Our last Event .. 6, 7 and 8 April 2011

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Programme for 2011

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Wednesday 6 April

2.00 Charity Golf Competition
sponsored by Westward Housing Group Group

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3.00 How are we responding to the Localism Bill, what are the implications? - Richard Capie and members of the CIH South West Policy Sub Committee - Free session

6.00 Exhibition Viewing (Main Arena)

6.30 Exhibition Opening Ceremony (Main Arena)

7.30 Dinner in the Palace Hotel Restaurant - Jazz Band at Dinner
After Dinner - Quiz organised by Colin McDonald

Thursday 7 April

From 9.00 Coffee in Exhibition Hall

10.00 00 Welcome by Stuart Davies, Chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing, South West Region 2010/2011

Presentation of the Student Prizes

10.15 Keynote Address - Richard Wilkinson of the Equality Trust

11.15 Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area

11.45 Group Seminars

• 1 The role of Cohousing in developing "mutual" neighbourhoods - Dr Martin Field, Research Associate, Institute for Urban Affairs, University of Northampton
• 2 Delivering affordable housing - Colin Molton of the Homes and Communities Agency
• 3 Housing Benefit Reform 2011-15 and Beyond - Maggie Fitzsimons, Consultant
• 4 Increasing Mobility and Making Best Use of Stock without abandoning Choice Based Lettings - Chris Hancock, Exeter City Council
• 5 Solar PV Installation - Is there really no catch - explore the options available to social landlords relating to retrofit energy efficiency - John Kiely, Director and Bruce Brunson, Associate Director, Savills Commercial Ltd
• 6 Managing Mixed Tenure Estates - Sue Robinson, Neighbourhood Housing Manager, Sarsen Housing Association

1.00 Lunch in Hotel Restaurant with Coffee in the Exhibition Hall

2.15 Presentation of the Westward Housing Group's Golf Competition Prize and Donation to Charity by Julian Tuck, Chief Executive, Westward Housing Group

2.30 Keynote Address - Alex Morton of Policy Exchange, the think tank for the new politics – Alex is the author of "Making Housing Affordable"

3.15 Group Seminars

• 7 The role of the private sector in the delivery of public services. How to work successfully with the private sector - Kieran Colgan, Northgate Information Solutions Limited
• 8 Treasury Management for Board Members and Senior Staff Clive Eccleston - Tribal Treasury Services
• 9 Innovating to meet the care and support needs of customers in an age of financial and commissioning change - James Cawley, Wiltshire Council
• 10 Housing Legal Update - Mike Owen, Coffin Mew LLP
• 11 Asset Management - Ed Kennedy, Asset Manager, North Devon Homes
• 12 Can we produce the new homes needed? - Richard Kitson, Chair, South West Housing Initiative

4.30 Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area and within Hotel

4.30 Annual General Meeting of the Chartered Institute of Housing, South West Region to be held in the Main Arena

7.00 Conference Dinner Reception

7.30 Conference Dinner
with the Leading Ladies
sponsored by Trowers & Hamlins.

10.00 The Babbacombe Boogie Night Club
sponsored by Warwick Corporate Events

Friday 8 April

From 9.00 Coffee in the Exhibition Hall

10.00 Welcome by the new Chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing, South West Region and presentation of the Exhibition Prize

10.10 Keynote Address - Alison Seabeck MP, Shadow Housing Minister

11.15 Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area

11.45 Group Seminars

• 13 Workshop on the rehabilitation of offenders and the need for housing - Bobby Cummines, Chief Executive of Unlock - The National Association of Reformed Offenders
• 14 Implementation of the new Affordable Rent Model and its implications for Registered Providers - Joseph Acton and Ian Graham, Partners at Trowers & Hamlins
• 15 Housing Benefit Reform 2011-15 and Beyond - Maggie Fitzsimons, Consultant
• 16 Repairs Workshop – "It's safe to come out of the water ... Return of the DLO" - Stuart Brookes, Divisional Director Operations , Spectrum Property Care
• 17 Delivering affordable rural housing with little or no grant - Matthew Dodd, Homes & Communities Agency
• 18 Water Hygiene in the Housing Sector - Mike Quest, Managing Director, and Spencer Culley, QES Limited

1.00 Lunch in Hotel Restaurant with Coffee in the Exhibition Hall

2.30 Keynote Address - The Rt Hon Michael Portillo

3.150 Group Seminars

• 19 Discrimination in Housing Management and the impact of the Equality Act 2010 on registered providers - Sarah Schooling, Tozers LLP
• 20 Localism - What Localism means in practice. How is the government pledge to devolve power to local people being reflected in reality and in the Localism Act? - Andy Crowe, Consultant
• 21 Construction Law - Disputes, Warranties and Appointments - Stephen Clarke, Clarke Willmott
• 22 Affordable Rent: Balancing Expectations, Allocations and Equality - Stephen Lodge and Rachael Perry, Guinness Hermitage
• 23 FITs versus RHI - Paul Davies, Wates Group Limited

4.45 Close of Conference with tea in the Sun Lounge of the Hotel

Additional Sponsors
Main Sponsors - Spectrum Property Care
Exhibition Opening Reeception - Mears
Gala Dinner Reception - Leadbitter Group
Gala Dinner - Source Development Partnership
Gala Dinner Entertainment - Trowers & Hamlins
Gala Dinner Chocolates - Bovis Homes
Boogie Nightclub - Guinness Hermitage
Conference Programme - Aster Group
Delegate Badges - Mansell Construction Services
Delegate Bags - Somer Housing Group
Delegate List - GreenSquare Group
Map of Palace Hotel and List of Exhibitors - Arcadia Housing Group
Notepads - Call24
Pens - Westward Housing Group
Raffle Prize - Palace Hotel, Torquay