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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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Nick Coombe
Head of service support prevention & protection
London Fire Brigade
Tom Copley
Deputy mayor, housing and residential development
Greater London Authority
Sarah Elliott
Chief executive
Shelter
Dame Judith Hackitt
Author of Building a Safer Future
Building a Safer Future
Philip Jenkins
Chief Investment Officer
Peabody
Chantelle John
Community forum chair
London Fire Brigade
Kate Markey
Chief executive
Nationwide Foundation
Hashi Mohamed
Barrister and author
Landmark Chambers
Maff Potts
Chief executive officer
British Gas Energy Trust
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
Amma Antwi-Yeboah
Head of housing solutions
Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils
Peter Apps
Contributing editor
Inside Housing
Tom Arey
managing director
PfP Thrive
Simon Atkins
director, later living
PRP
David Bonner
Head of asset management and compliance
B3 Living
Sheridan Boyd
Senior project coordinator
Together Housing Association
Dominic Briant
Director of neighbourhoods
Metropolitan Thames Valley
Laura Broderick
programme director
Good Homes Alliance
Michael Brown
Director
MDA
Selvin Brown MBE
Director for net zero buildings
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Andrew Cameron-Smith
Communications director
The Healthy Homes Hub
Neil Collins
Head of policy, HRB building control
Building Safety Regulator
Nick Coombe
Head of service support prevention & protection
London Fire Brigade
Tom Copley
Deputy mayor, housing and residential development
Greater London Authority
Codrina Cretu
Mission manager
Nesta
Rachel Crownshaw
Group managing director, communities
Places for People
Stewart Davison
Chair
Elim Housing
Sarah Elliott
Chief executive
Shelter
Mike Feeley
Building safety manager
Magenta Living
Rachel Fisher
Chief executive
RTPI
Hannah Flemming
director of regeneration & asset improvement
RBH
Matt Forrest
chief executive officer
Thirteen Group
Shaun Garvey
Programme director, Local Grant and Home Upgrade Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Sarah-Jane Gay
Head of building and fire safety programmes
National Housing Federation
Dr Anna Godleman
Head of sustainability
London Borough of Barnet
Oliver Goldring
Head of digital, design and communications
Magna Housing
Dame Dame Judith Hackitt
Author of Building a Safer Future
Building a Safer Future
Glyn Halksworth
Director of regeneration, housing and regulatory services, Southend-on-Sea Council and co-chair
Association of Directors of Housing
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
Alex Hern
AI writer
The Economist
Keith House
Leader
Eastleigh Borough Counci
John Hughes
Head of assets and sustainability
Ongo
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 Mehri Khosravi
Energy and carbon senior research fellow
University of East London
Félicie Krikler
Director, and Head of Residential,
Barr Gazetas
Akshita Lakhiwal
Net zero engagement manager
Tpas Cymru
Francesca Lee
Sustainability consultant and trainer
Social Value Architect
Sandy Livingstone
chief executive officer
Onward Homes
Matthew Mansfield
Lead Building Safety Consultant
London Borough of Ealing
Kate Markey
Chief executive
Nationwide Foundation
Guy Marshall
board member
One Manchester
Joe Marshall
Chief investment and development officer
SNG
Miranda McClaren
Director - Head of Living Sector, and advisor to the Temporary Accommodation Action Group (TAAG)
Orms
Minister Martin McCluskey MP
Minister for Energy Consumers
Department for Net Zero and Energy Security
Hashi Mohamed
Barrister and author
Landmark Chambers
Andrew Moore
Deputy director, planning and building control
Building Safety Regulator
Nathan Nagaiah
Head of UK Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Sector and Data Economy
Newham Council
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
Alozie Ohuonu
Head of resident & building safety
BD Reside
Lara Oyedele
Chief executive
Black on Board
Jess Page
Strategy director
Bridge Housing solutions
Jon Parkes
Director of Asset Management
EPIC
David Parkforth
Data analyst
Onward Homes
Georgina Patel
Independent sustainability consultant
Sustainability Centric
Tom Paterson
Director of product and systems
Considerate Constructors Scheme
Caroline Pillay
Director of regeneration and development
L&Q
Stephanie Pollitt
Programme director, housing
BusinessLDN
Maff Potts
Chief executive officer
British Gas Energy Trust
Mr Charlie Pugsley KFSM
Acting chief executive officer
Building Safety Regulator
Kartikeya Rajput
Associate director and sustainability lead
PRP
Stewart Reid
managing director
Wates WPS
Becky Ritchie
head of sustainability
Clarion
Will Rivers
Associate director, heat decarbonisation
The Carbon Trust
Dr Syreeta Robinson-Gayle
head of affordable housing
Barratt London
Catherine Ryder
Chief executive
PlaceShapers
Fiona Sadler
Associate director
PRP
Jas Sidhu
director of housing
St Basils
Brigitte Small
Board member
Harecourt Community Housing Association
Leon Stephenson
Head of Fire & Building Safety
Gentoo Group
Sarah Stevenson-Jones
Director of building safety & compliance
Stonewater
Lianne Taylor
Director of sustainability
Platform
John Wallace
Director of procurement
Clarion
Dominic Watters
Lived experience fuel and food poverty speaker
Caroline Withey
Programme director for social housing decarbonisation fund
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero