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Unlock new and creative approaches using insights and experiences from across the sector. In 2025 we had 500+ speakers including government representatives, sector leaders, social commentators, innovators, lived experience and tenant voices, funders and developers.
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James Agar
Head of real estate origination
PIC Capital
Ruhena Ahmed
Deputy director - social housing quality and residents
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Nahim Ahmed MBE
Head of strategic engagement, youth and community
John Airey
Head of advisory services
Waterstons
Yẹmí Aládérun
Head of development
Meridian Water, Enfield Council
Shamez Alibhai
Managing director & head of community housing
Man Group
Ian Allan
Head of market strategy
Switch2
Mario Ambrosi
Chair
Housing and Ageing Alliance
Phil Andrew
Chief executive
Orbit Group
Pete Apps
Author of Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen and contributing editor, Inside Housing
Louise Archer
Executive operations director
Broadland Housing Group
Tom Arey
Director
PfP Thrive
Shalni Arora
OBE, founder trustee and co-chair
Belong
Charlie Ash
Sector lead, housing associations
NHBC
Jeff Astle
Executive director, development and sales
bpha
Nick Atkin
CEO
Yorkshire Housing
Roseann Ayton
Non executive director ( resident board member )
Nazia Azad
Programme manager
Centre for Ageing Better
Samia Badani
Chief executive
The SPACE Health and Wellbeing Hub
Matt Baird
Founder
The Social Housing Round Table
Oliver Baker
Chief executive
Ambion Heating
Julie Baker
Social Value Manager
Keepmoat
Kunle Barker
Writer, broadcaster, founder
Natural Places
Tina Barnard
Chief Executive
Watford Community Housing Trust
John Barnes MBE
Former England and premier league footballer
Mel Barrett
Chief executive
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
Ben Beadle
Chief executive
National Residential Landlords Association
Liza Begum
Cabinet Member for Housing Services
Rob Beiley
Partner
Trowers & Hamlins
Kevin Beirne
Head of retirement living
Octopus Capital
Gemma Bell
Governance and regulatory partner
Devonshires
Suzanne Benson
Partner and head of real estate
Trowers & Hamlins
Alison Benzimra
Head of research and influence
United St Saviour's Charity
Henrietta Blackmore
National Director/CEO
Habitat for Humanity GB
Emma Blackmore
Director Client Engagement
iOpt
Richard Blakeway
Housing Ombudsman
Nic Bliss
Campaign director
Stop Social Housing Stigma
Dr Alex Boote
Production innovation manager
Arc Building Solutions
Eamonn Boylan
Interim chief executive
Homes England
Rod Brasington
Chief executive
Prosper
Jack Brayshaw
Head of group technical and innovation
Vistry Group
Tom Bremner
Chief Executive
CDS Co-operative Society
Clare Brenlund
Sales and marketing director
L&Q
Maureen Bristow
Chair
Hull City Council
Paula Broadbent
Managing director
Lovell Later Living
Richard Brooks
Partner
Anthony Collins Solicitors
Fiona Brown
Involved resident
Progress Housing
Ellie Brown
Reporter
Inside Housing
Helen Bruce
Customer accounts manager
Onward Homes
Ash Burd
General Manager
Energy Angels
Andy Burnham
Mayor
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Susan Cake-Taylor
Amplius
Senior service manager - community and housing related support
Clare Cameron
Director in the later living team
PRP
Lucy Campbell
Head of multiple disadvantage
Single Homeless Project
Luke Campbell MBE
Mayor
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority
Christine Candlish
Director of living plus
Places for People Group
Richard Carroll
Chief procurement officer
Durham County Council
Alistair Carruthers
Enterprise business sevelopment manager
Helpthemove
Jamie Carswell
Director of housing and safer communities
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Mia Carter
Operations Manager
EnergyAngels
Yvette Carter
Executive director of contract services
Southern Housing
Catherine Castillo-Soto
Business development director
Travis Perkins
Jo Causon
Chief executive
The Institute of Customer Service
Jon Chappell
Head of water resources and planning
Water UK
William Chartres
Housing officer
Wheatley Homes Glasgow
Nicola Clannachan
Head of housing community services
Portsmouth City Council
Gary Clay
Head of Operations
Novus Property Solutions
Rowena Claydon-Smith
Low carbon retrofit manager
Abri
Fiona Colley
Director of Social Change
Homeless Link
Helen Collins
Head of UK Living and Affordable Housing
Avison Young
Judie Collins
Chair
Greater Manchester Older People's Network - Housing and Neighbourhoods Working Group
Matthew Conroy
Head of impact propositions
Unity Trust Bank
Henrietta Cooke
Heat network specialist
Haringey Council
Frances Coppola
Financial writer and commentator
Maggie Cornall
Director of operations
Blackpool Coastal Housing
Robbie Cowbury
Deputy chief executive officer
Back on Track Manchester
Ruth Cox
Director of services
Justlife Foundation
Mhari Coxon
Head of Marketing
Sureserve
Brendan Coyle
Training specialist for environmental services
Wheatley Group
Mike Craggs
Development and asset management innovation lead
Bromford
Fiona Critchley
Head of Communications
Gerda Security Products - GSP Group
Yanik Croston
Business Support Manager
Switch2
Liza Crowther
Income Maximisation Director
Mobysoft Ltd
Robert Csondor
Managing director
RCA Regeneration Limited
Stephen Cunningham
Marketing & communications manager
Helpthemove
Laurie Cunningham
Chief technology officer
TerraQuest
Jenny Danson
chief executive
Healthy Homes Hub
Nairn Davidson
Director of regulation
Places for People
Yvonne Davies
Managing director
Cobalt Housing
Jo Davis
Principal and UK executive and chair
Avison Young and chari, Real Estate Balance
Stewart Davison
Proptech Thought Provoker & Strategic Advisor
Elim Housing
Richard Daw
Director
PRP
Pete Daykin
Chief executive
Wordnerds
Jacqui De-Rose
Group chief executive
Progress Housing Group
Katie Dean
Land and partnership director
Keepmoat
Sasha Deepwell
Chief executive
Irwell Valley Housing Association
Stephen Delahunty
deputy news editor
Ocean Media Group
Paul Dennett
City mayor and deputy mayor
Salford City Council and Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Tanmay Desai
Head of built environment
PIC
DJ Dhannjai
CIO (UK)
Edmond de Rothchild
Ben Dhesi
CEO
Hugo Technologies Ltd
Phillip Dixon
Principal - charges and developer services
Ofwat
Marek Dobrowolski
Partner, place, regeneration and housing
BERWICK PARTNERS / ODGERS BERNDTSON
Kate Dodsworth
Chief of regulatory engagement
Regulator of Social Housing
Claire Donovan
Director
End Furniture Poverty
Gillian Douglas
Executive director of housing
Lewisham Council
Nicholas Doyle
Director and co-founder
Chirpy Heat
Ailsa Dunn
Executive Director Insight & Group Services
Prima Group
Candida Dutiro
Chair of resident representative team
Red Kite Community Housing
Jim Dyer
Director of built environment
SNG
James Ealey
Executive director
Northern Housing Consortium
Debra Edwards
Chair of Haringey's Supported Housing Continuous Improvement Group
London Borough of Haringey
Chinedu Ekechukwu
Research associate, housing and communities
Centre for the New Midlands
Kate Elder
Director of governance, regulation and assurance
Accent Housing Group
Natalie Elphicke Ross OBE
Director and head of housing delivery and chair
Housing & Finance Institute and Defence Housing Strategy Review Team
Kane Emerson
Head of housing research
YIMBY Alliance
Nia Evans
Engagement Producer
Play:Disrupt
Branwen Evans
Group director of public policy
Places for People
Helen Fadipe MBE
President
Royal Town Planning Institute
Lee Fazal
Head of eco delivery
Next Energy
James Feetham
Inclusive services team leader
Great Places Housing Group
Deborah Fenton
Director of housing
Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils
Paul Fiddaman
Chief executive
Karbon Homes
Katie Finch
Director of assurance and business services
Citizen
Tom Fisher
Head of GM Good Landlord Charter implementation unit
The Good Landlord Charter
Helen Fisher
Director, cladding safety scheme
Homes England
Maya Fitchett
Policy analyst
National Energy Action
Chris Fleck
Chief technology and product officer
Mobysoft
Shaun Flook
Assistant Director Housing Needs and Tenancy
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Shelagh Fogarty
Presenter, journalist
LBC
Gemma Forshaw
Head of Housing
Wealden District Council
Laura Morgan Forster
Innovation lead - net zero heat programme
Innovate UK
Jon Foster
Director of operational risk
Metropolitan Thames Valley
Hannah Francis
Executive data & AI consultant
Waterstons
Alasdair Fraser
Housing manager
Manor Estates Housing Association
Jo Fry
Group HR director
Mears Group
Susan Fulton
Executive director of customer, people and engagement
Gentoo
Mark Gannon
Director Client Solutions
Netcall
Amanda Garrard
Chief executive
Berneslai Homes
Dr Delia Garratt
Chief executive
Birmingham and Black Country Wildlife Trust
Daniel Gatenby
Sustainability Manager
Haig Housing
Ele George
Industry collaboration lead and founder
IndiNature and Elevate
Rob Gilham
Corporate director of strategy, assets and transformation
Whg
Gareth Gill
Senior policy manager
Ofgem
James Glass
Director of NHG places
Notting Hill Genesis
Lisa Gledhill
Managing director of national partnerships
Muse
Lisa Gledhill
Managing director of national partnerships
Muse
Brad Goodfellow
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Angels
Manik Deepak Gopinath
Senior lecturer in ageing
Open University
Amanda Grant
Chief product officer
OneAdvanced
Rose Grayston
Independent consultant, currently Expert Adviser to the Minister for Housing and Planning, speaking in a personal capacity
Sam Greaves
Senior consultant
CSA Cyber
Matthew Grenier
Business Development Director
HACT
Brian Griffin
Tenant
Berneslai Homes
Sian Griffiths
Director
RCA Regeneration Ltd
Tanja Groth
Researcher, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Strathclyde
Jessica Hall
Head of security operations
Waterstons
David Hampton
Tenant board member, Southway Housing Trust and board member
Tpas
Jo Hannan
Head of foundation
Fusion21
Oliver Harmer
Chief officer, strategy
Caroline Harraway
Housing Services Manager
Thirteen Housing Group
Olivia Harris
Chief executive
Dolphin Living
Tracy Harrison
Chief executive
Northern Housing Consortium
Richard Harrison
Chief executive
Switch2
Hannah Harvey
Executive group director customer service
Housing Choices Australia
Jon Hay
Director of enterprise applications
Clarion Housing
Nick Hayes
Offensive security director
CSA Cyber
Gary Haynes
Managing Director
Voicescape
Alyson Heald
Partnerships director, NW
L&Q
Leann Hearne
Goup chief executive
Livv Housing Group
Tim Heatley
Co-founder
Capital and Centric
Ian Henderson
Director
The Vacuum Glazing Network Ltd
Steven Henderson
Chief executive
Wheatley Group
Warren Heppolette
Chief officer for strategy, innovation and population health
NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care
Lee Herron
Communications manager
Wheatley Group
Daniel Hewitt
Investigations editor
ITV
Matthew Hick
Children's respiratory nurse team leader
Leeds Childrens Hospital
Matt Hickman
Refurbishment partnerships director
Lovell Renew
Paula Higgins
Founder, board member
Home Owners Alliance, Shared Ownership Council
Dominic Higgins
Director
M3 Housing
Anna Highfield
Best practice editor
Inside Housing
Martin Hilditch
Group editor
Inside Housing and Social Housing
Stewart Hogg
Associate director ' cyber
Waterstons
Shaun Holdcroft
Chief growth officer
Legal & General Affordable Homes
Angela Holden
Director of regulatory engagement
Regulator of Social Housing
Lorri Holding
Director of services
YMCA Downslink Group
Ross Holleron
Head of homes and construction
Future Homes Hub
Kevin Hollinrake MP
Shadow secretary of state
Housing, Communities and Local Government
Pia Honey
Founder and charity lead
No Floor No More CIC
John Hudson
Business Development Manager
Kier Places
Luke Hurd
Chief operating officer
Chic
Zainab Hussain
Reporter
Inside Housing
Alison Inman
Chair
Tpas
Shahi Islam
Director of affordable housing
Homes England
Ibby Ismail
Senior independent director, chair, people & governance committee and customer
MSV
Gareth Iveson
Regional specification manager
Aico
Kai Jackson
Chair of tenant scrutiny panel
Black Country Housing Group
Lee Jackson
Whole House Director
Travis Perkins
Mohammad Jamei
Director of economic policy
Confederation of British Industry
Nathan James
Client director ' housing
Inciper
Zain Javed
Chief technology officer
Citation Cyber
Cara Jenkinson
Co-chair workforce growth and skills development working group
National Retrofit Hub
Steven Johnson
Director
Considered Associates Ltd
Ian Johnson
Executive director of customer services
Karbon Homes
Dilys Jones
Assistant director affordable housing growth
Homes England
Nye Jones
Head of Campaigns
Generation Rent
Carl Jones
Empty Homes and Lettings Manager
Hyde Housing
Kate Josephs
Chief executive
Sheffield City Council
Suki Kalirai
Chair
PA Housing
Chan Kataria OBE
Chief executive
EMH Group
Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs
Chair of independent challenge group
Thames Water
Jack Kelly
Director of talent and corporate affairs
Midland Heart
Dawn Kelso
Data solution director
Kerv
Libby Kerman
Sustainability manager
Lincolnshire Housing Partnership
Sean Keyes
Chief executive officer
Sutcliffe
Sahil Khan
Director of community strategy, partnerships and funding
Peabody
Nadhia Khan
Director of Customer and Community
RBH
Mushtaq Khan
Chief executive officer
Housing Diversity Network
Coco Khan
Writer and presenter
Pod Save the UK
Vivienne King
Founder
Impactful Places
Paul Kitson
Corporate director - inclusive economy, housing and culture
Newham Council (Populo living)
Christine Kiwanuka
Mental health liaison team leader
SNG
Carl Knowles
Business Development Manager
Vericon Systems
John Kolm-Murray
Domestic decarbonisation manager
Greater London Authority
Akshita Lakhiwal
Net zero engagement officer
Tpas Cymru
Benjamin Lambert
Head of Client Development
Alertacall
Miles Lanham
Chief executive
CHISEL Housing
Lindsay Lauder
Director of development and regeneration
Wheatley Group
Sian Le Gallais
Head of planned maintenance and compliance
Fairhive Homes
Melanie Leech
Chief executive
British Property Federation
Martina Lees
Senior property writer
The Times
Alan Leicester
Director of housing and environment
West Lancashire Borough Council
Dominika Leitane
Legal officer
Opportunity Green
Jennifer Leonard
Pet-friendly housing lead
Dog's Trust
Ian Lever
Director - digital, data and technology services
Altair Ltd
Dan Lintell
Sustainability manager
Triton Showers
Josiah Lockhart
Chief executive
ChangeWorks
Steve Loveland
Head of age-friendly housing
Clann
Thom Lynch
Co-founder and project leader
Matthew's House
Fiona MacGregor
Chief executive
Regulator of Social Housing
Christa Maciver
Director of campaigns and social change
Justlife Foundation
Kenny Maclachlan
Technical sales manager
Arc Building Solutions
Rowley Maggs
Strategic advisor
Ambue
Elizabeth Maguire
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland
Anees Mank
Programme and policy lead - retrofit
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Anjali Manoj Kumar
Group technology director
Hyde
Kate Markey
Chief executive
Nationwide Foundation
Maxwell Marlow
Director of policy
YIMBY Initiative
Rory Marsden
Chief operating officer
Hometrack