Agenda | Audit and Risk 2026

Building resilience with two days of expert-led talks, roundtables and collaboration.

Wednesday 11 November
Thursday 12 November

9:00am

Onsite registration and exhibition opens

10:00am

Chair’s opening remarks

Duration: 10 minutes

Speaker:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

10:10am

Duration: 45 minutes

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

10:55am

Extraordinary story

11:00am

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

Alistair Smyth
National Housing Federation
Judy Hardy
Places for People

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

11:45am

Duration: 30 minutes

12:15pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

12:15pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Rosemarie Jenkins
Housing 21

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Emily McKenna
Lincolnshire Housing Partnership

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Argiri Papathos
Eastlight Community Homes
James Walker
Clarion Housing Group

Speaker:

Kate Dodsworth
Regulator of Social Housing

12:55pm

Duration: 1 hour

1:10pm

Duration: 30 minutes

1:55pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Evelyn Thomas
Finance, Risk and Audit Group, MHS

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Gossica Anichebe
Peabody and G15 Residents Group

Duration: 1 hour

Speaker:

Nicola Trevallion
Housing 21

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Ceri Victory-Rowe
Campbell Tickell
Asantewaa Brenya
Ocean Housing / Altair
Anne Chapman
Golding Homes

2:35pm

Changeover

2:45pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Ben Pumphrey
Anthony Collins
Fiona Smith
Plus Dane Housing

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Emma Tobin
Platform Housing Group

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Heather Thomas
Sapphire Independent Housing
Ewan Wallace
SettleParadigm

3:25pm

3:55pm

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

Jemma Belsey
Raven Housing Trust

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

4:40pm

Extraordinary story

4:45pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

5:25pm

Chair's closing remarks and end of day one

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

5:30pm

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

8:00am

Registration and exhibition opens

Duration: 40 minutes

9:00am

Chair's opening remarks

Duration: 5 minutes

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

9:05am

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

Will Perry
Regulator of Social Housing

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

9:50am

Extraordinary Story

9:55am

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

Jenny Osborne
Tpas
Jesse Fajemasin
Surescope
Isabel Varey
Delta Housing
Gavin Wallen
Phoenix Community Housing

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

10:40am

Duration: 30 minutes

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Sarah Page
Transform Housing & Support
Nicola Dey
Livv Housing Group

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Emma Stone
Chime Housing

11:50am

Duration: 50 minutes

12:40pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Kitesh Patel
Places for People
Stephen Flounders
Gentoo
Alison Inman
Tpas

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Alison Blake
Moat

Duration: 40 minutes

Speaker:

Monika Liskiewitz
Accent Group

1:20pm

Duration: 25 minutes

1:45pm

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

Sue Young
Vico Homes

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

2:30pm

Extraordinary Story

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

Selina White
Magna Housing

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

3:20pm

Closing remarks and end of the conference

Duration: 5 minutes

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

9:00am

Onsite registration and exhibition opens

10:00am

Chair’s opening remarks

Speaker:

10:10am

A world in flux: what’s changing and what it means for housing associations

Chair:

10:55am

Extraordinary story

11:00am

The big debate: making delivery possible in a time of growing demand

Speakers:

Chair:

11:45am

Refreshments and networking

12:15pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

12:15pm

Large scale transformation: risk, oversight and organisational resilience

Speaker:

Frontline quality assurance: strengthening confidence where it matters most (Peer-to-peer roundtable)

Speaker:

From report to resolution: building trust in whistleblowing

Speakers:

The role of boards and governance within changing economic social housing regulation

Speaker:

12:55pm

Lunch and networking break

1:10pm

Strengthening cyber resilience: threats, lessons and response (Lunchtime session)

1:55pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

Data you can trust: strengthening resilience through better data

Speaker:

Awaab’s Law: from compliance to organisational learning

Speaker:

Internal audit: driving accountability, culture and impact (Peer-to-peer roundtable, starts at 1.35pm)

Speaker:

Corporate governance: from compliance to control confidence

Speakers:

2:35pm

Changeover

2:45pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

STAIRs: transparency, risk, and organisational readiness

Speakers:

Financial statements update: an auditor’s view

Care and support: balancing mission, risk and resilience

Speaker:

Mergers and partnerships: driving resilience at scale

Speakers:

3:25pm

Refreshments and networking

3:55pm

AI in housing: how fast is too fast?

Speaker:

Chair:

4:40pm

Extraordinary story

4:45pm

Open forum: The questions we’re not always asking

Chair:

5:25pm

Chair's closing remarks and end of day one

Chair:

5:30pm

Networking reception

8:00am

Registration and exhibition opens

Career development: building trust and impact (Early doors session)

9:00am

Chair's opening remarks

Chair:

9:05am

Sector Risk Profile 2026

Speaker:

Chair:

9:50am

Extraordinary Story