The day opens with a joint plenary chaired by Mark Easton, featuring sector leaders discussing the key challenges and opportunities ahead, with a focus on collaboration, innovation and delivery.
Delegates will then choose between two practical, discussion-led workshop streams covering different aspects of housing practice.
Throughout the day, there will be opportunities to network and explore the exhibition, where 15 exhibitors and sponsors will showcase products, services and innovations for housing providers.
The event will close with strategic leadership interviews, a final plenary and a networking drinks reception.
CHIC (Asset Management & Procurement)
Registration, Networking & Exhibition
Interview with Fiona Macgregor, Regulator of Social Housing
- Mark Easton, Broadcaster
An expert legal and procurement briefing on the first year of the Procurement Act in practice. How has the sector embraced the changes and how is the Gold Standard is influencing framework procurement and management.
- Rebecca Rees, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
- Emma Briggs, Director of Procurement & Sustainability, Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
- Mike Ivory, Head of Operational Procurement, CHIC
Networking Break & Exhibition
A technical and strategic review of large scale retrofit projects, including cladding replacement, energy upgrades and tenant engagement. Experts share how to balance safety, sustainability and resident engagement. Is SHDF delivering at scale?
- Hamish McMichael, Founder, Ambue
- Rebecca Reynolds, Head of Sustainability, Equans
- Harvinder Aouilk, Decarbonisation Project Manager, Citizen Housing
Lunch & Exhibition
Sector specialists present the latest thinking on long term asset strategies that balance financial performance, sustainability targets and resident wellbeing. Using real examples, they will show how data driven business planning can inform investment and disposal decisions.
- Mustafa Mustafa, Decarbonisation Director, Morgan Sindall
- John Fisher, Chief Executive, CHIC
- Jenny Dansen, Chief Executive, Healthy Homes Hub
Networking Break & Exhibition
A panel of three senior sector leaders covering housing associations, local government and development discuss the big picture challenges and opportunities facing social housing over the next decade. The conversation will address funding, regulation, innovation and community expectations. Extended audience Q&A will allow delegates to put their toughest questions directly to the panel.
- John Wallace, Director of Procurement, Clarion
- Adam Jones, Head of Business Development and Pre Contract, E.ON
- Andy Cameron-Smith, Communications Director, CS Consultancy
Amanda Long, Chair, CHIC
A look forward at how social housing must navigate rising expectations to deliver safer homes in London.
Drinks Reception
The Housing Forum (Shaping the Communities of the Future)
Registration, Networking & Exhibition
With the New Warm Homes Plan set to accelerate retrofit and energy efficiency upgrades across the country, the sector faces a pivotal moment. This session explores what it will take to deliver programmes at scale, maintain quality, and build the operational confidence needed for long term success. The discussion will focus on real world delivery challenges: supply chain readiness, workforce capacity, resident engagement, and the practicalities of coordinating large scale programmes.
Chair: Andrew Little, Partner, Baily Garner
- Ben Earl, Head of Partnerships & Sustainability at Abri Housing Group
- Jonathan Cooper, Director of Asset Investment & Fire Remediation, Peabody
- Emily Mansfield, Head of Sustainability, Baily Garner
Networking Break & Exhibition
The construction workforce challenge is real, but so is the opportunity to reshape the sector for the better. This forward‑looking discussion focuses on practical, scalable solutions to rebuild skills, attract new talent, and strengthen the industry’s long‑term resilience. Chaired by Phoebe Evans‑Khan, Chair of The Housing Forum Futures Network, the panel will spotlight innovative training models, smarter recruitment pathways, and the cultural shifts needed to make construction a career of choice.
Chair: Phoebe Evans-Khan, Chair of The Housing Forum Futures Network
- Tony Silvestri, CEO, Langley
- Josh Nicholson, Senior Research, The Centre for Social Justice
- Joe Bell, Client Manager – Skills Development, City & Guilds
Lunch & Exhibition
This panel brings together the authors of Placemaking, not Plotting to explore how the UK can deliver a new wave of sustainable, liveable suburbs that prioritise people, place quality, and long‑term stewardship. Drawing on decades of combined design, planning, and delivery experience, the discussion examines why current suburban development often falls short and what must change to create neighbourhoods that genuinely support wellbeing, community life, and environmental resilience.
Chair: Matthew Goulcher, Managing Director at Levitt Bernstein
- Farrah Hussain, Head of Development – East London, Vistry Group
- Andy von Bradsky, Policy Council, TCPA
Networking Break & Exhibition
Drinks Reception
Location
30 Euston Square
London
NW1 2FB