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  1. Chair’s opening remarks
    Residential Building Safety Summit
09:15
  1. State of the nation: Residential building safety
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    – Reflections on regulator learnings – Upcoming deadlines and pressures – How leaders should prepare for the next five years
09:30
  1. Turning political will into delivery: The 1.5 million home challenge
    Build More Homes Stage
    The goal of building 1.5 million homes is still within reach, but the clock is ticking. More than a year into Labour’s term, many of the barriers identified early on remain in place and delivery has n …
  2. AI + Humans: A recipe for success - examining the strengths and weaknesses of both AI and humans and figuring out where augmentation of the two works best
    Data & Digital Summit
    As housing providers accelerate their digital transformation journeys, lessons from parallel industries can offer valuable guidance. In this keynote, Dr Nicola Millard, Principal Innovation Partner at …
  3. Leading change: Racial equity and inclusion in UK Housing
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    Since 2020, the housing sector has taken significant steps to embed racial equity and inclusion, driven by events that highlighted the deep links between housing and social justice. While challenges r …
  4. Powering warm homes: The national retrofit mission
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    Join Selvin Brown – Director, Net Zero Buildings Domestic at the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) – for an update on the Government’s mission to upgrade Britain’s homes. This keynote …
09:45
  1. Beyond compliance: Raising the standards creating safe, healthy homes
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    The Government has committed to clamping down on mouldy homes, bringing Awaab’s Law into the social rented sector. The new laws come with new responsibilities for landlords. This session will unpack t …
10:00
  1. Windows disrepair
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    – Learning from the Ombudsman’s window disrepair report – Establishing rigorous response protocols and communication – Prioritising safety measures for high-risk window cases
10:15
  1. AI, data infrastructure and governance: Getting the foundations right
    Data & Digital Summit
    The housing sector is already behind the curve on AI and digital adoption, and without stronger data governance and integrated systems the gap will only widen. This session will examine how boards and …
  2. Unlocking retrofit funding: Lessons from Wave 3
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    With Wave 3 of the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund now allocated, this session brings together housing associations and local authorities to reflect on what worked and what didn’t. From bid developmen …
10:30
  1. Viability in crisis: What will actually get built in 2026?
    Build More Homes Stage
    The ambition to build at scale is being tested by a perfect storm of rising costs, new regulation, and market uncertainty. Viability is no longer just a challenge for high value areas; it is an issue …
  2. Awaab's law takes effect: New challenges and responsibilities for the sector
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    From 27 October, Awaab’s Law requires social landlords to address damp and mould hazards within strict timeframes. This session will explore how housing associations can implement the law effectively, …
10:45
  1. Navigating the Building Safety Regulator: Gateway strategy
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    – Common reasons for submission failures – What requires approval—and what doesn’t
  2. Mind the gap: Green skills and the future of housing
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    As the sector moves towards net zero, the demand for green skills is outpacing supply. This session explores the shortage of skills across both the workforce and apprenticeships, the impact on housing …
11:15
  1. Tackling bias and building accountability with data
    Data & Digital Summit
    Concerns over bias, vendor credibility, and AI training are rising as housing providers adopt new technologies. This case study will explore how data can be harnessed responsibly to strengthen account …
  2. Making retrofit stack up: Unlocking investment through smarter asset strategies
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    Retrofitting at scale requires ambition but also long-term financial planning, integrated asset strategies and clear leadership buy-in. This session explores how councils and housing associations are …
11:30
  1. The new rules of the game: Planning reform, gateway 2 & what’s next
    Build More Homes Stage
    With significant housing and infrastructure reforms underway, the Neil will examine how policy changes are translating into delivery on the ground. Drawing on lessons from large-scale urban developmen …
  2. Building safety case reports: What good looks like
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    Building safety case reports are a central requirement under the Building Safety Act. But with criteria spanning fire, structural integrity, resident engagement, and building management, they can be l …
  3. A new standard: Complaints, learning and accountability
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    With the Housing Ombudsman’s new statutory Complaint Handling Code raising the bar, how can landlords embed genuine accountability and make complaints a force for real service improvement? This sessio …
11:45
  1. Procurement Act: Implications for contract management and KPIs
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    The Procurement Act introduces new requirements for public bodies to improve transparency on contract performance and to set and monitor key performance indicators. This session will examine how provi …
12:00
  1. AI safety, cybersecurity and ethical governance
    Data & Digital Summit
    As housing providers adopt more digital tools, concerns are growing around AI safety, cybersecurity risks, and the ethical use of resident data. Yet awareness of cyber threats and safeguarding remains …
12:15
  1. Retrofit needs people: Building the workforce for the decade ahead
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    The UK cannot meet its housing decarbonisation targets without a skilled, accredited and growing retrofit workforce, yet progress remains fragmented. This session explores what’s working in training, …
12:30
  1. Social rent at scale: Closing the funding gap
    Build More Homes Stage
    The ambition to deliver tens of thousands of new social rent homes each year is widely supported, yet the scale of subsidy required is far beyond current allocations. This session will explore what a …
  2. Getting the basics right: Fire safety documentation
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    Fire engineer and expert witness Andrea White will cut through the jargon to show why accurate documentation is the foundation of residential building safety and the golden thread. Using real-world ex …
  3. Are you really listening? Making tenant engagement meaningful
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    This panel explores how landlords and residents can co-design services, drive culture change and strengthen communities by elevating tenant voice. We’ll discuss inclusive engagement, training on tenan …
12:45
  1. Grenfell Inquiry: Driving real culture change in housing
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    The Grenfell Inquiry highlighted the urgent need for cultural transformation in housing. This session will review the Government’s formal response, focusing on the importance of listening to residents …
13:00
  1. Residents and compliance: Unlocking the power of better data
    Data & Digital Summit
    Too often, siloed systems and weak data governance mean housing providers fall short - with missed safety inspections, poor oversight, and increased regulatory risk. This panel will challenge how well …
13:15
  1. Fire doors
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    Guidance from the ASFPs green book on best practice with fire doors.
  2. How to meaningfully include residents in retrofit
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    Meaningful resident engagement is essential to successful retrofit delivery. Poor communication leads to mistrust, disruption and failed outcomes. This session explores what good engagement looks like …
13:30
  1. Partnerships in practice: Models that deliver homes
    Build More Homes Stage
    Councils are using a variety of models to deliver homes, from direct delivery companies to investment partnerships and joint ventures. This panel will explore how those choices shape the pace, quality …
  2. Making homes safe, warm and decent for tenants
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    The Government’s consultation on the Decent Homes Standard (DHS) is the first major review of housing quality rules since 2006. With more than 1 in 10 social homes and 1 in 5 private rented homes curr …
14:00
  1. Resident engagement in the digital era
    Data & Digital Summit
    Residents need to see clear benefits from technology — safer homes, lower costs, more responsive services — but digital transformation also raises questions of trust, fairness, and inclusion. This ses …
  2. Electrical safety regulations update
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    – Overview of the new regulations – Compliance timelines – Practical implementation guidance
14:15
  1. Making PAS work: Quality, compliance and delivery on the ground
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    Publicly Available Specification or PAS 2035 is a framework for delivering high-quality and low-carbon homes. But understanding how to apply it in real-world settings is still a challenge across the s …
  2. Innovation in community engagement for retrofit projects
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    There is no single road to net zero. With providers of different sizes working to different priorities and timescales, collaboration is essential. This session explores how tenants and landlords can w …
14:30
  1. Keynote address: Clive Betts MP
    Build More Homes Stage
  2. Temporary accommodation and children
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    What does it mean for a child to grow up in temporary accommodation? Families face unsafe, overcrowded housing, with no guarantee of safe sleep or basic safeguarding. Children’s health and development …
14:45
  1. Remediation: What the path to 2029 looks like
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    – Prioritising projects under deadline pressure – Funding pathways and cost recovery disputes – Resident protections during remediation
15:00
  1. Positive innovation: Rethinking technology’s role in housing
    Data & Digital Summit
    Too often the debate about digital transformation focuses on risk and compliance — but what about the opportunities? This session will highlight how housing providers are embracing innovation positive …
  2. Delivering warm and healthy homes
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    Ensuring homes are warm, comfortable and energy-efficient is vital to tackling fuel poverty and supporting residents’ wellbeing. This panel explores how the housing sector can scale retrofit programme …
15:10
  1. Housing, justice, and the planning system: Why affordability and secure tenancies must be at the heart of reform
    Build More Homes Stage
15:15
  1. Temporary housing: Financial pressures and systemic challenges
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    This session explores the escalating financial burdens faced by local authorities in providing temporary accommodation. Nationally, spending on temporary accommodation has surpassed £2 billion annuall …
15:45
  1. The Golden Thread: Data & compliance best practice
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    In this session, residential building safety professionals will discover how to embed a “golden thread” of data—ensuring seamless, digital compliance across design, construction, and occupation. Atten …
15:50
  1. Masterplanning the future: Large-scale communities that work
    Build More Homes Stage
    From new towns to strategic regeneration projects, large-scale housing delivery requires vision, investment, and long-term commitment. This keynote will look at how complex masterplans are being turne …
  2. From strategy to delivery – the boardroom perspective
    Data & Digital Summit
    This panel will explore how housing leaders can reframe data in boardroom language, address compliance pressures, and present real-world examples that demonstrate the value of digital investment. Pane …
16:00
  1. Cold homes, real harm: Tackling fuel poverty through retrofit
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    With energy bills set to rise, the stakes for warm, affordable homes have never been higher. Coinciding with National Energy Action’s Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, this session highlights the reality fo …
16:30
  1. Closing keynote with Dame Judith Hackitt
    Residential Building Safety Summit
09:30
  1. Carrot or stick: what's going to change the conversation about data in social housing?
    Data & Digital Summit
    Big data. Actionable insights. AI. Data should be at the heart of everything we do in housing. It should be an enabler, driving business decision-making so we can deliver exceptional outcomes for our …
  2. The future of building safety leadership
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    – Turning compliance into culture – Building cross‑sector coalitions for resilience and best practice
  3. Living through the impact of the cost-of-living crisis
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    The cost-of-living crisis is placing huge amounts of pressure on tenants with many struggling to meet basic needs such as heating and food. This panel will explore the real-life impact on households, …
  4. An update on the Warm Homes Scheme
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    Join Shaun Garvey and Caroline Withey as they provide an overview of the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund and the Warm Homes: Local Grant - aimed at improving energy efficiency and reducing fuel povert …
09:45
  1. Homes England’s next chapter: Funding, land and infrastructure
    Build More Homes Stage
    Homes England plays a central role in unlocking housing supply, bringing together funding, land and delivery expertise. This keynote will set out the agency’s priorities for the coming years, focusing …
  2. Engineering our future through collaboration
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    The session will share the learning and outcomes from the HACT-led project looking at deepening collaboration and innovation across the sector. It will introduce UK HIVE (Housing Innovation and Value …
10:15
  1. Building the skills and capacity for digital transformation
    Data & Digital Summit
    The sector faces a critical shortage of in-house expertise, and many organisations lack the skills needed to validate AI, scale digital projects, and bring the workforce along with change. This sessio …
  2. Resident engagement: Building trust, not just compliance
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    As mandated by the Building Safety Act 2022, genuine resident engagement is pivotal for building safety—especially in high-rise housing. This panel will explore how to move from token consultation to …
  3. Supporting inclusive accessibility: Improving housing and support services
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    This session explores how housing and support services can better meet the needs of all tenants including those with disabilities. It will highlight the importance of inclusive housing schemes, access …
  4. Nature-positive retrofit: Delivering biodiversity and carbon benefits together
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    Building greener healthier places is about the communities and green spaces we create between homes. In retrofit projects where environmental focus often falls on carbon how do we make sure nature isn …
10:30
  1. What do investors want (and what will they fund now?)
    Build More Homes Stage
    The right kind of investment can unlock delivery even in the most challenging markets. This panel will bring together institutional investors, patient capital providers, and developers to discuss what …
10:45
  1. The future of procurement: Why competitive flexibile doesn't mean re-inventing the wheel
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    Procurement is changing, but that doesn’t mean starting from scratch. This session explores the Competitive Flexible procedure to help deliver objectives for SMEs, reduce carbon impact, and unlock gre …
11:15
  1. Data-driven retrofit: An orbit case study
    Data & Digital Summit
    Harnessing data transforms home retrofits into customer-focused journeys. Gemma and Jeanette discuss the importance of data and reveal how Orbit’s ‘Property Passports’ combine internal and external in …
  2. PEEPs – preparing for April 2026
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    – Legal and practical obligations under new regulations – Identifying and supporting diverse vulnerable groups – Testing, maintaining, and updating plans collaboratively
  3. Equipping housing staff to support residents with complex mental health needs
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    Housing staff often encounter residents facing complex mental health challenges. Equipping these staff members with the right tools, training and support is crucial for effective engagement and suppor …
  4. Beyond buzzwords: How to talk retrofit with honesty, clarity and impact
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    The success of a retrofit programme depends not just on what we do, but how we talk about it. Poor communication can derail projects, alienate residents and erode trust. This session looks at how the …
11:30
  1. Designing for delivery: Getting quality right first time
    Build More Homes Stage
    There is growing concern that over-engineering homes is driving up costs and slowing down delivery. This panel will ask where the balance lies between quality, sustainability and affordability. Speake …
11:45
  1. Future-proofing homes: Preparing for the realities of climate change
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    Climate change is no longer a distant threat, it’s already impacting homes and communities through flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat. This session examines how housing providers are responding, ad …
12:00
  1. Data-driven asset management and retrofit for net zero
    Data & Digital Summit
    Decarbonisation technologies are available, but uptake remains too slow to meet 2050 targets due to low public trust. This presentation will show how data and digital tools can embed retrofit into cor …
  2. Collaboration that delivers: Building the partnerships that power net-zero housing
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    No single organisation can reach net zero alone. From regional retrofit hubs to joint ventures across housing, data and delivery partners, this session explores how the sector is working together to s …
12:15
  1. Managing lithium-ion battery safety in homes
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    Lithium-ion batteries are now found in everyday homes—powering e-scooters, e-bikes, and other devices—but they bring serious fire risks if not managed properly. This practical session will explain how …
  2. Consumer standards one year on
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    Twelve months after the introduction of enhanced consumer standards, this session examines their impact on tenants and landlords. Some providers have achieved top ratings, while others have been judge …
12:30
  1. Case study: Passivhaus at scale
    Build More Homes Stage
    Barratt Redrow and Places for London have a Joint Venture Partnership to deliver 4,000 homes in West London and are pursing Passivhaus certification across the programme, this session will cover the j …
12:45
  1. The digital divide: Making transformation work for everyone
    Data & Digital Summit
    The digital divide in housing is not only about residents but also about organisations, with some regions advancing through AI centres and digital strategies while others remain at earlier stages of a …
  2. Collaborate to deliver: Unblocking the housing supply chain together
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    Delivering quality projects at pace requires more than funding, it depends on true collaboration. With short timelines and resource pressures creating bottlenecks, this session explores how housing pr …
13:00
  1. Beyond EPC C: Bridging the gap between policy targets and retrofit realities
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) remain central to national retrofit policy, but the reality of achieving EPC C by 2030 across all homes is proving complex, costly and sometimes misaligned with …
13:15
  1. Tenants and stigma in social housing
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    This session focuses on how the housing sector can create stronger, more positive relationships. We will explore how respectful dialogue, empathy and fairness can encourage open engagement, resolve co …
13:30
  1. Rebuilding the workforce: Skills, careers & the £600m taskforce
    Build More Homes Stage
    Meeting housing delivery targets depends on having the right workforce in place. This panel will explore the scale of the skills challenge, the effectiveness of current training programmes, and what m …
13:45
  1. Using asset data for planned maintenance and customer insight
    Data & Digital Summit
    Asset data is often underutilised, yet it holds the key to better investment decisions and tailored services. This case study will show how combining property, repairs, and resident datasets can prior …
  2. Working with your fire and rescue service
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    – What the FRS needs from you – How to ensure an effective relationship
14:00
  1. Designing tomorrow’s homes: Resilience and net zero
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    What does a truly future-ready home look like in 2030 and beyond? This session explores what’s needed to deliver homes that are low-carbon, resilient and support occupant health, inclusion and wellbei …
14:15
  1. Rent convergence: Navigating the path to fairer and sustainable social housing
    Tenant Voice and Housing Quality Stage
    This session explores the government’s plan to reintroduce social rent convergence over 10 years, examining its effects on housing association’s finances and tenant affordability. The panel will discu …
  2. No-one at home: Overcoming access challenges and rebuilding resident trust
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    Missed appointments are more than a scheduling issue: they delay repairs, drive up costs, and erode tenant trust. With repair complaints topping the Housing Ombudsman’s caseload, this session will exp …
14:30
  1. Housing as national renewal: Why it's more than just bricks
    Build More Homes Stage
    Housing is not just about meeting demand, it is central to economic growth, public health, and climate resilience. This session will make the case for putting housing at the heart of national renewal, …
  2. Scaling innovation for the future of digital housing
    Data & Digital Summit
    The next wave of digital housing will be defined by how well the sector can scale proven innovations and align them with future priorities like net zero and resident trust. This closing panel will foc …
14:45
  1. Inside the building safety team: Skills, structures and stress
    Residential Building Safety Summit
    Building safety is delivered by people—and how those teams are structured, supported, and defined is critical to success. This panel will debate the evolving role of the building safety team, explorin …
15:00
  1. Raising the standard: What HNTAS means for social housing
    Warm and Healthy Homes Stage
    With the introduction of the Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS), the quality expectations for heat networks are changing. This session explores what the scheme means for housing associati …
15:15
  1. Smarter procurement: The role of AI in driving better decisions
    Fusion21 Procurement with Purpose Stage
    Technology is reshaping how housing providers manage assets and make procurement decisions. From AI-powered supplier selection to IoT-enabled predictive maintenance, this session explores how digital …