Conference 2012 timetable

Tuesday 24 January

09.00
Registration
10.00
Plenary 1: Opening plenary
Speaker:
Professor Mike Riley, Director, School of Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University
10.45
Refreshments
11.15
1a: Asset management strategy
Speaker
Richard Woolfall, Director of Repairs Improvement and Performance, Your Housing Group
1b: Making Green Deal work for social housing
Speaker
Charles Phillips, Assistant Director, Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)
1c: Asbestos compliance – how confident are you really?
Speaker
Julian Ransom, Director, Savills
1d: Getting the basics right - a new charter for repairs and maintenance
Speaker
Joanne Kent-Smith, Senior Policy & Practice Officer, Chartered Institute of Housing
Steve Osborne, Service Improvement Manager, Mears Group
1e: Mobilising a contract
Speaker
Mike Turner, Executive Director, Ian Williams Ltd
Zane Poyner, Business Solutions Manager, Ian Williams Ltd
Mathew Baxter, Managing Director, echelon Consultancy
Julie Wittich, Head of Property Services, Bedfordshire Pilgrims HA
12.30
Lunch
13.15
Plenary 2: Maintenance - the options
Speaker:
Andrew Millross, Partner, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
14.15
2a: Controlling the budget through a fixed price per property contract
Speaker
Alex Dixon, Director of Asset Management, Bromford Group
2b: Practical case study examples of novel solutions in maintenance
Speaker
Malcolm Mulheron, Director, Spirare
Steve Coleman, Director, Takeparts
Peter Brown, Operations Director, Takeparts
Wayne Gethings, Director of Asset Management, The Wrekin Housing Trust
Shaun Aldis, Chief Executive, Wolverhampton Homes
2c: Creating the Best DLO
Speaker
Greg Birch, Director of Property Management, Shepherds Bush Housing Group
Helen Hawxwell, Employment Initiatives Manager, Willow Park HT
Ian Gregg, Director of Communities and Investment, Parkway Green Housing Trust
Robert Mannion, Head of Property Services, Willow Park HT
Victoria McDowell, Academy Manager, Willow Park HT
Mike Richmond, Operations Manager, Parkway Green Housing Trust
2d: PROCUREMENT MATTERS! GETITGOTITGOOD
Speaker
Tony Newberry, Project Director, Sweett Group
2e: What do those figures mean?
Speaker
Paul Flowers, Director, M3
15.15
Refreshments
15.45
Plenary 3: Low energy buildings in Europe
Speaker:
Chiel Boonstra, Managing Director, Trecodome
16.30
NHMF AGM
18.00
Pre-dinner drinks sponsored by Apollo Services Group
20.00
NHMF awards dinner

Wednesday 25 January

09.00
Registration
09.15
3a: Batten down the hatches
Speaker
Alison Brown, Director, Dharl Limited
3b: Social housing stock condition: policy into practice
Speaker
Michael Clegg, Head of Existing Stock, HCA
3c: Risk framework for fuel servicing
Speaker
Mark Seaborn, Managing Director, Pennington Choices
3d: Performance management - getting the best from your team
Speaker
Nancy Downing, Consultant, NakeD Development
3e: Effective resident participation in procurement
Speaker
Dave Bailey, Marketing & Business Development Manager, Proludic Ltd
Mary Bennell, Consultant, Amaben
Colin McDermid, Senior Colour Designer, ICI Paints Akzonobel
Lisa Pilley, Senior Colour Designer, ICI Paints Akzonobel
10.30
Plenary 4: Can we deliver affordable warmth?
Speaker:
David Orr, Chief Executive, National Housing Federation
11.15
Refreshments
11.45
4a: Avoiding EU and Section 20 challenges - what is needed?
Speaker
Mark Robinson, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Dr David Mosey, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
4b: What benefits can realistically be delivered by retrofit in the light of the Green deal?
Speaker
Peter Rickaby, Director, Rickaby Thompson Associates
4c: Solar thermal and PV installations
Speaker
Anthony Morgan, Managing Director, Newform Energy Ltd
Karl Linder, Planning and Investment Manager, Viridian Housing
John Kiely, Director, Savills
4d: Performance management - evaluating individual performance
Speaker
Nancy Downing, Consultant, NakeD Development
4e: Question time debate
Speaker
Daniel Milnes, Partner & Head of Business Law, Forbes Solicitors
Shaun Aldis, Chief Executive, Wolverhampton Homes
Paul Reader, Partnership Director, Morgan Sindall Property Services
Paul Wenham, Director, Southern HG
12.50
Plenary 5: Building for the future
Speaker:
Liz Reason, Managing Director, Green Gauge Trust
13.30
Lunch and NHMF fringe sessions
15.00
Conference closes

"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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