Our last Event .. 2008

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Programme for 2008

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Wednesday 9 April

2.00 pm Charity Golf Competition sponsored by Westward Housing Group

6.00 Exhibition Viewing (Main Arena)

6.30 Exhibition Opening Ceremony (Main Arena)
Michael Eavis, Founder, Glastonbury Festival

6.45 Presentation of the Westward Housing Group's Golf Competition Donation to Charity

7.30 pm Dinner in the Palace Hotel Restaurant

After Dinner - "Strictly Come Salsa" there will be a demonstration followed by a lesson in Salsa with Keith and Lu Parker - then the competition to give a "zap" to Wednesday evening

Thursday 10 April

9.00 am Coffee in the Exhibition Hall

10.00 am Welcome by Stuart Palmer, Chair of the South West Region 2007/2008

10.15 am Keynote Address - Rt Hon John Prescott MP
You can download his speech.

11.15 am Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area

11.45 am Group Seminars

• Sustainability - learning from Africa,
  Malcolm Worby, Sustainable & Natural Building & Energy Consultants
• How do we up the game on delivering the housing required?
  David Edwards, English Partnerships
• Local Housing Allowances,
  Maggie Fitzsimons, Consultant, plus see the handout
• The use of NEC suite of partnering construction contracts in the social housing context, Stephen Homer, Ashfords
• Rural Housing Issues,
  Wendy Murphy, Consultant, plus see the handout
• WHO CARES WINS! - a workshop outlining the latest thinking from CLG's National Strategy for older people
  Jeremy Porteus, South West Housing Learning Improvement Network

1.00 pm Lunch in Hotel Restaurant with Coffee in the Exhibition Hall

2.15 pm Keynote Address - HRH The Princess Royal, President, Rural Housing Trust
Moira Constable, Chief Executive, Rural Housing Trust

3.00 pm Group Seminars

• Developing an Integrated Regional Strategy
  Richard Capie, the CIH Director of Policy and Practice
• Building with Straw Bales using the Community - Barbara Jones, Amazonails
• DLO and partnering contractor Repairs and Maintenance - can it really work?
  Gary Josey, Bournemouth Council, Mike Martin, Quadron Services, Peter Munns, Director of Operations, Health and Care
• Houses in Multiple Occupation and Safer Communities - Shane Dyke, North Somerset Council
• A Legal Year in the Life of Housing, Mike Owen - Solicitor
• Getting the most from Partnerships Lori Streich and Patsy Wallace, Consultants

4.30 pm Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area

4.45 pm Annual General Meeting of the Chartered Institute of Housing, S W Region, in the Arena, Speaker - Steve Benson, Vice-President CIH
Tea and Coffee will be served at the AGM

7.00 pm Conference Dinner Reception
sponsored by Adams Integra

7.20 pm Conference Dinner, sponsored by Spectrum, wine sponsored by Trowers & Hamlins

Entertainment sponsored by Magna Housing Group

10.00 pm The Babbacombe Boogie Night Club, sponsored by Warwick Corporate Events with the Band sponsored by The Guinness Partnership.

Friday 11 April

9.00 am Coffee in the Exhibition Hall

10.00 am Welcome by the new Chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing S W Region and presentation of Exhibition Prize

10.15 am Keynote Address - Polly Toynbee
sponsored by English Partnerships

11.15 am Coffee/Tea in Exhibition Area

11.45 am Group Seminars

• Housing Challenge for Migrants, Dr Julia Verne from Polski Bristol
• Rising to the challenge of delivering more affordable housing, Andrew Wiles, The Housing Corporation
• Local Housing Allowances,
  Maggie Fitzsimons, Consultant, plus see the handout
• Resident Led Regulation,
  Judy Wayne, InSTEP Training Services for Tenants, plus, download the INSTEP newsletter.
• Shared Ownership and Future Models,
  Steve Partridge, Housing Quality Network
• DLO and partnering contractor Repairs and Maintenance - can it really work?
  Gary Josey, Bournemouth Council and Mike Martin, Quadron Services

1.00 pm Lunch in Hotel Restaurant with Coffee in the Exhibition Hall

2.15 pm Keynote Address - Matthew Taylor, MP for Truro

3.15 pm Group Seminars

• A Legal Year in the Life of Housing,
  Mike Owen - Solicitor
• How to achieve Neighbourhood Excellence
  Chris Boyes and Cathy McMahon, Somer Housing Group
• Systems thinking: a better way to make the work work
  Toby Rubbra, Vanguard Consulting
• CDM Update
  David Fellows, Ridge & Partners LLP
• Building Sustainable Communities for the future of the South West
  Andrew Winfield, Improvement and Development Agency (IdeA)

4.30 pm Conference Close

 

Sponsors

Conference Programme - Aster Group including New Futures
Delegate Badges - Mansell Construction Services
Delegate Bags - Somer Housing Group
Delegate List - Westlea Housing Association
Map of Venue and Exhibition - Arcadia Housing Group
Chocolates - Bovis Homes
Notepads - Call 24
Raffle Prize - Palace Hotel
Coffin Mew & Clover
Devon & Cornwall Housing Association
FWJ Limited
Sovereign
Westward Housing Group