Explore the programme for Quality Homes 2024 below.

8:30am

Registration, refreshments and exhibition opens

9:30am

Innovation Pitches

Duration: 40 minutes

10:25am

Chair’s opening remarks

Duration: 5 minutes

Chairs:

  • Hannah Howard-Jones

    Hannah Howard-Jones
    Home Group

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

10:30am

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Katherine Proctor
    Unity Homes & Enterprise

  • Becky Utuka

    Becky Utuka
    Saxon Weald

11:10am

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Julie Evans

    Julie Evans
    Curo Group

  • Thomas Fountain

    Thomas Fountain
    Places For People Group

  • Helen Town
    Watford Community Housing Group

11:50am

Networking break and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 30 minutes

12:20pm

Breakout sessions and roundtable – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Helen Ball
    Broadacres

  • Cecily Church

    Cecily Church
    Fairhive

  • Kevin Garvey

    Kevin Garvey
    National Housing Federation

  • James Marley
    Broadacres

Chair:

  • Lucy Breeze

    Lucy Breeze
    Golding Homes

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Darya Bahram

    Darya Bahram
    King’s College London

  • Chris Lees
    Data Clan

  • Neil Yeomans

    Neil Yeomans
    Orbit

Chair:

  • Petronila Osodo
    Notting Hill Genesis

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Steve Kirk

    Steve Kirk
    Citizen

  • Amanda Newton

    Amanda Newton
    Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Chair:

  • Annie Owens

    Annie Owens
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 45 minutes

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

1:25am

Duration: 30 minutes

Speaker:

  • James Prestwich

    James Prestwich
    Chartered Institute of Housing

2:05pm

Breakout sessions – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

  • Rupesh Bhatt
    Peabody

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Ian Joynson

    Ian Joynson
    The Guinness Partnership

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

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Adam Masters
    Stonewater

  • Nik Flytzanis

    Nik Flytzanis
    Plentific

Sponsored by:

3:00pm

Breakout sessions – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Speakers:

  • Gillian Douglas
    Lewisham Council

  • Liz O’Connor
    Horton Housing

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Cym D’Souza

    Cym D’Souza
    Arawak Walton 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

Speaker:

  • Hilary Grayson

    Hilary Grayson
    Sava

Chair:

  • Lizzi Hearn
    National Housing Federation

3:45pm

Networking break and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 30 minutes

4:15pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Peter Apps

    Peter Apps
    Inside Housing

  • Jane Duncan

    Jane Duncan
    RIBA Expert Advisory Group

  • Jane Porter

    Jane Porter
    Optivo

4:55pm

Duration: 5 minutes

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

Breakfast briefing

Duration: 40 minutes

9:40am

Chair’s opening remarks

Duration: 5 minutes

Speakers:

  • Hannah Howard-Jones

    Hannah Howard-Jones
    Home Group

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

9:45am

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

  • Fiona MacGregor

    Fiona MacGregor
    Regulator of Social Housing

10:25am

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Rob Bywater
    Ashton Pioneer Homes

  • Adrian Eggington

    Adrian Eggington
    Black Country Housing Group

11:05am

Networking break and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 30 minutes

11:35am

Breakout sessions and roundtable – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Keith Todd

    Keith Todd
    Ridge

  • Emma Burton

    Emma Burton
    Bromford

Chair:

  • Nichola Harrison

    Nichola Harrison
    Lambeth and Southwark Housing Association

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

  • Jon Slade
    Campbell Tickell

Chair:

  • Annie Owens

    Annie Owens
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

  • Polly Cox

    Polly Cox
    Housing Ombudsman

Chair:

  • Alistair Smyth

    Alistair Smyth
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

  • Edward Anton
    Grand Union Housing Group

  • Alexia Evans
    Sovereign Network Group

  • Claire Hyland

    Claire Hyland
    Sovereign Network Group

Chair:

  • Jason Holder
    Greensquare Accord

12:20pm

Networking lunch and meet the exhibitors

Duration: 20 minutes

Duration: 12:20 – 2pm

12:40pm

Duration: 20 minutes

Speaker:

  • Dave Newton OBE

    Dave Newton OBE
    Department of Energy Security and Net Zero

Chair:

  • Rory Hughes
    National Housing Federation

1:20pm

Breakout sessions – please select one option

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

  • Sarah McClelland

    Sarah McClelland
    RISE

Chair:

  • Kevin Garvey

    Kevin Garvey
    National Housing Federation

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

  • Sam	Collier

    Sam Collier
    HomeLINK

Sponsored by:

2:15pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

  • Kate Henderson

    Kate Henderson
    National Housing Federation

  • Jack Ostrofsky

    Jack Ostrofsky
    London Councils

  • Hannah Spungin
    Bristol City Leap

2:55pm

Chairs’ Closing Remarks

3:00pm

Conference end