Get insights from government and industry experts
Hear from the people driving change across the housing sector. With 300+ speakers, the HOMES UK programme brings together senior voices from housing associations and local authorities, alongside government and regulators, industry leaders, developers, asset managers, and experts in areas such as building safety, data and digital, sustainability, and procurement.
With strong representation from frontline practitioners and residents’ voices, the programme blends strategic insight with practical case studies and real-world delivery experience—giving you ideas, and practical solutions.
2026 keynote speakers
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Selvin Brown MBE
Director for net zero buildings
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Nick Coombe
Head of service improvement prevention & protection
London Fire Brigade
Tom Copley
Deputy mayor, housing and residential development
Greater London Authority
Kelly Deane
Director of housing and public protection
BCP Council
Judith Hackitt
Author of Building a Safer Future
Building a Safer Future
Philip Jenkins
Chief investment officer
Peabody
Kate Markey
Chief executive
Nationwide Foundation
Martin McCluskey
Minister for local energy and jobs
Department for Net Zero and Energy Security
Lysa Nicely
Head of property safety
Hexagon Housing Association
Charlie Pugsley KFSM
Acting chief executive officer
Building Safety Regulator
Catherine Ryder
Chief executive
PlaceShapers
2026 speakers
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Azhar Ahmed
Assistant Director Development East
Accent Housing Ltd
Shakirah Akinwale
Tenant
L&Q
Gossica Anichebe
Resident
Peabody
Dr Hina Ansari
Managing director
Latitude Croydon
Amma Antwi-Yeboah
Head of housing solutions
Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils
Peter Apps
Contributing editor
Inside Housing
Daniel Archard
Asset sustainability manager
Clarion Housing Group
Tom Arey
Managing director
PfP Thrive
Hannah Ashley Fraser
Director of homes and customer experience
BD Reside
Simon Atkins
Director, later living
PRP
Cllr Fatmata Bah
Councillor
Southwark Council
Pan Bhamra
Director of communities for London
Places for People
Sophie Bichener
Campaigner
End Our Cladding Scandal
David Bonner
Head of asset management and compliance
B3 Living
Sheridan Boyd
Senior project coordinator
Together Housing Association
Avril Branche
Senior building and fire safety manager
London Borough of Newham
Edward Braund
Head
School of Computing, Engineering, and Creative Industries, University of Bedfordshire
Dominic Briant
Director of neighbourhoods
Metropolitan Thames Valley
Laura Broderick
Programme director
Good Homes Alliance
Jamie Brookes
Head of green funding solutions
E.On
Michael Brown
Director
MDA
Selvin Brown MBE
Director for net zero buildings
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Bethan Buck
External affairs manager
National Housing Federation
Andrew Cameron-Smith
Communications director
The Healthy Homes Hub
Prof Sergio Cavalaro
Chief construction and scientific advisor
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Goverment
Neil Collins
Head of policy, HRB building control
Building Safety Regulator
Nick Coombe
Head of service improvement prevention & protection
London Fire Brigade
Matt Copeland
Director of Policy
National Energy Action
Tom Copley
Deputy mayor, housing and residential development
Greater London Authority
Codrina Cretu
Mission manager
Nesta
Sascha Cutura
Fractional chief AI officer
MWS+
Ian Davies
Executive director of quality homes
EMH
Louise Davies
Executive director of communities and regeneration
Cobalt Housing
Stewart Davison
Chair
Elim Housing
Chamitha De Alwis
Head of AI and Cybersecurity
School of Computing, Engineering, and Creative Industries, University of Bedfordshire
Kelly Deane
Director of housing and public protection
BCP Council
Stephen Delahunty
News editor
Inside Housing
Ruth Dent
Chief experience officer
RE:GEN
Jamie Dickinson
Head of social impact
PRP
Claire Donovan
director
End Furniture Poverty
John Downie
Head of policy and insights
British Gas Energy Trust
Steve Dudeney
Director
Ignis Fire and Resilience
Mark Duffy
Technical consultant
Corgi
Debra Edwards
Co-Production Champion
Haringey’s Supported Housing Continuous Improvement Group
Paul Evans
Chief executive officer
Oneserve
Mike Feeley
Building safety manager
Magenta Living
Geraldine Fernandez
Director
Hard Numbers
Rachel Fisher
Chief executive
RTPI
Hannah Fleming
Director of regeneration & asset improvement
RBH
Matt Forrest
Chief executive officer
Thirteen Group
Rosalynn Funnell
Resident engagement manager
Woking Borough Council
Shaun Garvey
Programme director, Local Grant and Home Upgrade Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Dr Anna Godleman
Head of sustainability
London Borough of Barnet
Matt Golding
Relationship manager
Aico
Oliver Goldring
Head of digital, design and communications
Magna Housing
Andrew Gray
Member relationship manager
FUSION21
Dame Judith Hackitt
Author of Building a Safer Future
Building a Safer Future
Ramin Hakimov
Head of commercial & policy engagement
Allume
Glyn Halksworth
Director of regeneration, housing and regulatory services, Southend-on-Sea Council and co-chair
Association of Directors of Housing
Jo Hannan
Head of foundation
FUSION21
Natalie Hanscombe
Head of Development & Regeneration
L&Q
Dan Hawthorn
Executive director for homes and communities
Camden Council, and co-chair London Housing Directors Group
Paula Heatley
Director of delivery and sales
Platform Housing Group
Alex Hern
AI writer
The Economist
Anna Highfield
Best practice editor
Inside Housing
Martin Hilditch
Editor
Inside Housing
Dale Holroyd
Chief executive officer
ZapCarbon
Keith House
Leader
Eastleigh Borough Counci
John Hughes
Head of assets and sustainability
Ongo
Greg Hurst
Director of communications and public engagement
Centre for Homelessness Impact
Hatice Hussein
Building safety manager
Poplar HARCA
Maryam Idris
Performance analyst
Queens Cross Housing Association
Kai Jackson
Special membership project lead
Tpas
Michal Jankowski
Head of building safety
London Borough of Camden
Philip Jenkins
Chief investment officer
Peabody
Zoe Jennings
Director of energy and environment
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Chantelle John
Community forum chair
London Fire Brigade
Dr Kate Jones
Chief information officer and non-executive director
Stagecoach Group Limited and Onward Homes
Youssef Kadiri
Managing director
NEAT Developments
Amandeep Kalra
CEO and Non-executive director
Greenflip and Eastlight Community Homes
Richard Kemp-Harper
Chief strategy officer
AirEx
Richard Kennedy
CEO
Cornerstone Place
Matt Kerchner
Director of development finance
Invest and Fund
Stewart Kerr
Principal consultant
Pennington choices
Dr Mehri Khosravi
Energy and carbon senior research fellow
University of East London
Félicie Krikler
Director and head of residential
Barr Gazetas
Anna Kucmierz
Data and insights manager
Cobalt Housing
Akshita Lakhiwal
Net zero engagement manager
Tpas Cymru
Katie Lavin
Head of ESG
Mears Group
Francesca Lee
Sustainability consultant and trainer
Social Value Architect
Eleanor Lindsay
Head of impact, community and place
Hyde
Sandy Livingstone
Chief executive officer
Onward Homes
Andrea Lowman
Executive director of development
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
Cllr Neil MacDonald
Leader
Ipswich Borough Council
Sarah Maguire
Head of social value
FUSION21
Matthew Mansfield
Lead building safety consultant
London Borough of Ealing
Kate Markey
Chief executive
Nationwide Foundation
Andreas Markides
Chairman
Markides Associates
Guy Marshall
Board member
One Manchester
Joe Marshall
Chief investment and development officer
SNG
Adam Masters
Assistant director environment & sustainability
Stonewater
Jess McCabe
Deputy editor
Inside Housing
Miranda McClaren
Director - Head of Living Sector, and advisor to the Temporary Accommodation Action Group (TAAG)
Orms
Martin McCluskey
Minister for local energy and jobs
Department for Net Zero and Energy Security
Christina McGill
Director of social impact
Habinteg
Lucy McGovern
head of community investment & successful tenancies
Orbit
Vicky McGuire
Property maintenance operations manager
Gentoo
Emma McKim
market business development manager
E.ON Green Funding Solutions
Elly McMeehan
Head of group bids
Sureserve
Chris McQuillan
Framework manager
FUSION21
Hashi Mohamed
Barrister and author
Landmark Chambers
Andrew Moore
Deputy director, planning and building control
Building Safety Regulator
Jon Moorhouse
CEO
Constructive Thinking
Paul Morrish
CEO
LandAid
Andrew Morrison
Co-founder
Aspire Bidding
Girlie Mthimkhulu
South Tyneside Council
Fara Muneer
Head of business development
Centre for Accessible Environments
Peter Murray
Independent candidate for Mayor of London, May 2028
Rachel Murray-Smith
Partner
Sharpe Pritchard
Nathan Nagaiah
Head of AI
Peabody
Amy Nettleton
Assistant director of development - sales and marketing
Aster Group
Lysa Nicely
Head of property safety
Hexagon Housing Association
Rudi Nicholls
Senior communities & social impact manager
Clarion
Pauline Niesseron
Head of building safety (regulation and remediation)
Riverside
Steve Norman
Senior technical policy officer
National Fire Chiefs Council
Alozie Ohuonu
Head of resident & building safety
B&D Reside
Lara Oyedele
Chief executive
Black on Board
Jess Page
Strategy director
Bridge Housing solutions
Tom Parker McLean
Senior innovation manager
E.ON Next
Jon Parkes
Director of Asset Management
EPIC
David Parkforth
Data analyst
Onward Homes
Eliza Parr
Chief reporter
Inside Housing
Tom Paterson
Director of product and systems
Considerate Constructors Scheme
Tom Paul
Chief financial officer
Southern Housing
Ashley Pereira
Head of information security and resilience
Peabody Trust
Caroline Pillay
Director of regeneration and development
L&Q
Jonathan Place
Director of customer relations
Accent Housing
Lindsey Platt
Head of building safety and remediation
Orbit Group
Stephanie Pollitt
Programme director, housing
BusinessLDN
Charlie Pugsley KFSM
Acting chief executive officer
Building Safety Regulator
Kartikeya Rajput
Associate director and sustainability lead
PRP
Stewart Reid
Managing director
Wates WPS
Emma Richman
Assistant director
Altair Ltd
James Riding
Living markets editor
Inside Housing
Becky Ritchie
Head of sustainability
Clarion
Will Rivers
Associate director, heat decarbonisation
The Carbon Trust
Natasha Roberts
Director of operations
Women's Pioneer Housing
Dr Syreeta Robinson-Gayle
Head of affordable housing
Barratt London
Catherine Ryder
Chief executive
PlaceShapers
Fiona Sadler
Associate director
PRP
Chris Seman
Head of business intelligence
Mears Group
Jas Sidhu
Director of housing
St Basils
Altin Smajli
Director of housing policy
Richmond and Wandsworth Council
Brigitte Small
Board member
Harecourt Community Housing Association
Kyle Smith
Director of partnerships and communication
CHIC
Leon Stephenson
Head of Fire & Building Safety
Gentoo Group
George Stevenson
Chair
BIM 4 Housing
Sarah Stevenson-Jones
Director of building safety & compliance
Stonewater
Katharine Swindells
Features editor and head of data journalism
Inside Housing
Lianne Taylor
Director of sustainability
Platform Housing Group
Daniel Thorpe
Director of communications
Clarion Housing Group
Andrew Tod
Head of energy transformation
Sureserve
Paul Towers
Framework manager
FUSION21
Natalie Turner
Deputy director for homes and communities
Centre for Ageing Better
Richard Tyrie
CEO
GoodPeople
Brad Wain
Relationship manager
Aico
Alicia Walker
Assistant director for activism and advocacy
Shelter
John Walker
Head of UK and european real estate
CT Group
John Wallace
Director of procurement
Clarion
Barry Waller
Director of assets
Poplar HARCA
Fallon Warren
Associate director of sustainability
Amplius
Les Warren
Executive director
Progress Housing Group
Dominic Watters
Lived experience fuel and food poverty speaker
Neil Watts
Managing director
Axis
Jo Wheeler
Co-director of policy and industry
UKGBC
Ailsa Willis
Head of asset strategy, regeneration & place
Magna
Caroline Withey
Programme director for social housing decarbonisation fund
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Phil Woodhead
Head of category
FUSION21
Neil Wright
MBC partnerships director
Equans