Welcome to SEC2024 – Marc Baines, CEO, South East Consortium

Opening Keynote from the Housing Ombudsman – Richard Blakeway, Housing Ombudsman, Housing Ombudsman Services

The Role of the Next Generation – Emma Gilbank, Vice-Chair, Chartered Institute of Housing Futures

Session Host: Matt Baird, Founder, The Social Housing Roundtable

An out of sector view on Customer Service Standards – Brian Weston, Director of Marketing Research and Insight, Institute of Customer Services

Improving how we are are structured, how we operate and how we interact with our residents – panel discussion including;

• • Becs Wilcox, Chief Housing Officer, Medway Council
  • Chrishanti Shah, Director of Finance and Resources, CCHA
  • Gavin Cansfield, CEO, Settle Housing

Session Host: Michaela Wain, Founder of Design & Build UK and Chair of Women in Construction

Rebooting the London Economy – Antonia Jennings, Chief Executive, Centre for London 

Achieving diverse supply chains – panel discussion including;

• • Amos Simbo, Founder, Black Professionals in Construction
  • Adwoa Owuso-Banahene –  Procurement Lead, London Legacy Development Corporation
  • Katie Williams – Head of Commissioning, Southern Housing
  • Dennis Weeks, London Board Member, Federation Master Builders

Session Host: Sonny Cook, Associate, Baily Garner

Building Defects and Your Health- Professor Mike Parrett, Author, Broadcaster and Building Pathology Expert

Mike is author of the as title book, Building Defects & Your Health, available here. 100% of proceeds go to charity.

Session Host: Brian Horton, Chair, Kent Housing Group

The GLAs Temporary Accommodation Report- Sue Edmonds, Chief Executive, Capital Letters

Innovatively Meeting Housing Demands – panel discussion including;

• • Tom Chance, Chief Executive, Community Land Trust Network
  • Sem Lee, Chair, Forest Community Land Trust
  • Jeremy Sweetland, Project Director, Housing Festival
  • Tom Casey, Exec. Director of Development & Asset, Golding Homes

Mark Rhodes, Published Author and Public Speaker

Mark is a renowned public speaker who has supported global industries and other public sector services with applying a change mindset. Mark is pleased to be with us today and will share his reflections on the conference and provide you the tools to apply action and change after you leave the event.

Session Host: Rebecca Rees, Partner and Head of Procurement, Trowers & Hamlins

The new procurement regulations will now come into force in February 2025. The landscape for procurement professionals and those buying public products will change significantly. We’ll discuss the changes and their lasting impact with our practitioners’ panel discussion including: 

• Sangeeta Fitzpatrick, Senior Procurement Policy and Compliance Manager, Clarion
• Emma Briggs, Director of Procurement and Sustainability, Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
• Liam Cochrane, Procurement Manager, MHS Homes
• Sarah Monaghan, Associate, Trowers & Hamlins and Winner of the Rosie Choueka Memorial Essay Prize

Session Host: Roger Arnold, Manging Director, Martin Arnold Ltd

It can’t happen again! Pushing for changes in building safety – Allan Binns – Regional Representative, Association for Project Safety.

Building Safety Cases, Lessons Learnt & Experiences Shared

• • Jean Kikaya, Special Projects Manager, Newlon Housing Trust
  • Ayo Allu – Director of Design, Technical and Innovation, Clarion Housing Group
  • Ben Davis – Director, Martin Arnold
  • Jake Le Page – Head of Building Safety -Regulation, Notting Hill Genesis

Session Host: Dr Matthew Scott, Policy Lead, Chartered Institute of Housing

A panel discussion sharing the outcomes of the Better Social Housing Workgroup 3. The cross-sector group has been working together for the past 12 months to explore how we can improve our repairs and maintenance services.  

Panel members include;

• Jenny Osbourne, Chief Executive, Tpas
• Liane Sheppard, Director of Property Services, LiveWest
• Emma Brooker, Head of Maintenance Services, L&Q

Session Host: Dr Samer Bagaeen, Technical Director, Arcadis

Sustainability Loans at Scale – Gloria Yang, Finance Director, Moat Homes

Homewise Tool – Jamie Browne, Senior Business Development Manager, Energy Savings Trust

Session Host: Ian Childs, Client Relationships Director, K&T Heating

CIOB Retrofit of Building Report – Professor John Edwards, Board Member, Sustainable Traditional Building Alliance

Retrofit Forward – panel discussion including; 

• • Ben James, Sustainability Manager, Moat Homes
  • Russel Smith, Founder and Managing Director, Parity Projects
  • Richard Ellis, Director of Sustainability, Peabody
  • Lucy Mullineux – Associate Partner, Baily Garner

Session Host: Anna Clarke, Director of Policy, The Housing Forum

A fantastic panel of informed and passionate individuals set on making sure housing is a political priority for the current administration.

A Panel Including;

• Rachael Williamson, Head of Policy and External Affairs, Chartered Institute of Housing
• Tanvi Joshi, Strategy Manager, L&Q
• Darren Baxter, Principal Policy Advisor – Housing and Land, JRF

Session Host: Dave Loudon, Founder, Digital Bark

Digital Twin – Dr Bola Abisogun OBE, Founder and Chief Excitement Officer, Digital Twin Skills Academy CIC

Digitalising our Data – panel discussion including;

• • Annmarie Roberts, Iki’Den Consulting
  • Sheila Starr, Independent 
  • David Shepherd, Project Manager, Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal
  • Aleksander Gill, Parametrix

Session Host: Dewbien Plumber, Strategic Lead for Housing Complaints, Lewisham Council Housing Services

This panel will explore the accessibility and development of a more inclusive workforce breaking down barriers of gender, generational and racial difference.

A panel including;

• • Lucy Malarkey, Managing Director, WISH
  • Ellie Farlow, Chair, G4C
  • Mushtaq Khan, Chief Executive, Housing Diversity Network

Sponsored by, Saint Gobain Weber

An interactive workshop asking, where can we (public sector) build partnerships that can sustain long-term goals and develop quality affordable homes?

Speakers include; 

• • Priya van Dueren – Business Development Manager, Saint-Gobain
  • Stewart Nicholas – Operations Director, Saint-Gobain
  • Will Frost – Specification Manager, Saint-Gobain
  • Helen Hamilton – Head of Sector Development (Residential) – Saint-Gobain

Sponsored by, Triton Showers

Confused about NetZero? Want to be part of the solution but unsure where to start? If so, you are not alone…

In this interactive workshop we will look at what ‘Net Zero’ entails and consider how domestic hot water (and especially showering) fits into the UK narrative.

We will consider what factors impact the footprint, and how taking a more holistic approach to the design and specification of domestic hot water eco-systems can significantly impact the contribution made to the UK’s Net Zero ambitions. The over-arching aim of the session will be to empower you with some clear, actionable insights to a) help reduce the operational carbon footprint of the properties in your estates, and b) help save your tenants money on their utilities bills.

#EveryDropMakesADifference

Speakers Include;

• Dan Lintel – Sustainability Manager, Triton Showers

Sponsored by, United Living

An interactive workshop exploring the areas that needs work, and ways the sector is making positive progress in bridging the gaps. 

Speakers Include;

• Samuel Hazelton, director of Decarbonisation and Business Improvement, United Living
• Griff Thomas, Managing Director, GTEC Training and Heatly

Sponsored by, Alliance Steering Group

Your chance to preview the remastered remodelled PPC2000 contract, the PPC25.  The Alliance Steering Group will run through the contract ahead of its launch in Spring next year. 

Speakers Include;

• • Shane Hughes, Consultant Director, Savills
  • Assad Maqbool, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins