NHMF
Maintenance
Conference
2020

Monday 20 January

19.30
Buffet Style dinner and networking (Pavilion)
21.30
Ends (Pavilion)

Tuesday 21 January

09.00
Registration (Hotel reception)
10.00
Welcome (Queens Room)
10.15
Plenary 1: Asset management - looking to the future (Queens Room)

Our opening plenary will explore the state of the social housing sector today and consider the key issues facing asset managers as we look to the future, including taking care of the workforce, sustainability goals and managing risk.

 

Speakers:
Martin Hilditch , Editor
Karl Linder , NHMF Chair & Senior Consultant, Ark Housing Consultancy LLP
Aileen Evans , President, Chartered Institute of Housing

Chair: Craig Oosthuizen
11.00
Refreshments (Exhibition area)
11.40
Speakers
Sonya Russell , Head of Social Housing, IoT Solutions Group Ltd
PLEASE DELETE Melissa Pearce , Client Relationship Director, Wates
Caroline Lester , Relationships Director, 4i Solutions Ltd

Chair: Steve Downing
Speakers
Phil Pemberton , NHMF Management Team | Director of Asset Strategy and Delivery, The Riverside Group
Michael McGowan , Sustainability Manager, Mears Group
Josephine Morton , Partner, Brabners

Chair: Phil Pemberton
Speakers
Adrian Blythe , Quality Improvement Manager, Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE)

Chair: David Miller
Speakers
Peter Rickaby , Principal Research Associate, UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings at UCL
Phil Mason , Compliance Manager, Trustmark

Chair: Andrew Burke
Speakers
Jeremy Bevan , Policy Manager, HSE
Eleanor Eaton , Chair, Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP)

Chair: Julian Ransom
12.30
Lunch (Exhibition area)
13.20
Plenary 2: Apprenticeships - the benefits to the bottom line (Queens Room)

Join us for this session where we'll be asking whether data really can transform asset management and encouraging asset manager to use and source data more effectively to deliver projects more efficiently.

Speakers:
Arslan Akthar , Plumbing Instructor, City Building Glasgow
Gavin Hay , Training Manager

Chair: Paul Wenham
14.30
Speakers
Dominic Higgins , NHMF Group Board | Director, Rand Associates
David Miller , Senior Consultant, Rand Associates

Chair: David Miller
Speakers
Kieran Binnie , Associate, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
Victoria Moffett , Head of Building and Fire Safety Programmes, National Housing Federation
Graham Smith , Associate Director, Jacobs

Chair: Mike Turner
Speakers
Mathew Baxter , Managing Director, echelon Consultancy
Roxanne Roberts , Property Services Team Leader

Chair: Andrew Burke
Speakers
Tom Jarman , Senior Business Consultant, Waterstons

Chair: Stephen Chalmers
Speakers
Emma Madeley , HM Inspector of Health & Safety, Health & Safety Executive

Chair: Julian Ransom
15.20
Refreshments (Exhibition area)
15.45
Plenary 3: Can data really transform asset management? (Queens Room)

Data and information management has always been a key part of the Asset Manager’s role, but can thinking differently about how we approach, source and use data deliver real transformation?

At a time when well understood and accurate data is right at the fore this session will challenge how data and information has often been approached and compare this to emerging current and future needs.

Speakers:
Tommy Collins , Policy Officer, National Housing Federation
Gary Bellenger , Property Strategy and Investment Director, Aster Group

Chair: Paul Flowers
17.00
NHMF AGM (Arden Room)
18.00
Group photos (York Room)
19.00
Pre-dinner drinks (Exhibition area)
20.00
Conference Dinner & Awards (Queens Room)

Wednesday 22 January

09.00
Registration (Hotel reception)
10.00
Plenary 4: External Walls Fire Safety Review – EWS1 (Queens Room)

Join us for this session covering the key points regarding government legislation and advice regarding external walls and fire safety reviews. The presentation will include a summary of the very latest guidelines from the MHCLG.

View Building safety advice for building owners, including fire doors.

Speakers:
Joe Taylor , Co CEO, PartB

Chair: Neil Watts
11.00
Refreshments (Exhibition area)
11.40
Speakers
Katie Saunders , Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Mark Robinson , Partner, Trowers & Hamlins

Chair: David Miller
Speakers
Neil Yeomans , Head of Property Compliance, Orbit Group

Chair: Karl Linder
Speakers
Craig Demanuele , Managing Director
Yogesh Vadgama , Head of Asset Management, Magna Housing

Chair: Stephanie Lloyd-Foxe
Speakers
Kathryn Trainor , Adaptations Manager, Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE)
Ciaran Downey , Media Technician, Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE)

Chair: Simon Lowe
Speakers
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Claire Elston , Human Resources Manager, Ian Williams
Kim Newman , Managing Director, PML Group

Chair: Mike Turner
12.30
Lunch (Exhibition area)
13.30
Plenary 5: Connecting energy efficiency and social sustainability – innovative approaches to housing and retrofitting in Freiburg, Germany (Queens Room)

Main focus will be the retrofitting of a social housing complex into the first renovated high-rise building worldwide that meets the passive house standard. The project was completed in 2011. Because of its location in a deprived area a special focus was put on social participation with the aim to increase tenant satisfaction and reduce anti-social behavior.

Other topics will be refurbishment with tenants staying on site during the works and tenant-owned kitchen equipment.

Speakers:
Steffen Ries , Project manager, Innovation Academy

Chair: Paul Isherwood
14.30
Closing address & prize draws (Queens Room)
14.35
Conference closes (Queens Room)
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