NHMF
Maintenance
Conference
Timetable

Monday 20 January 2025

15:00
Registration Opens (Reception)
18:00
Award Nominees Group Photos (Room C)
18:30
Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception (Exhibition Area)
20:00
NHMF Best Practice Awards Dinner (Main Hall)
22:00
Entertainment (Exhibition Area)

Tuesday 21 January 2025

07:00
Early Morning Run (Meet in Reception)

Start your day by clearing your head with a refreshing early morning run around Stratford-upon-Avon led by Felicity Newman (Aster Group) + Paul Maghie (Baily Garner), followed by the first day of the NHMF Conference 2025!

09:00
Registration Opens (Reception)
09:00
NHMF AGM (Room B)

Meet the NHMF Committee to find out more about our goals for 2025 and how you can get involved.

09:00
Refreshments (Exhibition Area)
10:15
Plenary 1: Clarity Through Tech and Innovation (Plenary Hall)

Bringing some clarity to the sector through the use of tech and innovation.

Speakers:
Ian Wright , Founder & Chief Executive, Disruptive Innovators Network

Chair:
Phil Pemberton , NHMF Management Team | Director of Asset Strategy and Delivery, The Riverside Group
11:00
Refreshments (Exhibition Area)
11:15
Social Value Breakout (Frameworx Lounge)
11:40
1A: BUILDING SAFETY: Managing Risk in a Building to Save Residents’ Lives (Managing Building Risk Profiles) – Scenarios and Mitigation - Orbit a Case Study (Room A)
Speakers
Trevor Graham , Chief Property Officer, Orbit Group

Chair:
Neil Watts , NHMF Management Team Chair | Group Director of Asset Compliance & Building Safety, Peabody
1B: HEALTHY HOMES: Making Asset Management Clearer - M3Vision + Partners (Room B)
Speakers
Dominic Higgins , NHMF Group Board | Director, Rand Associates
Simon Davis , Director, Rand Associates

Chair:
Tommy Crowson , , Wolverhampton Homes
1C: NET ZERO: Transforming Homes (Room C)
Speakers
Jo Patterson , Director of Research, Cardiff University

Chair:
Julian Ransom , NHMF Management Team | Director, iON Consultants
1D: TECH: Using Data to Proactively Manage Our Customers Homes (Room D)
Speakers
Felicity Newman , Operational Strategy Director, Aster Group
Tim Frondigoun , Director, Ark Housing Consultancy LLP

Chair:
Maxine Gordon , Director of Housing, Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
1E: TRAINING + SKILLS + CULTURE: Empathy Transformation (Soft Skills) (Room E)
Speakers
Simon Bernstein , Managing Director, Empathy Transformation
Haydn Hansford , Property Care Director, Magenta Living

Chair:
Phil Pemberton , NHMF Management Team | Director of Asset Strategy and Delivery, The Riverside Group
12:30
Lunch (Exhibition Area)
12:30
Regional Groups Breakout (Ante Room)

HAMMAR* provides a regional forum for sharing information, improving knowledge and communicating with like-minded people in the social housing (and related asset management) sector. Typically holding 3 seminar events a year in each region around the UK, these groups provide updates upon topical issues, legislation, challenges, and good practice and as well as a chance to meet your opposite number within similar organisations in your area. 

*Housing Asset Management Maintenance and Regeneration

Speakers:
Julian Ransom , NHMF Management Team | Director, iON Consultants
12:30
Procurement Breakout (Frameworx Lounge)

The Procurement Act preparation session.

Speakers:
Chanel Quigley, Solicitor, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
Andrew Millross , Consultant, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
13:30
Plenary 2: Improving the Condition of Social Homes – Two Years on from the Better Social Housing Review (Plenary Hall)

Improving the condition of social homes – two years on from the Better Social Housing Review

Speakers:
Eve Blezard , Policy Officer, Chartered Institute of Housing
Liane Sheppard , Director of Property Services, LiveWest
Annie Owens , Policy Leader, National Housing Federation

Chair:
Mike Turner , Executive Director of Cardo Group, Abbeyfield Living Society and Orbit Housing Association
14:30
2A: BUILDING SAFETY: Understanding Your Residents (Room A)
Speakers

Chair:
Michael Durrant , Director of Asset Management Services, Lumensol
2B: HEALTHY HOMES: Getting the Basics Right (Room B)
Speakers

Chair:
Stephen Chalmers , NHMF Group Board | Technical Director, Kingsdale Group
2C: NET ZERO: Heat Networks and Ofgem (Room C)
Speakers
Rachael Mills , Secretariat, The Heat Network

Chair:
Andrew Burke , Deputy Secretary, Adviser to NHMF
2D: TECH: A Simple and Clear guide to AI (Room D)
Speakers
Shaun Lotay , Technical Director, Langley
Dylan Chipp , CEO, Smart Housing Consultancy & Insight
Neal Forse , Founder & CTO, IoT Solutions Group
Ettan Bazil , Chief Executive Officer, Trade Innovations Ltd.

Chair:
Kim Newman , Managing Director, PML Group
2E: TRAINING + SKILLS: Mentoring Apprentices (Room E)
Speakers
Neel Bidessie , Director of Social Value and People Development, Langley
Dean Wincott , Managing Director, Langley Waterproofing Systems

Chair:
Shaun Mulloy , Head of Property Services, Abbeyfield
15:20
Refreshments (Exhibition Area)
15:20
M3NHF Schedule of Rates Version 8 Breakout (Frameworx Lounge)

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Speakers:
David Miller , Senior Consultant, Rand Associates
16:00
Plenary 3: Creating Healthy Homes by Working and Learning Together (Plenary Hall)

Creating Healthy Homes by working and learning together.

Speakers:
Isobel Ames , Social Housing Health, Safety and Repairs, Ministry of Housing
Jenny Danson , CEO, Healthy Homes Hub
Nadhia Khan , Executive Director of Customer and Community, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Chair:
Peter Long , Housing Property Manager, Basildon District Council
17:00
Free Time
17:00
Procurement Breakout (Frameworx Lounge)

The Procurement Act session

18:30
Networking Drinks (Exhibition Area)
19:00
Networking Dinner (Riverside Restaurant)
20:30
Quiz (Main Hall)
22:00
Entertainment (Exhibition Area)

Wednesday 22 January 2025

09:00
Registration Opens (Reception)
10:00
Plenary 4: Managing Risk to Keep Residents Safe (Plenary Hall)

Managing risk to keep residents safe.

Speakers:
Sean Hanlon , Founder / Director, SPH Structures
Andrew Mellor , Partner, PRP
Dan Fielder , Head of Safer Buildings, Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
Pete Paton , Head of Strategic Building Safety, L&Q Group

Chair:
Neil Watts , NHMF Management Team Chair | Group Director of Asset Compliance & Building Safety, Peabody
10:45
Refreshments (Exhibition Area)
11:00
3A: BUILDING SAFETY: Legals of Access (Room A)
Speakers

Chair:
Simon Lowe , Senior Assets Operations Manager, Johnnie Johnson HT
3B: HEALTHY HOMES: Housing Disrepair + Alternative Disputes Resolution (Room B)
Speakers
Amanda Trent , Repairs Manager -Asset Strategy and Delivery, The Riverside Group
Victoria Smith , Partner, Devonshires Solicitors

Chair:
Joanne Scarlett , Head of Assets (Business Management & Repairs), Riverside Group
3C: NET ZERO: Data-Driven NZH + Embodied Carbon (Room C)
Speakers

Chair:
Melissa Woodall , Client Relationship Director, Wates
3D: TECH: Ai-Power Engagement (Room D)
Speakers
Garry Sneddon , CEO, Engage Me

Chair:
Dominic Higgins , NHMF Group Board | Director, Rand Associates
3E: SKILLS + TRAINING: Round Table Discussion (Room E)
Speakers
Liz O'Connor , Housing Director, Horton Housing
Simon Bernstein , Managing Director, Empathy Transformation
Debbie King , Recruitment Specialist, MK Consult
Lindsay Parker , Programme Manager - Asset Strategy & Deliver, The Riverside Group

Chair:
Chris Patient , Consultant, Rand Associates
11:45
Refreshments (Exhibition Hall)
12:00
Study Tour 2025 Berlin Update (Main Hall)

An update on this year's study tour in Berlin.

Speakers:
Mike Turner , Executive Director of Cardo Group, Abbeyfield Living Society and Orbit Housing Association
Julian Ransom , NHMF Management Team | Director, iON Consultants

Chair:
Tony Clark , NHMF Group Board Treasurer | Regional Director, Seddon Construction
12:15
Plenary 5: NET ZERO - Stockholm (Plenary Hall)

Lessons from Stockholm.


Chair:
Tony Clark , NHMF Group Board Treasurer | Regional Director, Seddon Construction
13:00
Lunch (Exhibition Area)
13:00
Prop Tech Breakout (Ante Room)
13:00
Social Value Breakout (Frameworx Lounge)
13:40
NHMF Service Provider Forum - What's New? (Main Hall)

Find out how you can get involved in helping us to create closer working relationships between all providers and clients.

Speakers:
Amy Boothman , Sales & Marketing Director, Ian Williams
Melissa Woodall , Client Relationship Director, Wates
14:00
Plenary 6: Get clarity on how to be more effective and increase team productivity by 20% (Plenary Hall)

In this high energy keynote presentation Pete will reveal the average effectiveness of over 3000 successful people in business and share the main ‘Power Habits’ needed to become more effective.

He will introduce you to a simple framework that is used by hundreds of organisations to increase team productivity and provide leadership teams with transparency and alignment around mission critical objectives. 

You will learn actionable takeaways that can impact your organisation the day you return to your desk

Speakers:
Pete Wilkinson , Founder and CEO, Reclaro

Chair:
Stephanie Lloyd-Foxe , NHMF Group Board Chair | Head of Building Safety and Compliance, Magna HA
14:40
Closing Address (Main Hall)

Summing up of the Conference

Speakers:
Neil Watts , NHMF Management Team Chair | Group Director of Asset Compliance & Building Safety, Peabody
Stephanie Lloyd-Foxe , NHMF Group Board Chair | Head of Building Safety and Compliance, Magna HA
15:00
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