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Including government representatives, sector leaders, social commentators, innovators, lived experience and tenant voices, funders and developers who can help you unlock new and creative approaches.

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Tola Adesemowo

Director housing operations

Progress Housing Group

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

Poplar HARCA

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

Ross Allan

Director of Property Data Solutions

Hometrack

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

Olivia Arnott

Commercial assistant

Lowther Homes

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

Claire Bailey-Jones

Business development and marketing director

Novus Property Solutions

Matt Baird

Founder

The Social Housing Round Table

Jake Baker

Accounts director

Locata Housing Services

Oliver Baker

Chief executive

Ambion Heating

Maria Baranowski

Director of homeless services

St Martins Housing Trust

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

Baljit Basra

Partner

Devonshires Solicitors

Ben Beadle

Chief executive

National Residential Landlords Association

Liza Begum

Cabinet Member for Housing Services

Westminster City Council

Rob Beiley

Partner

Trowers & Hamlins

Senior Rental Living: Kevin Beirne

Head of retirement living

Octopus Capital

Gemma Bell

Partner

Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Suzanne Benson

Partner and head of real estate

Trowers & Hamlins

Alison Benzimra

Head of research and influence

United St Saviour’s Charity

Molly Bishop

Head of implementation

Centre for Homelessness Impact

Emma Blackmore

Director Client Engagement

iOpt

Henrietta Blackmore

National Director/CEO

Habitat for Humanity GB

Richard Blakeway

Housing Ombudsman

Edith Blennerhassett

Director - Europe building performance leader

Arup

Nic Bliss

Campaign director

Stop Social Housing Stigma

Dr Alex Boote

Production innovation manager

ARC Building Solutions

Eamonn Boylan

Interim chief executive

Homes England

Emily Braham

Strategy and operations

Energiesprong UK

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

Richard Brooks

Partner

Anthony Collins Solicitors

Ellie Brown

Reporter

Inside Housing

Fiona Brown

Involved resident

Progress Housing

Helen Bruce

Customer accounts manager

Onward Homes

Andrew Buckels

Sector Principal

Watersons Ltd

Andy Burnham

Mayor

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Aisha Butera

DEI advisor and non-executive director

Muir Housing

Jenny Buƫerchi

Partner

PRP

Lisa Cairns

Regional Development manager

Mears Group PLC

Susan Cake-Taylor

Amplius

Senior service manager - community and housing related support

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 Charters

Housing officer

Wheatley Homes Glasgow

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

Rob Cooke

Residential investment director

Sigma Capital Group

Evie Copland

Director of Customer and Communities

Berwickshire Housing Association

Oliver Coppard

Mayor

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Frances Coppola

Financial writer and commentator

Maggie Cornall

Director of operations

Blackpool Coastal Housing

Robbie Cowbury

Deputy chief executive officer

Back on Track Manchester

Matt Cowen

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

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

Liza Crowther

Income Maximisation Director

Mobysoft Ltd

Robert Csondor

Managing director

RCA Regeneration Limited

Laurie Cunningham

Chief technology officer

TerraQuest

Stephen Cunningham

Marketing & communications manager

Helpthemove

Leadership Symposium speakers

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

Yẹmí Aládérun

Head of development

Meridian Water, Enfield Council

Shamez Alibhai

Managing director & head of community housing

Man Group

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

Tom Arey

Director

PfP Thrive

Shalni Arora

OBE, founder trustee and co-chair

Belong

Charlie Ash

Sector lead, housing associations

NHBC

Nick Atkin

CEO

Yorkshire Housing

John Barnes MBE

Former England and premier league footballer

Mel Barrett

Chief executive

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing

Baljit Basra

Partner

Devonshires Solicitors

Ben Beadle

Chief executive

National Residential Landlords Association

Liza Begum

Cabinet Member for Housing Services

Westminster City Council

Rob Beiley

Partner

Trowers & Hamlins

Senior Rental Living: Kevin Beirne

Head of retirement living

Octopus Capital

Gemma Bell

Partner

Devonshires Solicitors LLP

Suzanne Benson

Partner and head of real estate

Trowers & Hamlins

Molly Bishop

Head of implementation

Centre for Homelessness Impact

Henrietta Blackmore

National Director/CEO

Habitat for Humanity GB

Richard Blakeway

Housing Ombudsman

Edith Blennerhassett

Director - Europe building performance leader

Arup

Nic Bliss

Campaign director

Stop Social Housing Stigma

Eamonn Boylan

Interim chief executive

Homes England

Tom Bremner

Chief Executive

CDS Co-operative Society

Clare Brenlund

Sales and marketing director

L&Q

Andy Burnham

Mayor

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Jenny Buƫerchi

Partner

PRP

Lisa Cairns

Regional Development manager

Mears Group PLC

Clare Cameron

Director in the later living team

PRP

Luke Campbell MBE

Mayor

Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority

Jamie Carswell

Director of housing and safer communities

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Jo Causon

Chief executive

The Institute of Customer Service

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

Rob Cooke

Residential investment director

Sigma Capital Group

Oliver Coppard

Mayor

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Frances Coppola

Financial writer and commentator

Matt Cowen

Partner

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Laurie Cunningham

Chief technology officer

TerraQuest

Jo Davis

Principal and UK executive and chair

Avison Young and chari, Real Estate Balance

Richard Daw

Director

PRP

Sasha Deepwell

Chief executive

Irwell Valley Housing Association

Paul Dennett

City mayor and deputy mayor

Salford City Council and Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Jacqui De-Rose

Group chief executive

Progress Housing Group

Tanmay Desai

Head of built environment

PIC

DJ Dhannjai

CIO (UK)

Edmond de Rothchild

Marek Dobrowolski

Partner, place, regeneration and housing

BERWICK PARTNERS / ODGERS BERNDTSON

Kate Dodsworth

Chief of regulatory engagement

Regulator of Social Housing

Gillian Douglas

Executive director of housing

Lewisham Council

Candida Dutiro

Chair of resident representative team

Red Kite Community Housing

Jim Dyer

Director of built environment

SNG

Chinedu Ekechukwu

Research associate, housing and communities

Centre for the New Midlands

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

Helen Fadipe MBE

President

Royal Town Planning Institute

Paul Fiddaman

Chief executive

Karbon Homes

Katie Finch

Director of assurance and business services

Citizen

Shaun Flook

Assistant Director Housing Needs and Tenancy

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Shelagh Fogarty

Presenter, journalist

LBC

Laura Morgan Forster

Innovation lead - net zero heat programme

Innovate UK

Susan Fulton

Executive director of customer, people and engagement

Gentoo

Amanda Garrard

Chief executive

Berneslai Homes

Rob Gilham

Corporate director of strategy, assets and transformation

Whg

Lisa Gledhill

Managing director of national partnerships

Muse

Carly Glover

Head of operations

Mears Group

Rose Grayston

Independent consultant, currently Expert Adviser to the Minister for Housing and Planning, speaking in a personal capacity

David Hampton

Tenant board member, Southway Housing Trust and board member

Tpas

Olivia Harris

Chief executive

Dolphin Living

Tracy Harrison

Chief executive

Northern Housing Consortium

Hannah Harvey

Executive group director customer service

Housing Choices Australia

Tim Heatley

Co-founder

Capital and Centric

Steven Henderson

Chief executive

Wheatley Group

Warren Heppolette

Chief officer for strategy, innovation and population health

NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care

Daniel Hewitt

Investigations editor

ITV

Paula Higgins

Founder, board member

Home Owners Alliance, Shared Ownership Council

Martin Hilditch

Group editor

Inside Housing and Social Housing

Gaby Hinsliff

Columnist and commentator

The Guardian

Kevin Hollinrake MP

Shadow secretary of state

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Shahi Islam

Director of affordable housing

Homes England

Ibby Ismail

Senior independent director, chair, people & governance committee and customer

MSV

Mohammad Jamei

Director of economic policy

Confederation of British Industry

Rebecca Jason

Partner, housing finance

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

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

Sean Keyes

Chief executive officer

Sutcliffe

Vivienne King

Founder

Impactful Places

Paul Kitson

Corporate director - inclusive economy, housing and culture

Newham Council (Populo living)

Lindsay Lauder

Director of development and regeneration

Wheatley Group

Melanie Leech

Chief executive

British Property Federation

Martina Lees

Senior property writer

The Times

Thom Lynch

Co-founder and project leader

Matthew's House

Fiona MacGregor

Chief executive

Regulator of Social Housing

Anjali Manoj Kumar

Group technology director

Hyde

Visitor speakers

Tola Adesemowo

Director housing operations

Progress Housing Group

Nahim Ahmed MBE

Head of strategic engagement, youth and community

Poplar HARCA

John Airey

Head of advisory services

Waterstons

Ian Allan

Head of market strategy

Switch2

Ross Allan

Director of Property Data Solutions

Hometrack

Louise Archer

Executive operations director

Broadland Housing Group

Olivia Arnott

Commercial assistant

Lowther Homes

Jeff Astle

Executive director, development and sales

bpha

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

Claire Bailey-Jones

Business development and marketing director

Novus Property Solutions

Matt Baird

Founder

The Social Housing Round Table

Jake Baker

Accounts director

Locata Housing Services

Oliver Baker

Chief executive

Ambion Heating

Maria Baranowski

Director of homeless services

St Martins Housing Trust

Kunle Barker

Writer, broadcaster, founder

Natural Places

Tina Barnard

Chief Executive

Watford Community Housing Trust

Alison Benzimra

Head of research and influence

United St Saviour’s Charity

Emma Blackmore

Director Client Engagement

iOpt

Dr Alex Boote

Production innovation manager

ARC Building Solutions

Emily Braham

Strategy and operations

Energiesprong UK

Rod Brasington

Chief executive

Prosper

Jack Brayshaw

Head of group technical and innovation

Vistry Group

Maureen Bristow

Chair

Hull City Council

Richard Brooks

Partner

Anthony Collins Solicitors

Ellie Brown

Reporter

Inside Housing

Fiona Brown

Involved resident

Progress Housing

Helen Bruce

Customer accounts manager

Onward Homes

Andrew Buckels

Sector Principal

Watersons Ltd

Aisha Butera

DEI advisor and non-executive director

Muir Housing

Lisa Cairns

Regional Development manager

Mears Group PLC

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

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

Mia Carter

Operations Manager

EnergyAngels

Yvette Carter

Executive director of contract services

Southern Housing

Catherine Castillo-Soto

Business development director

Travis Perkins

Jon Chappell

Head of water resources and planning

Water UK

William Charters

Housing officer

Wheatley Homes Glasgow

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

Matthew Conroy

Head of impact propositions

Unity Trust Bank

Henrietta Cooke

Heat network specialist

Haringey Council

Evie Copland

Director of Customer and Communities

Berwickshire Housing Association

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

Liza Crowther

Income Maximisation Director

Mobysoft Ltd

Robert Csondor

Managing director

RCA Regeneration Limited

Stephen Cunningham

Marketing & communications manager

Helpthemove

Sarah Daly

Head of Strategic Partnerships & Sustainable Communities

Agile Property & Homes

Jenny Danson

Chief executive

Healthy Homes Hub

Jenny Danson

chief executive

Healthy Homes Hub

Stuart Darroch

Director of communications and marketing

The Wheatley Group

Nairn Davidson

Director of regulation

Places for People

Malcolm Davies

Welsh Govt ORP

Welsh Government

Yvonne Davies

Managing director

Cobalt Housing

Stewart Davison

Proptech Thought Provoker & Strategic Advisor

Elim Housing

Pete Daykin

Chief executive

Wordnerds

Dr Manik Deepak-Gopinath

Senior lecturer in ageing

Open University

Phillip Dixon

Principal - charges and developer services

Ofwat

Claire Donovan

Director

End Furniture Poverty

Nicholas Doyle

Director and co-founder

Chirpy Heat

Ailsa Dunn

Executive Director Insight & Group Services

Prima Group

James Ealey

Executive director

Northern Housing Consortium

Debra Edwards

Chair of Haringey’s Supported Housing Continuous Improvement Group

London Borough of Haringey

Kate Elder

Director of governance, regulation and assurance

Accent Housing Group

Branwen Evans

Group director of public policy

Places for People

Nia Evans

Engagement Producer

Play:Disrupt

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

Helen Fisher

Director, cladding safety scheme

Homes England

Helen Fisher

AD transformation control

Homes England

Maya Fitchett

Policy analyst

National Energy Action

Chris Fleck

Chief technology and product officer

Mobysoft

Gemma Forshaw

Head of Housing

Wealden District Council

Dr Laura Morgan Forster

Innovation lead - net zero heat programme

Innovative 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

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

Gareth Gill

Senior policy manager

Ofgem

James Glass

Director of NHG places

Notting Hill Genesis

Amanda Grant

Chief product officer

OneAdvanced

Sam Greaves

Senior consultant

CSA Cyber

Andy Greenhorn

National sales & partnership director

Vericon Systems

Matthew Grenier

Business Development Director

HACT