Take a look at the schedule for the Comms and Influencing Conference and Exhibition 2026
8:00am
Registration opens
9:30am
Opening remarks from the chair
Duration: 10 minutes
Location: Main stage
Chair:
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Lucy Dixon
Karbon Homes
9:40am
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Main stage
Speakers:
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Kate Henderson
National Housing Federation Danny Thorpe
Clarion Housing Group
10:10am
Duration: 45 minutes
Speakers:
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Natalie Tate
Joseph Rowntree Foundation -

Lisa Astle
Orbit
10:55am
Networking break and meet the exhibitors
Duration: 30 minutes
11:25am
Breakout sessions – please select one option
Duration: 30 minutes
Speakers:
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Joe Dundas
West Midlands Combined Authority -

Hannah Jowett
Yorkshire Housing
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Quality and accountability: responding to greater regulatory scrutiny
Speakers:
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Kate Hartley
Polpeo -

Kevin Garvey
National Housing Federation
Speakers:
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Jeni Harvey
Rochdale Borough Housing Hayley Warner
Estuary-

Nick Cullen
PA Housing
Chair:
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Amanda Leonard
Housemark
12:15pm
Breakout sessions – please select one option
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Matt Rhodes
The Hyde Group -

Jon Reeves
Amplius -

Emma Kiddle
Settle
Duration: 40 minutes
Speaker:
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Steve Hayes
GreenSquareAccord
12:55pm
Duration: 55 minutes
Duration: 55 minutes
1:50pm
Breakout sessions – please select one option
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Jon Greaves
Places for People -

Tosin Adedayo
Metropolitan Police
Chair:
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Sarauniya Shehu
Southwark Council
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Charlotte Humble
Karbon Homes -

Jennifer Sproul
Institute of Internal Communications -

Lindsay Garfitt-Brown
Speakers:
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Fiona Capel
whg -

Charlaine Nkum
Southern Housing
2:30pm
Networking break and meet the exhibitors
2:55pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Main stage
3:35pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Speakers:
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Rhys Moore
National Housing Federation -

Simon Henig
Stephenson Mohl -

Mairi MacRae
Shelter
4:15pm
Duration: 5 minutes
4:20pm
Duration: 1 hour