housing Federation -
Dave Lingwood
Phoenix Software
Chair:
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Cara Green
National Housing Federation
9:30am
Duration: 5 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speaker:
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Helia Ebrahimi
Channel 4 News
9:35am
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speaker:
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Fiona MacGregor
Regulator of Social Housing
10:05am
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speakers:
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Helen Meehan
Home Group -
Mary Parsons
Lovell Partnerships -
Dr Amrita Kulka
University of Warwick
10:50am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Exhibition
11:00am
Meet the newest member of your finance team: empowering finance teams with AI
Duration: 20 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speaker:
Julian Webb
Kerv
Duration: 11:00 - 13:00
11:30am
Breakout sessions – please choose one option
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3B
Speakers:
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Rachael Siverwright
Bromford Flagship LiveWest -
Mike Roche
Savills Financial Consultants -
Andrea Payling
Amplius
Chair:
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Gary Grigor
Devonshires
Sponsored by:
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
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Helen Rourke
St Mungo’s -
Les Warren
Reside with Progress -
Julie Layton
Advance
Chair:
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Ed Barber
National Housing Federation
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11C
Speakers:
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John Wallace
Clarion Housing Group -
Kam Tesse
MHS Homes Group -
Ade Osunsanmi
2Rivers Housing Association -
Lisa Poole
whg
Chair:
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Gary Booth
Citizen Housing
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3A
Speakers:
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Tanya Bass
National Housing Federation -
Emma Ramell
Home Builders Federation -
Kate Ellison
Platform Housing Group
Chair:
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Will Roberts
Venn Partners
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Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Hall 1C
Speaker:
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Karen Doran
Regulator of Social Housing
Chair:
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Adam Gravely
National Housing Federation
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Hall 1B
Speakers:
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Keely Henderson
Riverside -
David Roden
Cobalt Housing -
Jas Nahl
Anchor
Chair:
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Yogeta Partridge
Independent Consultant
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11A&B
Speakers:
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Guy Woodroffe
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero -
Kayla Cohen
Department of Energy Security and Net Zero -
Kate Atherton
National Housing Federation -
Kevin Garvey
National Housing Federation -
Lizzie Hearn
National Housing Federation -
Annie Owens
National Housing Federation
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speakers:
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Jonathan Cox
Housemark -
Mark Mayler
Selwood Housing -
Katy Vincent
Data Literacy Academy
Chair:
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Scott Bache
Housemark
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12:15pm
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Location: Exhibition
Duration: 12:30pm - 1:10pm
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speakers:
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Shannon Hodgkiss
Post Office Greg Jackson
Aareon-
Bill Williams
Voicescape -
Simon Shepherd
Eckoh
Chair:
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Luke Jones
allpay
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From Process Insight to Evidencing Impact: Creating Transparency, Control and Confidence in Housing Finance
Duration: 12:55pm - 1:15pm
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speaker:
Laurence Allen
Engage Process
1:30pm
Breakout sessions – please choose one option
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11C
Speakers:
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Sandy Livingstone
Onward Homes -
Rev James Olanipekun
National Housing Federation’s Tenant Advisory Panel (TAP) Joanne Martin
Magna Housing
Chair:
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Steven Brook
Harrogate Housing Association
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 11A&B
Speakers:
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Rachel McGoff
Saxon Weald -
Ben Earl
Abri -
Kelly Saban
Southern Housing
Chair:
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Piers Williamson
Sustainability for Housing
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3A
Speakers:
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Carla Platell
Bromford Flagship Livewest -
Emma Hardman
Anthony Collins
Chair:
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Sarah Finnegan
National Housing Federation
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Insights stage
Speakers:
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Maria Organ
West Kent Housing Association -
Emma Richman
Altair
Chair:
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Annie Owens
National Housing Federation
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Exhibition: Data & AI Forum
Speaker:
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Professor Adam Kramer
Barclays
Chair:
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Amanda Leonard
Housemark
Sponsored by:
Duration: 45 minutes
Location: Room 3 balcony
Speakers:
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Tariq Kazi
Peabody -
Shaeen Azam
Golden Lane Housing -
Monika Liskiewicz
Accent Group
Chair:
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Nathan Mallows
Coastline Housing
2:25pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speakers:
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Yvonne Moore
Zurich -
Judy Hardy
Places for People -
Karin Erlander
The Housing Finance Corporation
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2:30pm
3:05pm
Duration: 5 minutes
Location: Main stage: Hall 1A
Speaker:
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Helia Ebrahimi
Channel 4 News
3:10pm
Please pick up your takeaway refreshments on the way out
Location: Upper foyer