Explore the programme for Quality Homes 2024 below.

8:30am

Registration, refreshments and exhibition opens

9:30am

Duration: 40 minutes

Location: Foyer

Speakers:

  • Nigel Deacon
    metroSTOR®

  • James Summerland
    Intratone

  • Andy Flook
    Sava

  • Alan Smith
    ODCGIS

  • Chris Colbert
    Mobysoft

  • Solomon Garfield
    IP Door Entry Ltd

  • Richard Kemp-Harper
    AirEx Technologies

  • Liz Laine
    Parity Projects

Chair:

  • Kevin Garvey

    Kevin Garvey
    National Housing Federation

10:25am

Chairs' opening remarks

Duration: 5 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Chairs:

  • Hannah Howard-Jones

    Hannah Howard-Jones
    Home Group

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

10:30am

Duration: 40 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Becky Utuka

    Becky Utuka
    Saxon Weald

  • Helen Town
    Hertfordshire County Council

Chair:

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

11:10am

Duration: 40 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Thomas Fountain

    Thomas Fountain
    Places For People Group

  • Jo Barrett

    Jo Barrett
    Thrive Homes

  • Nick Carlisle

    Nick Carlisle
    Savills

Chair:

  • Hannah Howard-Jones

    Hannah Howard-Jones
    Home Group

11:50am

Networking break and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 30 minutes

Location: Exhibition and Networking area

12:20pm

Breakout sessions and roundtable – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Banks Lounge

Speakers:

  • Helen Ball
    Broadacres

  • Cecily Church

    Cecily Church
    Fairhive

  • James Marley
    Broadacres

  • Hannah Spungin

    Hannah Spungin
    Bristol City Leap

Chair:

  • Lucy Breeze

    Lucy Breeze
    Golding Homes

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Rowley Suite

Speakers:

  • Darya Bahram

    Darya Bahram
    Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College London

  • Chris Lees

    Chris Lees
    Data Clan

  • Neil Yeomans

    Neil Yeomans
    Orbit

Chair:

  • Petronila Osodo

    Petronila Osodo
    Notting Hill Genesis

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Amanda Newton

    Amanda Newton
    Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

  • Annie Owens

    Annie Owens
    National Housing Federation

  • Tony Tench
    Housing 21

Chair:

  • Jenny Spoor

    Jenny Spoor
    Havebury Housing Partnership

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: The Gallery

Speakers:

  • Mark Newstead

    Mark Newstead
    L&Q

  • Yogeta Partridge

    Yogeta Partridge
    Rydeo Consulting

  • Guy Slocombe

    Guy Slocombe
    Hyde

Chair:

  • Jo Barrett

    Jo Barrett
    Thrive Homes

1:05pm

Networking lunch and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 1 hour

Location: Exhibition and Networking area

1:25pm

Duration: 30 minutes

Location: Banks Lounge

Speaker:

  • Dave Newton OBE

    Dave Newton OBE
    Department of Energy Security and Net Zero

Chair:

  • Lizzie Hearn

    Lizzie Hearn
    National Housing Federation

2:05pm

Breakout sessions – please select one option

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speaker:

  • Tim Galloway

    Tim Galloway
    HSE

Chair:

  • Annie Owens

    Annie Owens
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: The Gallery

Speakers:

  • Rupesh Bhatt
    Peabody

  • Dominika Phillips-Blackburn

    Dominika Phillips-Blackburn
    Mobysoft

Chair:

  • Helen Collins
    National Housing Federation

Sponsored by:

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Rowley Suite

Speakers:

  • Matt Sharp
    Association of Safety and Compliance Professionals (ACP)

  • Ruth Picknett-Powell

    Ruth Picknett-Powell
    Sovereign Network Group

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Rebecca Clarke
    First Priority Housing

Chair:

  • Kevin Garvey

    Kevin Garvey
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 30 minutes

Location: Banks Lounge

Speaker:

  • Nik Flytzanis

    Nik Flytzanis
    Plentific

Chair:

  • Helen Town
    Hertfordshire County Council

3:00pm

Breakout sessions – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Banks Lounge

Speakers:

  • James Dyson
    E3G

  • Marc Edwards

    Marc Edwards
    Gentoo Group

  • Dr Rokia Raslan

    Dr Rokia Raslan
    University City London Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

Chair:

  • Ruth Dent

    Ruth Dent
    Believe Housing

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Gillian Douglas

    Gillian Douglas
    Lewisham Council

  • Jenny Spoor

    Jenny Spoor
    The Havebury Housing Partnership

Chair:

  • Liz O’Connor

    Liz O’Connor
    Horton Housing

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: The Gallery

Speakers:

  • Cym D’Souza

    Cym D’Souza
    Manningham Housing Association

  • Stephen Johnson

    Stephen Johnson
    Tenant Advisory Panel

  • Khalid Mair

    Khalid Mair
    Imani Housing Co-operative

Chair:

  • Bethan Buck

    Bethan Buck
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Rowley Suite

Speakers:

  • Hilary Grayson

    Hilary Grayson
    Sava

  • Richard Harral

    Richard Harral
    CABE, CPB/1

  • Matthew Bennett
    Inner Circle

  • Luke Driscoll

    Luke Driscoll
    Hyde

Chair:

  • Lizzie Hearn

    Lizzie Hearn
    National Housing Federation

3:45pm

Networking break and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 30 minutes

Location: Exhibition and Networking area

4:15pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Peter Apps

    Peter Apps
    Inside Housing

  • Jane Duncan OBE PPRIBA

    Jane Duncan OBE PPRIBA
    RIBA Expert Advisory Group

  • Jane Porter

    Jane Porter
    Southern Housing

Chair:

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

4:55pm

Duration: 5 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Hannah Howard-Jones

    Hannah Howard-Jones
    Home Group

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

5:00pm

Drinks reception in the exhibition

6:30pm

Location: Queen of Bradgate, 93 High St, Leicester LE1 4JB

8:30am

Registration, refreshments and exhibition opens

8:50am

Duration: 35 minutes

Location: Banks Lounge

Speakers:

  • John Wickenden

    John Wickenden
    Housemark

  • Piers Williamson
    Sustainability for Housing

Chair:

  • Sarah Finnegan

    Sarah Finnegan
    National Housing Federation

Sponsored by:

9:35am

Chair’s opening remarks

Duration: 5 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Hannah Howard-Jones

    Hannah Howard-Jones
    Home Group

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

9:40am

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speaker:

  • Fiona MacGregor

    Fiona MacGregor
    Regulator of Social Housing

Chair:

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

10:25am

Duration: 40 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Adrian Eggington

    Adrian Eggington
    Black Country Housing Group

  • Pete Davies
    Hexagon

  • Emma Richman

    Emma Richman
    Peaks & Plains Housing Trust

Chair:

  • Hannah Howard-Jones

    Hannah Howard-Jones
    Home Group

Duration: 40 minutes

Location: Banks Lounge

Speakers:

  • Keith Todd

    Keith Todd
    Ridge

  • Emma Burton

    Emma Burton
    Bromford

Chair:

  • Nichola Harrison

    Nichola Harrison
    Lambeth and Southwark Housing Association

11:05am

Networking break and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 30 minutes

Location: Exhibition and Networking area

11:35am

Breakout sessions and roundtable – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Banks Lounge

Speakers:

  • Jon Slade
    Campbell Tickell

  • Elly Hoult

    Elly Hoult
    Peabody Trust

  • Victor Andrews

    Victor Andrews
    National Housing Federation, Tenant Advisory Panel

Chair:

  • Annie Owens

    Annie Owens
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: The Gallery

Speakers:

  • Alexia Evans
    Sovereign Network Group

  • Olafunke Oreyomi
    Sovereign Network Group

  • Dave Lakin
    Grand Union Housing Group

Chair:

  • Jason Holder
    Greensquare Accord

12:20pm

Networking lunch and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 1 hour

Location: Exhibition and Networking area

Duration: 12:20 – 2pm

1:20pm

Breakout sessions – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Sarah McClelland

    Sarah McClelland
    RISE

  • Tom Whitehead

    Tom Whitehead
    Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3

Chair:

  • Kevin Garvey

    Kevin Garvey
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: Banks Lounge

Speakers:

  • Sam	Collier

    Sam Collier
    HomeLINK

  • Mike Scourfield

    Mike Scourfield
    Cheltenham Borough Council

Chair:

  • Liz O’Connor

    Liz O’Connor
    Horton Housing

Sponsored by:

Duration: 45 minutes

Location: The Gallery

Speakers:

  • Lizzie Hearn

    Lizzie Hearn
    National Housing Federation

  • Adam Gravely
    National Housing Federation

Chair:

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

2:15pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Location: Keith Weller Lounge

Speakers:

  • Kate Henderson

    Kate Henderson
    National Housing Federation

  • Jack Ostrofsky

    Jack Ostrofsky
    London Councils

  • Selvin Brown MBE

    Selvin Brown MBE
    Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Chair:

  • Hannah Howard-Jones

    Hannah Howard-Jones
    Home Group

2:55pm

Chairs’ Closing Remarks

3:00pm

Conference end