Please contact Dr Nicky Morrison, Land Economy, Fellow of St Edmund’s College for further information: nm10001@hermes.cam.ac.uk
PROGRAMME
8.45-9.30 Delegates arrival
9.30-9.40 Welcome and Purpose. Lord Turnbull, Chair of The Future Shape of the Sector Commission & Peter Boelhouwer, Chair of European Network for Housing Research
9.40-10.00 The Future Shape of the Sector Commission – The key challenges facing the English NFP housing sector
Clare Miller, Director of Governance and Compliance, Clarion Housing Group
10.00-11.00 What are the challenges facing the NFP housing sectors in other European countries and how are they responding?
– The French experience Marina Alcalde-Irisson, Deputy Managing Director of Finance, Paris Habitat
– The Dutch experience. Professor Vincent Gruis Delft University of Technology
Q&A
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.45 How can academic research support the NFP housing sector?
– Professor David Mullins, University of Birmingham
– Dr Gerard Van Bortel, Delft University of Technology
– Professor Paddy Gray, University of Ulster and Board Member of Wheatley Group
Q&A
12.45-14.00 Lunch, St Edmunds Dining Hall
14.00-15.15 Building on The Future Shape of the Sector Commission’s key themes through working groups. Break out sessions:
- Delivering in the market. (Austen Reid, Clarion Housing Group & Dr Julie Lawson, RMIT, as facilitators)
- Strategic direction, structures and governance (Joost Nieuwenhuijzen, European Federation for Living & Professor Alex Marsh, University of Bristol, as facilitators)
- Place making and regeneration (Anne Chapman, Golding Homes & Kath Scanlon, London School of Economics, as facilitators)
- Social purpose and brand trust (Helen Wilson, Clarion Housing Group & Dr Tony Manzi University of Westminster, as facilitators)
- Delivering high quality services through digital technology (Mike Ward, Campbell Tickell & Dr Elanor Warwick, Clarion Housing Group, as facilitators)
15.15 -15.40 Coffee break
15.40 -16.45 How do we strengthen the capacity of the NFP housing sector in other countries? A Panel discussion
Chaired by Professor Hal Pawson, University NSW, Australia
Panellists:
- Dr Monserrat Pareja-Eastaway, University of Barcelona, Spain
- Dr Chiara Rizzica Fondazione Housing Sociale, Italy
- Dr Jaana Nevalainen, Ministry Advisor, Finland
- Dr Rob Wiener, California Coalition for Rural Housing and University of California, Davis, USA
16.45-17.15 Working Groups’ feedback discussion
17.15-18.00 What are the key priorities and how to benefit from an international knowledge exchange?
Chaired by Lord Andrew Turnbull
Panellists:
- Aubrey Adams OBE, Chair of L&Q
- Ben Pluijmers, Chair of European Federation for Living
- Dr Jeroen Van der Veer, Vice Director of Amsterdam Federation for Housing Associations
- James Prestwich Head of Policy, National Housing Federation
18.00-18.10 Closing remarks and the next steps by Dr Nicky Morrison, University of Cambridge
19.30-20.00 Drinks reception
20.00-23.00 Four-course candle lit dinner, St Edmunds College Dining Hall
