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

9:20am

Duration: 09:20am - 09:50am

Speaker:

Matthias Barker
National Housing Federation

10:00am

Chair’s opening remarks

Duration: 10 minutes

Speaker:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

10:10am

Duration: 45 minutes

Speaker:

Chris Wilkinson
Homes England

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
Terrie Alafat CBE
Riverside Group
Morenike Ajayi MBE
Gravesend Churches Housing Association

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

11:45am

Duration: 30 minutes

Duration: 11:45am - 12:15pm

Location: Exhibition

Speakers:

Judy Hardy
Places for People
Terrie Alafat CBE
Riverside Group

12:15pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

12:15pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Rosemarie Jenkins
Housing 21
Kate Krokou
The Hyde Group
Amy Laurie
Hightown Housing Association

Chair:

Rob Hardware
National Housing Federation

Duration: 12:15 to 13:05

Speakers:

Emily McKenna
Lincolnshire Housing Partnership
Lizzie Hearn
National Housing Federation
Sue Ramsden
National Housing Federation
Stephen Flounders
Gentoo

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Argiri Papathos
Eastlight Community Homes
James Walker
Clarion Housing Group
Angela Ward
TIAA

Chair:

Francesca Crisante
National Housing Federation

Speaker:

Kate Dodsworth
Regulator of Social Housing

Chair:

Jo Allen
National Housing Federation

12:55pm

Duration: 1 hour

1:10pm

Duration: 13:10 to 13:40

Speakers:

Sue Ramsden
National Housing Federation
Millie Hurault
Chirpy Heat

Duration: 30 minutes

1:55pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Evelyn Thomas
Finance, Risk and Audit Group, MHS
Rob Fletcher
Codi Group
Pauline Hardman
NHF Tenant Advisory Panel

Chair:

Ian Clark
Together Housing Group

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Gossica Anichebe
Peabody and G15 Residents Group
Jas Sidhu
St Basils

Chair:

Lizzie Hearn
National Housing Federation

Duration: 1 hour

Speakers:

Nicola Trevallion
Housing 21
Dr Charles Ambilichu
Birmingham City University
Rob Hardware
National Housing Federation
Francesca Crisante
National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

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

Chair:

Paul Bayly
National Housing Federation

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

Chair:

Sue Ramsden
National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Lee Cartwright
Menzies
Janet Crooks
Stonewater

Chair:

Matthias Barker
National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Emma Tobin
Platform Housing Group
Ruth Jennings
EMH group

Chair:

Fizzy Meredith
National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Heather Thomas
Sapphire Independent Housing
Ewan Wallace
SettleParadigm

Chair:

Joe Waters
National Housing Federation

3:25pm

Duration: 3:25pm - 3:55pm

Location: Exhibition

Speakers:

Argiri Papathos
Peabody
Rob Fletcher
Codi Group

Duration: 30 minutes

Location: NHF stand

Speakers:

Lizzie Hearn
National Housing Federation
Dave Lingwood
Phoenix Software

3:55pm

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

Jemma Belsey
Raven Housing Trust
Annisha Taylor
Annisha Taylor Consulting
Priya Javeri
A2Dominion

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

4:40pm

Extraordinary story

4:45pm

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Lisa Maunder
Bromford Flagship Livewest
Alicia Pearson
Great Places Housing Group
Kate Parsley
Ekaya Housing Association
Susan Hickey
Anchor

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

Speaker:

Morenike Ajayi MBE
Gravesend Churches Housing Association

Chair:

Francesca Crisante
National Housing Federation

Duration: 8:20 to 8:50

Speaker:

Joe Waters
National Housing Federation

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

Duration: 10:40am - 11:10am

Location: Exhibition

11:10am

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Sarah Page
Transform Housing & Support
Nicola Dey
Livv Housing Group
Francesca Crisante
National Housing Federation
Helen Collins
National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

The Right Reverend Rob Wickham
Church Urban Fund
Jon Foster
MTVH
Anna Bishop
South Liverpool Homes, Community Housing Partnership

Chair:

Alistair Smyth
National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Paul McMullan
PIB Risk Management
Bethan Buck
National Housing Federation

Chair:

Jo Allen
National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Emma Stone
Chime Housing
Michael Hopkins
Shared Anti-Fraud Service
Phil Juhasz
Shared Anti-Fraud Service

Chair:

Paul Roberts
Rochdale Boroughwide 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

Chair:

Anne Chapman
Golding Homes

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Alison Blake
Moat
Lucy Park Silva
Eastlight Community Homes

Chair:

Fizzy Meredith
National Housing Federation

Duration: 40 minutes

Speakers:

Monika Liskiewitz
Accent Group
Helen Rourke
St Mungo’s

Chair:

Matthias Barker
National Housing Federation

1:20pm

Duration: 25 minutes

Duration: 1:20pm - 1:45pm

Location: Exhibition

Speaker:

Sarah Page
Transform Housing & Support

1:45pm

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

Sue Young
Vico Homes
Kam Tesse
MHS Homes Group
Martin Warhurst
Habinteg Housing Association & Salix Homes

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

2:30pm

Extraordinary Story

2:35pm

Duration: 45 minutes

Speakers:

Selina White
Magna Housing
Mike Kirk
Hyde Housing Association
Becky Tucker
Westward Housing Group

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

3:20pm

Closing remarks

Duration: 5 minutes

Chair:

Craig Thornton
Sovereign Network Group

9:00am

Onsite registration and exhibition opens

9:20am

What’s next after the Autumn Budget?

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10:00am

Chair’s opening remarks

Speaker:

10:10am

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

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Chair:

10:55am

Extraordinary story

11:00am

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

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Chair:

11:45am

Refreshments and networking

Meet the speakers

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12:15pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

12:15pm

Large scale transformation: risk, oversight and organisational resilience

Speakers:

Chair:

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

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From report to resolution: building trust in whistleblowing

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

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12:55pm

Lunch and networking break

1:10pm

Heat network regulation: preparing for January 2027

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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

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Chair:

Awaab’s Law: from compliance to organisational learning

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

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Corporate governance: from compliance to control confidence

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2:35pm

Changeover

2:45pm

Breakout sessions and roundtables - please select one option

STAIRs: transparency, risk, and organisational readiness

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Financial statements 25/26: key messages and sectors' response

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Care and support: balancing mission, risk and resilience

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Mergers and partnerships: driving resilience at scale

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3:25pm

Refreshments and networking

Meet the speakers

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AI drop-in session

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3:55pm

AI in housing: how fast is too fast?