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Monday 16th June

16:30 - 18:30
Delegate Registration: Delegate can register at this time. No access to the event until 10 am on Tuesday 17 June.; Venue: Exhibition Halls; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

19:45 - 00:00
Conference Dinner: The Conference Dinner will again be held at the Majestic Hotel. Drinks reception commences at 7.45 pm for dinner at 8.15pm. After dinner speaker Steve Punt, Writer, comedian and actor.; Venue: Main Dining Room, Majestic Hotel; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

Tuesday 17th June

11:00 - 11:15
Opening Address: Speaker(s): Paul Diggory, President, CIH; Venue: International Conference Centre; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:15 - 11:45
Ministerial Address: The past year has seen Communities and Local Government undertake an ambitious programme of housing reform, culminating in the Housing and Regeneration Bill, responses to John Hill’s report and a series of key reviews of domain regulation, local government finance and the role of the private rented sector. This keynote address provides an opportunity to find out more about these and emerging ministerial priorities.; Speaker(s): Rt Hon Caroline Flint, Minister for Housing and Planning
Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP (video message), Prime Minister; Venue: International Conference Centre; Chairperson: Paul Diggory, President, Chartered Institute of Housing; Session type: Keynote; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:30 - 12:00
Regeneration Exchange: Sustainable refurbishment - making carbon measurement a reality: Speaker(s): Speaker from the Housing Forum; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:45 - 12:45
This Community: What are the main challenges facing local and national politicians and can they deliver what people want whilst helping to build diverse but cohesive communities?; Speaker(s): Dianne Abbott MP
Rt Hon Michael Portillo; Venue: International Conference Centre; Chairperson: Facilitator: Mark Easton, BBC's Home Editor; Session type: Keynote; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:30 - 13:15
Delegates Reception: Sponsored by: Sanctuary Housing; Venue: Exhibition Halls; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:30 - 13:30
Innovation Theatre: Tackling worklessness through community networking: Funded by the DWP City Strategy in partnership with LB Hackney and based in housing neighbourhood offices, this project engages with workless residents and supports them into work. HOMEBUILDER WDH have pioneered a unique partnership to improve skills and reduce worklessness as a contribution to the local area agreement targets. KIER; PEOPLE AND PLACES A key aspect of Kier's CSR strategy is to maximise local community labour markets and support local priorities, through which we are able to impact significantly on the worklessness agenda; Speaker(s): Andy Schofield, New Initiatives Director, Pinnacle
Kevin Dodd, Chief Executive, Wakefield and District Housing
Teresa Jolley, Coporate Social Responsibility Manager, Kier Building Maintenance North; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:30 - 13:00
Regeneration Exchange: Local Authority land values - mechanisms to deliver new affordable homes: Speaker(s): Ian Doolittle, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

13:00 - 13:00
Official Opening of the Exhibition by the President of the CIH: Speaker(s): Paul Diggory, President, CIH; Venue: Exhibition Halls; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

13:00 - 13:45
Better Buys: insights into how to procure repairs and maintenance services: The Audit Commission published its report 'Better Buys: improving housing association procurement practice' this year. The report's authors Janet Williams and Katie Smith will highlight the key findings and introduce the new DVD with practical tools to aid procurement and a video that highlights good procurement practice; Speaker(s): Janet Williams
Katie Smith; Venue: Conference Suite; Session type: Fringe; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 15:00
Innovation Theatre: Building Cohesive Communities: Housing Corporation Gold Award Winners, Building Cohesive Communities. Housing Corporation Gold Award winners - Ashram, Old Ford Housing Association and The Papworth Trust - have creative and effective plans and policies for bringing together people of different backgrounds, ages, beliefs, interests and cultures in ways that genuinely contribute to the strengthening of communities and building positive interactions. At this session you will be able to hear about how these winners have achieved much more stable, productive and cohesive neighbourhoods in which all people value, respect and support each other in meeting their individual and collective aspirations.; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Session type: Pop-In Theatre: Innovation Theatre; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 14:15
An Interview with the Chief Executive: Speaker(s): Sarah Webb, Chief Executive, CIH; Venue: International Conference Centre; Chairperson: Mark Easton; Session type: Keynote; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:15 - 14:30
Audit Commission Housing Excellence Awards: Venue: International Conference Centre; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:30 - 15:30
Holding the ring - local government's role in place-shaping: Making places where people want to live and work means working in partnerships that together develop an ambitious vision for local areas. Local government has a key role in bringing the partnerships of local communities, business and third sectors together, and leading the way in developing shared goals for the future. Looking at the plethora of partnerships and fora, this session will address how local government is stepping up to this position of leadership, and the perspectives of partners’ requirements.; Speaker(s): Sir Simon Milton, Chairman, Local Government Association
Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive Designate, Homes and Communities Agency; Venue: International Conference Centre; Chairperson: Steve Benson, Vice President, CIH; Session type: Keynote; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

15:00 - 15:30
Regeneration Exchange: Engaging Developers: Speaker(s): Stephen Oakes, Acting Regional Director, London & Thames Gateway, English Partnerships; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

15:30 - 16:30
Innovation Theatre: Increasing environmental sustainability: LOWERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF A LARGE ORGANISATION BY CAPTURING ATTENTION, CHANGING BEHAVIOURS AND DELIVERING CARBON REDUCTION Gentoo believes you cant effectively manage what you dont measure, so that's why we calculated our carbon footprint MANCHESTER ENERGY ADVICE PROJECT Tackling fuel poverty and climate change by helping households reduce energy usage THE LIVERPOOL SUSTAINABILITY INDEX (LSI) LSI is an innovative model that uses 'factor analysis' to produce a picture of localised facts to measure neighbourhood sustainability allowing focused intervention PRESTON WATER EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE The Preston Water Efficiency Initiative is an innovative project to reduce the water consumption of residents living at 500 Raven-owned homes. We believe this is the only project of any scale in the UK installing water efficient appliances and rain water harvesting to existing homes; Speaker(s): Sally Hancox, Director, Gentoo Green
Louise Whan, Energy Officer, Adactus Housing Group
Chris Villar, Manager, Liverpool Asset Management Project, Liverpool City Council
Simon Brown, Divisional Director (Asset Management), Liverpool Housing Trust
Wayne Gales, Director of Operations, South Liverpool Housing
A presentation from Raven Housing Trust; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Session type: Pop-In Theatre: Innovation Theatre; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

16:00 - 17:00
Is flexible tenure the answer to the Credit Crunch?: Before the credit crunch we were developing equity stake schemes to give tenants an opportunity to 'own' a bit of their home; since the credit crunch we have been looking at reverse equity schemes for struggling owners. This session explores the extent to which flexible tenure options that blur the traditional distinctions between owning and renting are an appropriate response to the credit crunch; Speaker(s): Dr Peter Williams, Independent Consultant
Kate Davies, Chief Executive, Notting Hill Housing Group
Richard McCarthy, Director General, Housing and Planning, CLG; Venue: Royal Hall; Chairperson: Richard Capie, Director of Policy and Practice, Chartered Institute of Housing; Session type: Keynote; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

17:30 - 18:30
Chartered Institute of Housing Annual General Meeting: Open to CIH members only; Venue: Queens Suite 2; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

17:30 - 18:30
The Inspirational Workplace - building communities & delivering more!: Christians in Housing has been active since 1989. We have held an event at every Chartered Institute of Housing Conference since then to stimulate debate and encourage counter-cultural thought and expression. This year we will have a number of Christians and non-Christians talking about what inspires them in their work. Contributions from the floor will be encouraged. Join us in a thought provoking session led by Chan Abraham, Chief Executive of Luminus Group and Chairman of Christians in Housing; Venue: Upper Foyer – ICC; Session type: Fringe; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

17:30 - 18:30
Rethinking Housing Refurbishment: Kate Symons, Associate Director at BRE, will talk about the 'exemplar' initiative Rethinking Housing refurbishment. This project is about creating a national step change in the refurbishment arena. Kate is working nationally with the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Agencies and other agencies to promote the step change. She will be joined by John Walsh, Operations Director at Wates Living Space who will explain some of the more technical aspects of the Stable Block Project; Venue: Conference Suite; Session type: Fringe; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

Wednesday 18th June

09:30 - 12:30
Providing for Generation XYZ: Young people are an important part of society and as such have a valuable contribution to make as active citizens to their local communities. This in depth session will explore how the potential of young people can be encouraged and promoted.; Speaker(s): Jim Bennett, Director of Policy, Housing Corporation
Rebecca Elton, Regional Manager for County Durham, Centrepoint
Talha Ghannam & Manpreet Darroch, Participation Consultants, National Youth Agency
George Lloyd, Principal, New Charter Academy
Colin Falconer, Head of Innovation, Foyer Federation
Wendy Spray, Head of Resident Involvement and Community Investment, Oxford Citizens Housing Association
David Trebilcock, Spurgeons' SHOUT Project Officer; Venue: Queens Suite 2; Chairperson: Kellie Beirne, Housing Strategy Manager, Torfaen CBC; Session type: Forum; Sponsor: Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

09:30 - 10:45
Social Businesses - the solution for communities?: Community ownership and reinvestment are new watchwords for tackling deprivation. What is so revolutionary about social businesses? And can they really transform places and livelihoods?; Speaker(s): Julia Unwin, Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Jonathan Brown, Director, Land for People
Ken Perry, Group Chief Executive, The Plus Group
Phil Hope MP (Video message), Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office; Venue: Queens Suite 1; Chairperson: Richard Clark, CEO, Midland Heart; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

09:30 - 10:45
The HRA is dead - long live the HRA?: Programme Partner: Local Government Association The Government's Review of the HRA is underway - what is it covering and what should the outcome be?; Speaker(s): Steve Partridge, Executive Director, HQN
Phil Taylor, Director of Performance & Resources, Neighbourhoods and Community Care Directorate, Sheffield City Council
David January, Director of Housing and Community, Waverley Borough Council; Venue: Royal Hall; Chairperson: Speaker/Chair: Anne Kirkham, Deputy Director- Decent Homes and Housing Finance Division, CLG; Session type: Forum; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

10:00 - 10:45
Finance Forum: Control of the latest RSL treasury products: Introducing the latest RSL treasury products and to suggest how RSL's might control their use; Speaker(s): Jasna Djurisic, Solicitor, Trowers & Hamlins
Naomi Roper, Solicitor, Trowers & Hamlins
Mike Jones, Director, Tribal Consulting Housing Finance Team; Venue: Conference Suite; Chairperson: David Hall, Director, Tribal Consulting Housing Finance Team; Session type: Forum; Sponsor: Trowers & Hamlins/ Tribal Consulting; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

10:00 - 11:00
Innovation Theatre: Meeting the needs of vulnerable people: CULTURALLY SENSITIVE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES Delivering a culturally sensitive response to domestic abuse through the provision of person centred support services and raising awareness at a community, interagency, professional and policy level RAINER WIGAN - FLOATING SUPPORT AND ITS SUCCESS Delivering high quality intensive support to prepare vulnerable 16-25 year olds for independent living, through skill and esteem development ECHG's DERBY TEENAGE PARENTS PROJECT Good parenting is identified as a key ingredient for stable communities, and in line with this much has been achieved nationally to reduce teen conception rates. However teen conception remains high for the most chaotic and socially excluded mums. The Teenage Parents Project, run by ECHG Housing and Support, was set up to work with these groups across Derbyshire, working with over 200 parents so far in four years; Speaker(s): Amanda Nicholls, Assistant Chief Executive, Ashram Housing Association
Paul Weaver, Service Coordinator, Rainer/ Rainer Wigan
Donna Houghton, Service Coordinator, Rainer/ Rainer Wigan
Rachael Byrne, Director of Supported Housing Services, ECHG
Reg Smith, Support Manager, ECHG Derbyshire
Helen Towle, Specialist Teen Parents Support Worker, ECHG; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Session type: Pop-In Theatre: Innovation Theatre; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

10:00 - 10:30
Regeneration Exchange: Building opportunities - businesses and social landlords working together: Speaker(s): Steve Trusler, Strategy Director, Wates Group Plc
Kirsty McHugh, Regeneration & Social Policy Director, Business in the Community; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:00 - 11:45
Finance Forum: What next for stock retention by local authorities?: Exploring the options open to local authorities wishing to retain ownership of their housing stock; Speaker(s): Ian Doolittle, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Colin Woods, Director, Tribal Consulting Housing Finance Team; Venue: Conference Suite; Chairperson: Mike Jones, Director, Tribal Consulting Housing Finance Team; Session type: Pop-in Theatre: Finance Forum; Sponsor: Trowers & Hamlins/ Tribal Consulting; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:00 - 11:30
Regeneration Exchange: Community Land Trusts - their impact on sustainable land usage: Speaker(s): Graeme Geddes, Housing Corporation; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:15 - 12:30
Talent Academy - developing and encouraging staff to deliver: Programme partner: Academy for Sustainable Communities Our national prosperity and global competitiveness depends on our ability to tap into the creativity, energy, ingenuity and skills of the British people. This session explores ways in which all people can be helped to rise to their full potential so they are able to play an active part in contributing to future prosperity.; Speaker(s): Trudy Birtwell, Learning and Skills Director, Academy for Sustainable Communities
Dr Karen Moloney, Psychologist and Author; Venue: Queens Suite 1; Chairperson: Helen Collins, Executive Director of Development and Strategic Marketing, Bromford Housing Group; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:15 - 12:30
Power to the People? Will Tenant Services Authority deliver?: As the Tenant Services Authority (formerly Oftenant) starts to take shape, speakers with a key stake in its operation discuss how regulation can be genuinely resident-focused and where residents might fit in to its operation.; Speaker(s): Peter Marsh, Deputy Chief Executive, Housing Corporation and SRO responsible for set up
Phil Morgan, Chief Executive, TPAS
Cllr Terry Stacy, Liberal Democrat Councillor, Islington Council and the Lead member for Housing
Ann Santry, Group Chief Executive, Sovereign Housing Group; Venue: International Conference Centre; Chairperson: Robin Lawler, Chief Executive, Northwards Housing; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:15 - 12:30
'Gissa job' - solutions to worklessness: Programme partner: CLG A key element of John Hills’ report and an early priority for Housing Minister Caroline Flint, worklessness has emerged as a key issue for housing providers in 2008. With an active debate around the balance between sanctions and incentives continuing this forum will provide a challenging and thought provoking opportunity to explore key issues and gain insight into the sector’s response.; Speaker(s): Lord Bill Morris, Chairman, Midland Heart
Jane Slowey, Chief Executive, Foyer Federation
Terrie Alafat, Director – Housing Strategy and Support, Department for Communities and Local Government
Kevin Browne, Director, Business Development & Operations, Reed in Partnership; Venue: Royal Hall; Chairperson: Will Nixon, Director of Operations, Aspire Housing; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:30 - 12:30
Innovation Theatre: Delivering joined up development: Housing Corporation Gold Award Winners. Ministers have made it clear that it is important that housing associations do more than simply deliver homes; as major social businesses they have the capacity and the will to do much more to improve the lives of the people living in the communities where they work. Housing Corporation's Gold Award winners - Great Places, Newlon Housing Trust and Nomad E5 - have delivered much more than homes. They have demonstrated effective and close working relationships with a range of public and statutory partners, which collectively improve both the built and social environment for local communities. Actively linking programmes of development to the provision of services such as education, transport and healthcare – these winners have done most to ensure their developments are fully integrated with the wider and longer term vision for cohesive and productive neighbourhoods. At this session you can hear more about how these Gold Award winners have worked proactively with their partners, in particular the local authorities, to help them in their place making roles - often as key partners in Local Strategic Partnerships and contributing to other cross-sector initiatives such as Local Area Agreements.; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Session type: Pop-In Theatre: Innovation Theatre; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:00 - 13:30
Tenant Action Lunch: Venue: Upper Foyer – ICC; Session type: Pop-in Theatre: Tenants forum; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:00 - 12:45
Finance Forum: Financing new build for local authorities: Is it still possible for local authorities to build new housing?; Speaker(s): Rob Beiley, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
David Hall, Director, Tribal Consulting Housing Finance Team; Venue: Conference Suite; Chairperson: Mike Jones, Director, Tribal Consulting Housing Finance Team; Session type: Pop-in Theatre: Finance Forum; Sponsor: Trowers & Hamlins/ Tribal Consulting; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:00 - 12:30
Regeneration Exchange: Legacy and long term stewardship: Speaker(s): Dinah Roake, Managing Consultant, English Partnerships; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

13:00 - 14:00
Innovation Theatre: Creative neighbourhood management techniques: CUSTOMER FOCUSED PERFORMANCE MEASURES HouseMark will talk about its recent publication on developing performance measures on what really matters to tenants, and embedding tenant influence in performance management. RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT BENCHMARKING Find out about this new, easy-to-use HouseMark and TPAS service which enables landlords and residents to measure and compare costs and activities in relation to resident involvement DRAMATICALLY IMPROVING TENANT ENGAGEMENT Using modern techniques, tenant participation in events has been increased four-fold in LB Hackney FLOURISHING COMMUNITIES - THE BOURNVILLE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS Looking at the benefits and practicalities of management and legal options for the sucessful implementaton of a sustainable stewardship regime REGENERATING COMMUNITIES: LEARNING FROM THE HOUSING MARKET PATHFINDERS A new compendium of innovative, replicable good practice, including: research, design and sustainability, community cohesion and consultation, partnerships, placeshaping and marketing; Speaker(s): Steve Smedley, Head of Research and Development, HouseMark
Samantha McGrady, Deputy Chief Executive, HouseMark
Brian Fullerton, Director, 3G Mobile Marketing
Alan Shrimpton, Bournville Village Trust - Lightmoor Joint Venture
Stephen Sellers, Partner, Wragge & Co LLP
Yvonne Taylor, Head of Housing Markets, Audit Commission; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Session type: Pop-In Theatre: Innovation Theatre; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

13:00 - 13:30
Regeneration Exchange: Delivering the vision - equipping professionals to create and maintain sustainable communities: Speaker(s): Speaker from the Academy for Sustainable Communties; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

13:45 - 15:00
3 million homes - is the target still deliverable?: Will the credit crunch, local opposition to eco towns and delays with the planning threaten the sector's ability to meet Gordon Brown's growth targets?; Speaker(s): Joe Montgomery., Director General, Regions & Communities, CLG
Steven Douglas, Chief Executive, Housing Corporation
Peter Quinn, Head of Business Development, Lovell Partnership Ltd.; Venue: International Conference Centre; Chairperson: Karl Tupling, Director of Housng, Sheffield City Council; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

13:45 - 15:00
Social Justice - housing's responsibility: The role of housing in providing a platform for aspiration and opportunity has been in sharp focus throughout 2008. This forum looks at the key role that housing providers can play in tackling poverty and social problems in our communities.; Speaker(s): Rt Hon Iain Duncan-Smith MP
Paul Drechsler, Chair and Chief Executive, Wates Group Plc
Chris Hampson, Head of Supporting People, Look Ahead Housing & Care; Venue: Royal Hall; Chairperson: Paul Diggory, President, Chartered Institute of Housing; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 17:00
Caring for an ageing population: The national housing strategy for an ageing society, Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods, has set ambitious plans for responding to the future needs of our ageing population. Together with the drive to personalise care services and maintain independent living, this seminar will look at ways that housing, health and care are shaping services to respond to these challenges.; Speaker(s): Jane Everton, Deputy Director, Housing Strategy and Support, CLG
Jeremy Porteus, Care Services Improvement Partnership, Department of Health
Andrew Ketteringham, Director of External Affairs, Alzheimer's Society
Roger Battersby, Managing Director, PRP Architects
Tony Molloy, Director, Foundations
Dr John Belcher CBE, Chief Executive, Anchor Trust; Venue: Queens Suite 2; Chairperson: Yvonne Leishman, Managing Director, Community Housing Group; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 14:45
Finance Forum: Surviving the credit crunch: What should public sector organisations be doing to protect themselves in view of the current turmoil in the financial markets?; Speaker(s): Ian Davis, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Chris Munday, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
Peter Hammond, Director, Tribal Consulting Housing Finance Team; Venue: Conference Suite; Chairperson: Ian Graham, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins; Session type: Pop-in Theatre: Finance Forum; Sponsor: Trowers & Hamlins/ Tribal Consulting; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 14:30
Regeneration Exchange: Joint venture models - sharing risk to develop strategies for lasting improvements: Speaker(s): Stephen Teagle, Group Managing director, Affordable Housing and Regeneration
David Wood, Group Director of Regeneration, Galliford Try; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:30 - 15:30
Innovation Theatre: Tackling Worklessness: Housing Corporation Gold Award winners - Accent Group, Places for People and Derwent and Solway Housing Association - are proactively pursuing bold and imaginative initiatives that help to support individuals, groups and whole communities in reducing worklessness and the negative social impacts that worklessness fuels. These winners have risen to the challenge for the sector in breaking the link between social housing and multiple deprivation, and ensure that affordable homes provided give people a platform from which they can access opportunity and improve their life chances. So, housing becomes the 'means' rather than an 'end'. The means to creating sustainable communities, the means to enabling people to participate fully in society including through the labour market, the means to help address poverty. At this session you can learn more about how housing associations can make a big difference in tackling worklessness as these Gold Award winners can demonstrate.; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Session type: Pop-In Theatre: Innovation Theatre; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:30 - 15:30
Innovation Theatre: Housing Corporation Gold Award Winners, Tackling Worklessness; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Session type: Pop-In Theatre: Innovation Theatre; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

15:00 - 15:45
Finance Forum: An introduction to Islamic Finance: Is there a place for Islamic finance in the funding of UK housing?; Speaker(s): Sarah Gooden, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins; Venue: Conference Suite; Chairperson: Ian Graham, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins; Session type: Pop-in Theatre: Finance Forum; Sponsor: Trowers & Hamlins/ Tribal Consulting; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

15:00 - 15:30
Regeneration Exchange: Partnerships to rejuvenate communties: Speaker(s): Steve Pearce, Tribal
David Smith-Milne, Tribal; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

16:00 - 17:15
Planning and land supply: Programme partner: Scottish Government Land supply is widely seen as the key to our ability to meet housing targets. Is this the whole picture, and how can we ensure enough supply to meet national needs and targets?; Speaker(s): Andrew Wells, Director, New Homes & Sustainable Communities, CLG
Mike Foulis, Director of Housing and Regeneration, Scottish Government
Bill Morrison, Planning Consultant, TCPA
Kevin McGeough, Policy Manager (Planning and Design), English Partnerships; Venue: Upper Foyer – ICC; Chairperson: Abi Davies, Head of Policy, CIH; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

16:00 - 17:15
Immigration and housing: Migrant workers are making little use of social housing – will they begin to do so, or is demand already beginning to wane?; Speaker(s): Heather Petch, Director, HACT
Joanne Roney, Executive Director, Neighbourhoods and Community Care, Sheffield City Council
Sarfraz Hussain, Director, Blue Mountain Housing Association (Part of Staffordshire HA) Part of Opening Doors Project; Venue: Royal Hall; Chairperson: Darshan Matharoo, Director, DSM Housing Consultancy; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

16:00 - 17:15
Lessons from the Beacons- Better Partnerships- Better Places: In partnership with the beacon scheme. Well designed, managed and maintained public spaces are very important for social housing providers and their tenants. Good quality places make an important contribution to quality of life and perceptions of well-being. However, many key aspects affecting local communities and their environment, economic decline, deprivation, poverty of aspiration, cannot be tackled by any organisation acting alone. This Seminar will cover the role housing and housing providers can play in LSPs AND LAAs and in delivering better public places. The councils who received 'Beacon' status for 'Better Public Place' and 'Local Strategic Partnerships and Local Area Agreements' will describe what they did and how they worked successfully with their partners including housing associations and voluantary and community organisations.; Speaker(s): Jane Russell, Assistant Chief Executive, Tynedale Council
Miranda Plowden, Programme Director North Sheffield, North Sheffield Regeneration Team, Sheffield City Council
Huw Jones, Vice Chair, Leeds Housing Partnership; Venue: Queens Suite 1; Chairperson: Marianne Hood, Chair, CLG Beacon Scheme Advisory Panel; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

16:00 - 17:00
Innovation Theatre: Contributing towards wider community agendas: CREATIVE PLACES - CULTURE & COMMUNITIES Sheffield's Creative Places is embedding culture into housing market renewal. A whistle stop tour of how, why, and what has worked A JOINED UP APPROACH TO TACKLING ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA The presentation will concentrate on the multi agency working that SEH do in Southend to combat and prevent anti-social behaviour BROAD HEATH SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT Broad Heath School is a unique and innovative project based in one of the UK's most deprived areas of Coventry. The 4.5 million scheme saw a former victorian school transformed from a derelict site to a community resource which offers housing, a youth centre, live work units and an enterprise centre; Speaker(s): Clare McManus, Director, Eventus
Traci Dixon, Neighbourhood Services Manager
Anita McGinley, Manager for Southend Multi Agency Anti-social Behaviour Response Team, South Essex Homes
A presentation from Touchstone; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Alan Crowder, Pinnacle; Session type: Pop-In Theatre: Innovation Theatre; Sponsor: Pinnacle; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

16:00 - 16:30
Regeneration Exchange: Releasing local land - the political and policy considerations: Speaker(s): Ian Doolittle, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

17:30 - 18:30
Housing, Health and Homelessness: Enhancing the wellbeing of people with drug problems: This session will highlight policy and share examples of practice in mainstream and specialist accommodation developing specific health, housing and housing related support for people with drug problems, in particular, the session will showcase: - The Housing Corporation's Tackling Homelessness Strategy - Identifying and Promoting Practice in Housing for Drug Users - a practice paper informed by 13 case studies and supported by a national working group with representation including Housing, Drugs, Health and Criminal Justice - The Department of Health's Tier 4 residential rehabilitation programme, and - Other local good practice examples; Speaker(s): Gera Drymer, Policy Manager, Housing Corporation
Oliver Hilbery, Homeless Link
Shereen Sadiq, Drug Interventions Programme, Home Office
Gregory Green, Housing Drug Advisor Drug Interventions Programme, Home Office
Martin Nugent, Housing Drug Advisor - National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice; Venue: Upper Foyer – ICC; Chairperson: Jeremy Porteus, Care Services Improvement Partnership, Department of Health; Session type: Fringe; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

17:30 - 18:30
Can we increase supply without house price inflation?: The session will present new research into the affordability pressures facing the market and will review the policy options for delivering more housing in the face of much weaker housing market conditions.; Speaker(s): Richard Donnell, Director of Research, Hometrack; Venue: Conference Suite; Session type: Fringe; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

Thursday 19th June

09:30 - 12:30
Affordable housing - a global issue: In every part of the world people struggle to access decent, affordable housing. Delegates from across the globe come together to share experiences and learning- and will hopefully leave with some new ideas on how to tackle this global problem.; Speaker(s): Dr Ian Winter, Executive Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
Dr Lesley McTurk, Chief Executive, Housing New Zealand Corporation
Chuka Odom, Honourable Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, Government of Nigeria
Larry English, Chief Executive, Homeless International
John Hopkins, CEO, South African Housing Foundation
David Orr, Chief Executive of National Housing Federation, President of CECOHDAS (European Liaison Committee for Social Housing); Venue: Queens Suite 2; Chairperson: Barrington Billings, Immediate Past President of CIH; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

09:30 - 10:30
Strong and Powerful Communities - shaping places for today and tomorrow: Programme Partner: Audit Commission Delivering strong, powerful and sustainable communties requires a genuine partnership between local authorites, ALMO's, housing associations and the third sector. In this session we will explore how these different stakeholders can work together to achive a common goal.; Speaker(s): Steve Bundred, Chief Executive, Audit Commission
David Orr, Chief Executive of National Housing Federation, President of CECOHDAS (European Liaison Committee for Social Housing)
Leslie Morphy, Chief Executive, Crisis; Venue: International Conference Centre; Chairperson: Robin Lawler, Chief Executive, Northwards Housing; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

09:30 - 10:30
Are you future proofed? - examining the issues that will be hitting us: Climate change, ageing population … what’s next? How can housing providers regain their reputation as progressive organisations, not living in the present but creating and shaping the future.; Speaker(s): Ian Pearson, Futurologist
David Eastgate, Group Chief Executive
Cathy Deplessis, Chief Executive, Stevenage Homes; Venue: Royal Hall; Chairperson: Shelagh Grant, Chief Executive, The Housing Forum; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

09:30 - 10:30
Cinderella or Ugly Sister? Will the PRS Review mean the private rented sector finally gets to go to the ball?: What is its role in the mixed economy of the housing market? What is needed to help it deliver this role and maintain rising standards of management and maintenance?; Speaker(s): Liz Peace CBE, Chief Executive, British Property Federation
Deborah Yudolph, Managing Director of Corporate Affairs, Grainger plc
Baroness Maggie Jones., Trustee of Shelter; Venue: Conference Suite; Chairperson: Paddy Gray, Senior Lecturer, University of Ulster; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

09:30 - 10:30
Governance - who drives the business?: How does the board of an HA or ALMO drive the business? What is the key role of the Chair compared with the Chief Executive, and where does this leave resident involvement?; Speaker(s): Kathy Cowell, Chair, Harvest Housing Group
Liz Potter, Chair, Orbit Housing; Venue: Queens Suite 1; Chairperson: Brian Johnson, Chief Executive, CityWest Homes; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

09:30 - 10:30
Understanding your customers = delivering business excellence: Customer insight involves turning knowledge about customers’ behaviours, needs and aspirations into tangible outcomes. This is vital to the development and delivery of focused and planned services.; Speaker(s): Paul Taylor, Head of Neighbourhood Investment, Bromford Housing Group
Nick Jones, Consultancy and Design Solutions; Venue: Upper Foyer – ICC; Chairperson: Andrew Gray, Managing Director, ConsultCIH; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

09:30 - 10:30
Policy Platform: Providing accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers: Providing updates on the latest research and policy. Examining new requirements for local authorities to analyse the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers. Looking at the implications of findings from new research on how this is being tackled in a number of localities, considering different aspects of good practice in developing new site provision. Also considering what role housng associations can play in accommodation provision for Gypsies and Travellers and the issues from the perspective of Gypsies and Travellers themselves.; Speaker(s): Dr Joanne Richardson, Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, Chartered Institute of Housing
Janie Codona, Project Coordinator, National Travellers Action Group
Fiona Cruickshank, Field Director - South East, Housing Corporation; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Julia Unwin CBE, Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Sponsor: Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

10:00 - 10:30
Regeneration Exchange: The changing role of ALMO's - structures and mechanisms for regeneration/ new build: Speaker(s): Ian Doolittle, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

10:00 - 10:30
Regeneration Exchange: The changing role of ALMO's - structures and mechanisms for regeneration/ new build: Speaker(s): Ian Doolittle, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

10:00 - 10:30
Regeneration Exchange: The changing role of ALMO's - structures and mechanisms for regeneration/ new build: Speaker(s): Ian Doolittle, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

10:45 - 12:00
Policy Platform: Meeting and balancing the needs and aspirations of new and settled communities: Providing updates on the latest research and policy. An expert panel will examine the relationship between housing, immigration and settled communities, looking to recent research to understand the dynamics of communities, the perceptions that surround them and discussing the policy responses required. Including brief presentations of new research examining the lived realities of communities which have experienced recent immigration, and one which examines the interplay with this and the housing aspirations of more established white and BME communties.; Speaker(s): Dr Helen Crowley, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of European Transformations and the Irish Studies Centre
Liz Richardson, Research Fellow, Institute for Political & Economic Governance, University of Manchester
Anil Singh, Director, Manningham Housing Associaton; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Dame Mavis McDonald DCB, Trustee, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Sponsor: Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

10:45 - 11:15
Regeneration Exchange: Regeneration and the HCA: Speaker(s): Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive Designate, Homes and Communities Agency; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:00 - 12:15
The future of the housing market: In the wake of the sub-prime lending fiasco and resulting credit crunch, what are the prospects for Government and its partners for delivering its target of 3 million new homes. What is the outlook for the private housing market in the short to medium term and how will this affect the affordable housing sector.; Speaker(s): Dr Ian Shepherdson, Chief US Economist and Wall Street Journal Top US Forecaster
David Smith, Economics Editor, Sunday Times; Venue: International Conference Centre; Chairperson: Steve Benson, Vice President, CIH; Session type: Keynote; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

11:30 - 12:15
Regeneration Exchange: Empowering Communities: Speaker(s): Mark Luetchford., Head of Sustainable Communities, Circle Anglia; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:00 - 13:30
Tenant Action Lunch: Venue: Upper Foyer – ICC; Session type: Pop-in Theatre: Tenants forum; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:30 - 13:00
Regeneration Exchange: Effective community engagement: Speaker(s): Harriet Baldwin, Policy Manager, English Partnerships; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:30 - 13:30
Reaching out: Engaging with Britain's Muslim Communities today, tomorrow and beyond: Look beyond the media headlines and explore how the housing sector is leading the field to deliver safe, sustainable and cohesive communities at the launch of the first such CIH Best Practice guide; Speaker(s): Shaukat Moledina, Deputy Chairman, Housing Corporation
Jas Bains, Chief Executive, Ashram Housing Association; Venue: Conference Suite; Session type: Fringe; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

12:45 - 14:00
Policy Platform: Responding to the worklessness challenge - how can housing and employment policies be better integrated?: Providing updates on the latest research and policy. An expert panel will discuss the many issues thrown up by the debate started by the Hill's Report on the links between social housing and worklessness. New research will highlight what lessons can be learnt from past and present community initiatives, followed by a discussion on how local authorities and housing associatons can best respond to this issue in partnership; Speaker(s): Pam Meadows, Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Julia Unwin CBE, Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Sponsor: Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

13:30 - 14:00
Regeneration Exchange: The carbon challenge - working with developers to deliver change: Speaker(s): Paul Davies, Wates Group Plc; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 15:15
27%: housing's contribution to tackling climate change - environmental sustainability for the existing stock: Whilst the present emphasis by government on the environmental performance of new build is welcomed, there is a danger of neglecting the biggest problem facing us – emissions from existing stock. This session assesses the scale of the problem and makes suggestions as to the way forward. Please join us for a drinks reception to mark the launch of the new CIH publication - Housing, the Environment and our Changing Climate - after the session; Speaker(s): Robert Napier, Chairman, English Partnerships
Gavin Killip, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Nicholas Doyle, Head of Sustainable Development, Places for People; Venue: Queens Suite 2; Chairperson: Nicholas Doyle, Head of Sustainable Development, Places for People; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 15:15
Homes and Communities Agency - A new national vision?: Programme partner: CLG Sir Bob Kerslake has stated that he wants the HCA to be greater than the sum of its parts. This session provides delegates with an insight into plans and aspirations for the new agency.; Speaker(s): Sir Bob Kerslake, Chief Executive, Homes and Communities Agency
Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary, Communities and Local Government
Richard Capie., Director of Policy and Practice, CIH; Venue: Royal Hall; Chairperson: Howard Farrand, Chief Executive, Whitefriars Housing Group; Session type: Forum; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 15:15
Tackling Homelessness in Britain: One aim, different approaches: Programme partner - CLG All three Countries have developed a clear strategic approach to tackling homelessness. What can be learnt from these different approaches and what are the challenges that need to be overcome?; Speaker(s): Ruth Stanier, Deputy Director, Homelessness, Overcrowding and Worklessness, CLG
Jenny Edwards, Chief Executive, Homeless Link
Catherine Jamieson, Head, Glasgow Homelessness Partnership; Venue: Queens Suite 1; Chairperson: Alan Ferguson, Director, Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 15:15
Affordable housing- solving the rural housing crisis: Despite various initiatives designed to improve things many rural communities are still experiencing an acute shortage of affordable housing so what should we be doing to provide affordable homes for local people outside our urban areas.; Speaker(s): Jo Lavis., Independent Consultant
Candy Atherton, Chair of Rural Housing Advisory Group, Housing Corporation; Venue: Conference Suite; Chairperson: Debby Wheatley, Group Director of Operations, Magna Housing Group; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:00 - 15:15
Turning Housing Around: How local partners can transform the housing agenda: This event will look to the role that councils can play in developing sustainable and affordable housing and how it should be financed. The debate will assess what the future should be for social housing and look at innovative ways in which councils can support residents, both in the rental and buying housing sector; Speaker(s): Cllr Jamie Carswell, Deputy Mayor of Hackney
Dr Tim Williams, Director, Navigant Consulting
Anthony Brand, Principal Researcher, NLGN; Venue: Upper Foyer – ICC; Chairperson: Chris Leslie, Director, NLGN; Session type: Seminar; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:15 - 15:15
Policy Platform: Disabled children - one of the worst housed groups in Britain?: Providing updates on the latest research and policy. Until 10 years ago, little was known about the housing position of disabled children. We know more now, but much of it makes uncomfortable reading to many working in the housing sector. New research findings will be discussed by a panel of experts asking why many disabled children do not have their housing needs met and what the housing system could do to change this.; Speaker(s): Claire Houseman, Young people representative, PACT Project
Sarah Bails, Young people representative, PACT Project
Dr Alison Jarvis, Principal Research Manager - Practice & Research, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Louise Franklin, Council for Disabled Children; Venue: Hall F; Chairperson: Jacquie Dale, Director, Housing and Community Services, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Sponsor: Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

14:15 - 14:45
Regeneration Exchange: PFI -can it deliver transformation?: Speaker(s): Peter Harrison, Regional Regeneration Manager, Harvest Group; Venue: Hall D; Sponsor: English Partnerships; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)

15:45 - 17:00
Housing in Dragons' Den: Fed up with trying to make unworkable policies work on the ground? Do you have an idea that might work? In this exciting interactive session to close the conference come and 'pitch' to a panel of expert housing dragons- the best idea will win a prize. And if you dont want to pitch-come and listen-the winner will be decided by public vote!; Speaker(s): Wayne Hemingway, Designer and Chairman of Building for Life
Dr Tim Williams, Director, Navigant Consulting
Sarah Webb, Chief Executive, CIH; Venue: Royal Hall; Chairperson: Facilitator: Simon Fanshawe, Writer, Broadcaster and Chair of Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership; Session type: Keynote; Sponsor:; Add to Calendar (Outlook/iCal)