Conference 2017 timetable

• Tuesday 24 January
• Wednesday 25 January

Tuesday 24 January

09.00

Registration

10.00

Plenary 1: Game Changer - leading an organisation through challenging times

Speaker:

Daniel Leatherdale , Business Psychologist and Leadership Consultant, Openspace Learning

Patrick Stapleton , General Manager, Hilton Birmingham Metropole

11.00

Refreshments in exhibition area

11.30

Workshop 1: sessions

1a: Building our future

Speaker

Paul Wenham , Director, Southern HG

1b: Driving efficiency in gas servicing programmes

Speaker

Andrew Burke , Adviser to, NHMF

Claire Heyes , Chief Executive, Corgi

Alastair Thorpe , Southern Specification Director, Vaillant Group UK Ltd

1c: Achieving the sweet spot of delivering a successful repairs and maintenance service

Speaker

Rob Bryan , Operations Director, Vantage Business Solutions

1d: Reducing the numbers of empty homes

Speaker

Darren Baggs , Assistant Director of Housing, Wolverhampton Homes

1e: Procuring IT at the heart of service delivery

Speaker

Mathew Baxter , Managing Director, echelon Consultancy

Carol Burton , Senior Project Manager, Basildon District Council

Peter Long , Property Service Manager for Delivery, Basildon District Council

12.45

Lunch

M3NHF Schedule of Rates surgery
David Miller, Director (Rand Associates)

13.30

Plenary 2: Harnessing technology for asset management

Speaker:

Nick Atkin , Group Chief Executive, Halton HT

14.30

Workshop 2: sessions

2a: Understanding and minimising TUPE and pensions costs in insourcing, outsourcing and contracting

Speaker

Doug Mullen , Senior Associate, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP

Kate Watkins , Associate, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP

2b: Changes to the standards governing fire detection and emergency lighting

Speaker

Steve Martin , Director of Technical, Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA)

2c: Repair service savings through a regular inspecton programme

Speaker

Mark Burnett , Head of Repairs & Maintenance, The Riverside Group

2d: Stock rationalisation and stock swaps

Speaker

Steve Partridge , Director of Housing Consultancy, Savills

Rebecca Gibson , Managing Associate, Trowers & Hamlins

2e: How can technology support stock condition surveys?

Speaker

Andrew Tolley , Response & Voids Maintenance Manager, Solon South West

Richard James , Director of Development and Asset Management, Solon

Mark Pickance , Director, Upshot UK Ltd

15.30

Refreshments in exhibition area

15.45

Plenary 3: Building Communities

Speaker:

Jennifer Hawthorne , Head of Income & Communities, Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE)

19.00

Pre-dinner drinks

20.00

NHMF Conference and awards dinner

Wednesday 25 January

09.00

Registration

10.00

Plenary 4: Contract strategy for a post Brexit world

Speaker:

Andrew Millross , Partner, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP

Ross Hayes , Consultant & Project Manager, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP

11.00

Refreshments in exhibition area

11.30

Workshop 3: sessions

3a: Mergers,acquisitions & consolidation - how does this impact on the repairs service?

Speaker

Jordan Brown , Maintenance Improvement Manager, Your Housing Group

Richard Woolfall , Director of Repairs Improvement and Performance, Your Housing Group

3b: Compliance “to be G3 or not to be G3"

Speaker

Lee Woods , Operations Director, Pennington Choices

3c: Together we're stronger - shaping our repairs service

Speaker

Allison Soroko , Head of Engagement and Ownership, Merthyr Valleys Homes

3d: Banish condensation, damp and mould

Speaker

Adam Fudakowski , Managing Director, Switchee

Peter Rickaby , Director, Rickaby Thompson Associates

Nic Wedlake , Group Sustainability Manager, Peabody Trust

Simon Jones , Commercial Director for the UK and Ireland., Aereco Ltd

3e: Data protection – new regulations coming

Speaker

Jane Burns , Solicitor, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP

12.45

Lunch

Meet the apprentices and talk to them about their experiences of training in social housing maintenance

13.30

Plenary 5: Affordable housing: Brexit and beyond

Speaker:

Lucy Pedrick , Policy Officer, National Housing Federation

14.00

Plenary 6: Beating the skills shortage

Speaker:

Jane Nelson , Executive Director, Mears Group

Chris Irons , Gas Production Team Leader, Hyde Property Services

14.30

Workshop 4: sessions

4a: The risks and pitfalls associated with the appointment of a principal designer

Speaker

Tim Clark , Senior Associate, Kendall Kingscott

Tony Mitchell , HM Principal Inspector of Health and Safety, Health & Safety Executive

Richard Parry , Safety, Health and Environmental Manager, Ian Williams Ltd

4b: Fire risk assessment – practical steps to compliance

Speaker

Mark Astbury , Partner, Ridge and Partners LLP

Kimon Spyrou , Fire Risk Assessor, Ridge and Partners LLP

4c: Driving efficiencies in the material supply chain

Speaker

Lara Cartledge , Supply Chain Manager, Derby Homes

4d: Reviewing property performance with EWI

Speaker

Cliff Stanley, Asset Management Director, Magenta Living

Peter Rickaby , Director, Rickaby Thompson Associates

Karl Linder , Planning and Investment Manager, Viridian Housing

4e: Using IT to support excellent customer services

Speaker

Anna O’Halloran , Managing Director

4f: Building skills for the future

Speaker

Rebecca Hart , Women in Construction Officer

15.30

Refreshments in exhibition area

15.45

Plenary 7: Transformation, leadership and skills - round up of the conference and prize draw

Speaker:

Alison Inman , President, Chartered Institute of Housing

Peter Hall Jones , Leadership, Behaviour and Culture Change Consultant & Trainer, The Spiral Partnership

Shaun Aldis , Chief Executive, Wolverhampton Homes

Lucy Pedrick , Policy Officer, National Housing Federation

16.15

Closing address and prize draw

17.00

Conference closes