Conference 2019 timetable

Tuesday 22 January

09.00
Registration
Hotel lobby
10.00
Welcome
10.15
Plenary 1: Summerland to Grenfell: 44 years of un-learning
Speaker:
Professor Christopher Hall, Professor Emeritus, Edinburgh University
11.00
Refreshments
Exhibition area
11.30
1A: The role of the contractor: getting the right fit
Speaker
Tav Sahota, Operations Support Manager, DW Support Services
Richard Stone, Operations Manager, MCP Property Services
David Miller, Director, Rand Associates
Sonya Russell, Head of New Business, AD Construction Group
Caroline Lester, Relationship Manager, MCP Property Services
Melissa Woodall, Head of New Business, PiLON
1B: Post Grenfell tragedy improvements
Speaker
Tom Gilbert, Associate Director, Frankham Risk Management
1C: Wobbling walls: a civil and criminal case against Basildon Council
Speaker
Peter Long, Property Service Manager for Delivery, Basildon District Council
1D: Improving decisions on stock using new technology and data
Speaker
Paul Jenkins, Director of Asset Management and Sustainability, Thirteen Group
Russell Thompson, Executive Director of Property Services, Thirteen Group
Mark Arnold, Senior Sustainability Manager, Thirteen Group
1E: Investing in health for a sustainable future
Speaker
Clare Forshaw, Occupational Health & Hygiene Partner, Park Health & Safety Partnership
12.45
Lunch
Exhibition area
13.30
Plenary 2: Reducing the skills shortage by employing ex-servicemen
Speaker:
Bob Lisle, Business Development Manager, Sappers Network
14.30
2A: M3NHF Schedule of Rates: maximising the benefits and avoiding the pitfalls
Speaker
Dominic Higgins, Director, Rand Associates
David Miller, Director, Rand Associates
2B: IET regulations (18th edition)
Speaker
Steve Martin, Director of Technical, Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA)
2C: How gas maintenance, safety and compliance is changing in the connected world  
Speaker
Malkit Sagoo, Director of Asset Management, Waterloo HG
Stewart Davison, Business Development Director, Gas Tag
2D: Electrical renewable heating: finding the balance
Speaker
Stuart Bell, National Residential Specification Manager, Mitsubishi Electric
Max Halliwell, Communications Manager, Mitsubishi Electric
2E: Women in social housing maintenance
Speaker
Helen Colwill, Electrician, Guinness Property
Liane Sheppard, Operations Director East & West, Sovereign
Dawn Anderson-Foster, Senior HR Manager, Guinness Property
Paul Griffin, Head of Responsive Repairs
Paul Roberts, Executive Director, Guinness Property
15.30
Refreshments
Exhibition area
15.45
Plenary 3: Homelessness? What's that got to do with me?
Speaker:
Julie Marsh, Director of Neighbourhood Management, South Liverpool Housing
17.00
NHMF AGM
Arden room
18.00
Group photos
York room
19.00
Pre-dinner drinks
Exhibition area
20.00
NHMF Conference and awards dinner
Queens room

Wednesday 23 January

09.00
Registration
Hotel lobby
10.00
Plenary 4: Lessons from Canada
Speaker:
Cliff Youdale, Chief Development Officer, Ottawa Community Housing Corporation
11.00
Refreshments
Exhibition area
11.30
3A: What makes a great contractor/client relationship: it's business critical to get this right!
Speaker
Jenny Neville, Divisional Director of Consulting, Pennington Choices
Lee Woods, Operations Director, Pennington Choices
3B: Lifts: the duty holders' responsibilities and consequences
Speaker
Greg Harris, Regional Director, Movvéo Ltd
Stephen Torrington, Regional Director, Movvéo Ltd
3C: TUPE in procurement
Speaker
Doug Mullen, Senior Associate, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
Andrew Millross, Partner, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
3D: Will IoT integration deliver in the social housing sector?
Speaker
Chris Jones, COO & Co-founder, Homelync
3E: What happens when there are no skills left? Should ‘Skillexit’ be top of the agenda in the housing maintenance sector?
Speaker
Mike Turner, Executive Director, Ian Williams Ltd
Sian Pearce, Training & Development Manager, Ian Williams Ltd
Jo Down, Academy Officer, Ian Williams Ltd
12.45
Lunch
Exhibition area
13.30
Plenary 5: A new JV model for repairs and maintenance
Speaker:
Professor Paddy Gray, Professor Emeritus of Housing, University of Ulster
14.30
4A: There may be trouble ahead! How to manage legal challenges effectively.
Speaker
Andrew Lancaster, Partner, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
Emma Riley, Associate, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
4B: How do we keep residents safe
Speaker
Jenny Osbourne, Chief Executive, Tpas
Simon Davies, Head of Asset Development, Kier Group
Brent O’Halloran, Director of Asset Management, Hyde Housing
Chris Graham, Director, PML Group
Ross Green, Head of Business Development, South, Kier Services
4C: Asset performance evaluation: understanding data, demonstrating results and taking action
Speaker
Nick Carlisle, Associate, Housing Consultancy, Savills
Cathy Osborn, Director, Housing Consultancy, Savills
Samantha Evans, Group Asset Manager, WM Housing
4D: Standardising modular construction: benefits of switching to off-site manufacturing
Speaker
John Gray, Partner, Head of Production Information, HTA Design
Richard Harral, Technical Director, Chartered Association of Building Engineers
4E: It begins and ends with competency: a new approach to address the skills shortage in the sector
Speaker
Claire Heyes, Chief Executive, Corgi
Keith Simpson, Consultant, Modular Innovation, National Housing Academy
Stephen Makowski, Chief Executive, National Housing Academy
Rob Bryan, Operations Director, Vantage Business Solutions
Greg Wheeler, Director, Savills
Ian Gregg, Executive Director of Asset Services, The Riverside Group
15.30
Plenary 6: Refreshments and panel debate: Brexit - what will it mean for me?
Speaker:
Professor Jonathan Linton, Chair in Operations and Technology Management, University of Sheffield
Neil Watts, Director of Service Delivery, Peabody Trust
Corné Koppelaar, International Housing Consultant, Global Habitat Housing
Paul Reader, Partnership Director, Morgan Sindall Property Services
16.30
Close

"The best and most worthwhile event to meet up with the right contacts for us to build new relationships and maintain existing ones"

- Nigel Chapman, Business Development Manager

"Undoubtedly the best maintenance conference within the UK. The work of the NHMF and its committee together with support from M3 Housing must be highly commended."

- Steve Downing, Director and Quantity Surveyor

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