09.00          REGISTRATION / NETWORKING / EXHIBITION OPENS

 


10.00         OPENING ADDRESS

WOLFSON THEATRE

Chair’s opening address

Stephen Teagle, Chair of The Housing Forum and CEO of Partnerships at Vistry Group

 


10.15          KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

WOLFSON THEATRE

Keynote presentation: Future emissions reduction – What needs to happen in housing and how are we progressing?

Keynote speaker: Dr Emily Nurse, Head of Net Zero, Climate Change Committee

 


10.45          SESSION 1 – BUILDING SUPPORT FOR NEW HOMES

WOLFSON THEATRE

Councillor Teo Benea, Cllr for Sudbury ward, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Planning & Property, Brent Council

Wyn Evans, Founding Director, Just Build Homes

Freddie Poser, Executive Director, PricedOut

Andrew Taylor, Group Planning Director, Vistry

Chaired by Tim Reid, Customer Relationship Director, NHBC

 


11.30          EXHIBITION VIEWING / REFRESHMENTS / NETWORKING BREAK

OSLER ROOM

 


12.00          SESSION 2 – NEW LESSONS FOR NEW TOWNS

WOLFSON THEATRE

Kerry Hillman, Group Director – Public Land and Place, Vistry Group

Tim Brown, Managing Associate, Trowers & Hamlins

Jenny Buterchi, Partner, PRP

Alex Light, Landscape Architect, Levitt Bernstein

Victor Nicholls, Lecturer in Development and Planning, University of Reading

David Stronge, Design Director, Peabody

John Lewis, Executive Director – Thamesmead, Peabody

Chaired by Jamie Ratcliff, Founder, Place Base, and Deputy Chair of The Housing Forum

 


12.45          LUNCH / EXHIBITION VIEWING

OSLER ROOM

 


14.00          SESSION 3 – BREAKOUTS PART 1

OPTION 3A: BUILDING ON BROWNFIELD SITES, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE HOUSING FORUM COUNCILS NETWORK

WOLFSON THEATRE

Councillor Christopher Burden, Wolverhampton Council

Luke Wrigley, Housing Growth and Development Service Manager, Gateshead Council

Nathan Haffenden, Director of Housing, Assets and Development, Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough Councils

Anthony Boden, Preconstruction Director, Lovell

Chaired by William Cornall, Director of Regeneration and Place, Maidstone Borough Council

 

 

OPTION 3B: EMBODIED CARBON AND MMC

COUNCIL CHAMBER

Hugh Jeffery, Modular Business Director, Wates Residential

Katie Rudin, Housing & Innovation Director, Akerlof

Rob Squibb, Director, PRP Architects

Chaired by Katie Saunders, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins

 


14.50          SESSION 4 – BREAKOUTS PART 2

OPTION 4A: BUILDING SAFETY: THE IMPACT OF BSA 2022 ON PROCURING NEW HRB DEVELOPMENT

WOLFSON THEATRE

Graham Oliphant, Director of Fire, Bellrock

Adam Woolsey, Director, Martin Arnold

Sasha Pirbhai, Partner, Devonshires

Chaired by Roger Arnold, Managing Director, Martin Arnold

This session is sponsored by 

 

OPTION 4B: RETROFITTING EXISTING STOCK

COUNCIL CHAMBER

Rowena-Claydon-Smith, Head of Retrofit, Abri Group

Jonathan Abbot, Director – Retrofit, Keegans

Ed Ambrose, UK Head of Professional Indemnity RSA

Paul Dawson, Group Technical Manager, LHC Procurement Group

Chaired by Tom Barney, Sales Manager, Howden

This session is sponsored by 

 


15.35          EXHIBITION VIEWING / REFRESHMENTS / NETWORKING BREAK

OSLER ROOM

 


16.05          SESSION 5 – BREAKING BARRIERS: COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO HOUSING DELIVERY, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE HOUSING FORUM FUTURES NETWORK

WOLFSON THEATRE

Charlie Ash, Sector Lead – Housing Associations, NHBC

Claire Burbridge, Construction Quality Manager, whg

Guin Dimock, Senior Design and Technical Manager, Peabody

Kwame Munyangiri, Associate Partner, Arcus Consulting

Chaired by Phoebe Evans-Khan, Chair of The Housing Forum Futures Network and Senior Technical Manager at Bugler Group

 


16.50          CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND CLOSING ADDRESS

WOLFSON THEATRE

Shelagh Grant, Chief Executive, The Housing Forum

 


17.00          DRINKS RECEPTION AND INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW FUTURES NETWORK COHORT

OSLER ROOM

Stephen Teagle, Chair of The Housing Forum and CEO of Partnerships at Vistry Group

This session is sponsored by 

 


18.00          CLOSE