Conference programme

• Predicting likely policy changes and the effects on the market
• Re-examining planning and localism and their effects on new starts
• The true nature of regulatory costs under the current regulations
• Steps to cut red tape whilst still making housing safe, secure, well-designed and sustainable

Moderator: Joey Gardiner, housing and infrastructure editor, Building
Speakers:
John Slaughter, policy director, Home Builders Federation
Ian Fletcher, commercial and residential director, British Property Federation

• Summarising the standards landscape, including the HCA core standards, Building regulations and the London Plan
• Understanding their total cost and impact
• Their potential implications on national and local housing policy

Moderator: Thomas Lane, assistant editor (technical), Building
Speakers:
Mark Farmer, head of private residential and commercial development, EC Harris

• An update on requirements specific to housing associations
• What’s likely to happen with Code levels 1,2 and 3
• Latest current developments on costing and update on consultation
• PassivHaus vs CSH: how does the energy component compare?

Moderator: Phil Clark, digital director, UBM Built Environment
Speakers:
John Hughes, group development director, Notting Hill Housing Association
Steve Jury, senior technical manager, A2 Dominion
Jennifer Hardi, BREEAM multi-residential manager, BRE Global

• Case study: creating the Home of the Future in Bristol
• Presentation of the figures of the carbon reduction achieved
• Moving beyond single dwelling refurbishments and the role of the Housing Association
• Ask the experts: live consultation on your technical questions

Moderator: Simon McWhirter, campaign director, Great British Refurb campaign
Mark Sopala, Keepmoat

• Outlining the plans to upgrade the energy efficiency of existing homes and their milestones
• Reviewing the range of technologies including insulation and small-scale renewables such as solar panels or ground source heat pumps to provide energy
• Looking towards the prospective workflow, and the potential for multi-dwelling refurbishment contracts
• Identifying the respective roles of large and smaller firms, and how they can get involved

Moderator: Phil Clark, digital director, UBM Built Environment
Speakers:
David Adams, head of external affairs, Knauf Insulation
Simon McWhirter, campaign director, Great British Refurb campaign

• Comparing the strengths and weaknesses of masonry and timber frame
• Masonry and PassivHaus, comparative performance with timber frame
• Analysing the aesthetics of what can be achieved with each material
• An update on the insurance issues associated with timber frame

Moderator: Thomas Lane, assistant editor (technical), Building
Speakers:
Paul Newman, technical director, UKTFA / Kingspan Potton
Mark Oliver, UK managing director, H+H Celcon
Geoff Arnold, managing director, Pinewood Structures Ltd
Joseph Thurrott, lecturer, University of Dundee School of Architecture

• Market tomorrow’s homes, raising consumer demand for low & zero carbon living
• Design solutions to the problem of land scarcity and typical numbers for viability
• Looking at CSH level 6 prototypes, how aesthetically appealing are they?
• What is the state of the buy-to-let market? Is it all over for high density one-bed living?

Moderator: Alex Smith, assistant editor, Building
Speakers:
Paul Iddon, director of creative strategy, Kernel
Chris Wilford, associate director, PRP Architects

• Recapping the constraints imposed by CSH 4 and higher
• Innovations in technologies and materials which allow flexibility in design
• Identifying designs recognised as paragons

Moderator: Phil Clark, digital director, UBM Built Environment
Speakers:
Chris Wilford, associate director, PRP Architects

• Effective means to make householders and communities aware of the incentives
• Steps to ensure there are enough trained and accredited providers
• How will the centralised community schemes between housebuilders and energy providers work?
• Reviewing the work that was required deliver the community heating networks we already have

Moderator: Liz Stanley, digital community manager, UBM Built Environment
Speakers:
Matthew Rhodes, managing director, Encraft
Rob Annable, director, Axis Design Architects

• The number of student bedspaces across UK universities currently vs the demand for them
• Re-assessing the imbalance between supply and potential demand in light of changing higher education policy
• The number of potential new bedspaces in the supply pipeline, and their effect on demand
• Where funders and developers are looking currently, where they’re likely to move in future, and the potential to make stock transferrable

Moderator: Joey Gardiner, housing and infrastructure editor, Building
Speakers:
Marcus Roberts, director, Savills

• An overview of the need for retirement housing, and where future demand is likely to come from
• Reassessing what older citizens need from housing
• Revisiting current Lifetime Homes standards to pull together housebuilding and healthcare facilities
• The potential for retirement housing to become a S106, and what this could mean for the industry

Moderator: Joey Gardiner, housing and infrastructure editor, Building
Speakers:
Eamonn Burns, operations director, Willmott Dixon
Kathleen Dunmore, Three Dragons
Wendy Griffin, director, Nicol Thomas Architects