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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 and head of community housing

Man Group

Ross Allan

Director of Property Data Solutions

Hometrack

Mario Ambrosi

Chair

Housing and Ageing Alliance

Phil Andrew

Chief executive

Orbit Group

Pete Apps

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

Nick Atkin

Chief executive

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

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

Rob Beiley

Partner

Trowers & Hamlins

Kevin Beirne

Head of retirement living

Octopus Capital

Gemma Bell

Partner

Devonshires

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

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

Tracy Brabin

Mayor

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

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

Maureen Bristow

Chair

Hull City Council

Paula Broadbent

Managing director

Lovell Later Living

Fiona Brown

Involved resident

Progress Housing

Andrew Buckels

Sector lead - social housing

Waterstons

Andy Burnham

Mayor

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Aisha Butera

DEI advisor and non-executive director

Muir Housing

Jenny Buƫerchi

Partner

PRP

Lisa Cairns

Business development and improvement manager

Mears

Susan Cake-Taylor

Amplius

Senior service manager - community and housing related support

Lucy Campbell

Head of multiple disadvantage

Single Homeless Project

Christine Candlish

Director of living plus

Places for People Group

Mia Carter

Operations Manager

EnergyAngels

Yvette Carter

Executive director of contract services

Southern Housing

Jo Causon

Chief executive

The Institute of Customer Service

Jon Chappell

Head of water resources and planning

Water UK

Nicola Clannachan

Head of housing community services

Portsmouth City Council

Rowena Claydon-Smith

Low carbon retrofit manager

Abri

Fiona Colley

Director of Social Change

Homeless Link

Helen Collins

Principal, national head of 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

DEN Specialist

Haringey Council

Rob Cooke

Residential investment director

Sigma Capital Group

Ruth Cooke

Chief executive

GreenSquareAccord

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

Senior Associate

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Ruth Cox

Director of services

Justlife Foundation

Mhari Coxon

Head of Marketing

Sureserve

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

Sarah Daly

Head of strategic partnerships and sustainable communities

Agile Homes

Jenny Danson

CEO

Healthy Homes Hub

Nairn Davidson

Director of regulation

Places for People

Malcolm Davies

Welsh Govt ORP

Welsh Government

Yvonne Davies

Managing director

Scrutiny and Empowerment Partners

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

Dr Manik Deepak-Gopinath

Senior lecturer in ageing

Open University

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

Phillip Dixon

Principal - charges and developer services

Ofwat

Kate Dodsworth

Chief of regulatory engagement

Regulator of Social Housing

Claire Donovan

Director

End Furniture Poverty

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 and head of community housing

Man Group

Mario Ambrosi

Chair

Housing and Ageing Alliance

Phil Andrew

Chief executive

Orbit Group

Pete Apps

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

Chief executive

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

Rob Beiley

Partner

Trowers & Hamlins

Kevin Beirne

Head of retirement living

Octopus Capital

Gemma Bell

Partner

Devonshires

Suzanne Benson

Partner and head of real estate

Trowers & Hamlins

Molly Bishop

Head of implementation

Centre for Homelessness Impact

Henrietta Blackmore

National director

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

Tracy Brabin

Mayor

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Tom Bremner

Chief Executive

CDS Co-operative Society

Paula Broadbent

Managing director

Lovell Later Living

Andy Burnham

Mayor

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Jenny Buƫerchi

Partner

PRP

Lisa Cairns

Business development and improvement manager

Mears

Clare Cameron

Director in the later living team

PRP

Jo Causon

Chief executive

The Institute of Customer Service

Fiona Colley

Director of Social Change

Homeless Link

Helen Collins

Principal, national head of affordable housing

Avison Young

Judie Collins

Chair

Greater Manchester Older People’s Network - Housing and Neighbourhoods Working Group

Henrietta Cooke

DEN Specialist

Haringey Council

Rob Cooke

Residential investment director

Sigma Capital Group

Ruth Cooke

Chief executive

GreenSquareAccord

Oliver Coppard

Mayor

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Frances Coppola

Financial writer and commentator

Matt Cowen

Senior Associate

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

Kate Dodsworth

Chief of regulatory engagement

Regulator of Social Housing

Gillian Douglas

Executive director of housing

London Borough of Lewisham

Candida Dutiro

Chair of resident representative team

Red Kite Community Housing

Jim Dyer

Director of Built Environment

Sovereign Network Group

Chinedu Ekechukwu

Research associate

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

Katherine Fairclough

Chief executive

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

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 Business Strategy and Assets

Whg

Lisa Gledhill

Managing director of national partnerships

Muse

Carly Glover

Head of operations

Mears Group

Rose Grayston

Housing policy and campaigns, advisor

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

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 director of operations - customer and community services

Housing Choices Australia

Sarah Healey

Permanent secretary

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Leann Hearne

Goup chief executive

Livv Housing Group

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

Editor

Inside Housing

Gaby Hinsliff

Columnist and commentator

The Guardian

Carolina Ipes

Associate director

PRP

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

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Kate Josephs CB

Chief executive

Sheffield City Council

Suki Kalirai

Chair

PA Housing

Will Karani

Deputy director, planning policy

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chan Kataria OBE

Chief executive

EMH Group

Satvir Kaur MP

Labour MP

Southampton Test

Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs

Chair of regeneration

London Legacy Development Corporation

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

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

Ross Allan

Director of Property Data Solutions

Hometrack

Louise Archer

Executive operations director

Broadland Housing Group

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

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

Fiona Brown

Involved resident

Progress Housing

Andrew Buckels

Sector lead - social housing

Waterstons

Aisha Butera

DEI advisor and non-executive director

Muir Housing

Lisa Cairns

Business development and improvement manager

Mears

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

Mia Carter

Operations Manager

EnergyAngels

Yvette Carter

Executive director of contract services

Southern Housing

Jon Chappell

Head of water resources and planning

Water UK

Nicola Clannachan

Head of housing community services

Portsmouth City Council

Rowena Claydon-Smith

Low carbon retrofit manager

Abri

Matthew Conroy

Head of impact propositions

Unity Trust Bank

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

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

Sarah Daly

Head of strategic partnerships and sustainable communities

Agile Homes

Jenny Danson

Chief executive

Healthy Homes Hub

Jenny Danson

CEO

Healthy Homes Hub

Nairn Davidson

Director of regulation

Places for People

Malcolm Davies

Welsh Govt ORP

Welsh Government

Yvonne Davies

Managing director

Scrutiny and Empowerment Partners

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

Group director of insight and group services

Prima Group Housing

James Ealey

Executive director

Northern Housing Consortium

Debra Edwards

Resident and co-production champion

London Borough of Haringey

Branwen Evans

Group director of public policy

Places for People

Nia Evans

Operations manager

Play:Disrupt

James Feetham

Inclusive services team leader

Great Places Housing Group

Deborah Fenton

Babergh & Mid Suffolk Councils

ARCH board member and director of housing

Helen Fisher

Director of cladding safety scheme

Homes England

Helen Fisher

AD transformation control

Homes England

Maya Fitchett

Policy analyst

National Energy Action

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

Collaboration hub manager

Energiesprong UK and founder of Elevate

Gareth Gill

Senior policy manager

Ofgem

James Glass

Director of NHG places

Notting Hill Genesis

Amanda Grant

Chief product officer

OneAdvanced

Andy Greenhorn

Sales director

Vericon Systems

Brian Griffin

Tenant

Berneslai Homes

Sian Griffiths

Director

RCA Regeneration Ltd

Jessica Hall

Head of security operations

Waterstons

Oliver Harmer

Chief officer, strategy

Caroline Harraway

Housing Services Manager

Thirteen Housing Group

Alyson Heald

Partnerships director, NW

L&Q

Tim Heatley

Co-founder

Capital and Centric

Ian Henderson

Director

The Vacuum Glazing Network Ltd

Matthew Hick

Asthma clinical nurse specialist

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Matt Hickman

Refurbishment partnerships director

Lovell Renew

Anna Highfield

Best practice editor

Inside 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

Ross Hollerton

Head of homes and construction

Future Homes Hub

Pia Honey

Founder and charity lead

No Floor No More CIC

John Hudson

Business Development Manager

Kier Places

Alison Inman

Chair

Tpas

Kai Jackson

Chair of tenant scrutiny panel

Black Country Housing Group

Cara Jenkinson

Co-chair workforce growth and skills development working group

National Retrofit Hub

Ian Johnson

Executive director of customer services

Karbon Homes