Programme of Events

Wednesday 12 March 2008
8.30am Registration and Exhibition Viewing  
9.30am Breakout Sessions  
  Delivering Zero Carbon Homes Ross Peedle, Design Director, Stewart Milne Group
    John Gilbert, Principal Architect, John Gilbert Associates
  Private Sector - Help to Meet Housing Need Andrew Morrison, Director of Policy and Business Development, Orchard & Shipman
    Phil Rowsby, Housing Strategy Officer, Scottish Rural Property and Business Association (SRPBA)
  Money Matters Sharon Wheeler, Financial Capability Advisor, CIH
    Heather Voisey, Glasgow Housing Association
  Making Owners Pay Roger Seaman, Housing Investment Manager, Dundee City Council
    Jennifer Wallace, Policy Manager, Scottish Consumer Council
  Who's Supporting Supporting People? Kathleen Bryson, Project Manager, Lighthouse Trust
    Stephen Sandham, Head of Policy and Finance, Supporting People, Scottish Government
  Skills for the Future Marian Reid, Consultant
  Knowing me, Knowing you….. Getting to Know your Customers Andrew Gray, Managing Director, Consult CIH
    Margaret Torrance, Director, Paragon Housing Association
10.35am AGM  
10.35am Refreshments, Exhibition Viewing & Mini Theatre Sessions  
11.30am CIH Address Paul Diggory, President, CIH
11.45am Presentation of Malcolm Smith Trophy Paul Diggory, President, CIH
11.50am The Launch of the Publication - Whaur Are You Fae? An Examination of Social Identity in Housing  
11.55am Keynote Session 3: To the best of Your Ability - What Does it Mean? Olivia Giles
12.30pm Lunch, Exhibition Viewing & Mini Theatre Sessions  
1.30pm Study Tour "Building Fraserburgh for the Future"
2.00pm Breakout Sessions  
  Getting People off our Housing Lists Alan Grant, Chief Executive, Langstane Housing Association
    Lisa Barker, Consultant
  Changing Attitudes to BME Employment Publication Launch Liz Burns, Consultant
    Rohini Sharma Joshi, Housing Equal Opportunities Manager, Trust/Hanover (Scotland) Bield Housing Associations
  Making Communities Fairer, Healthier and Wealthier Frank Sweeney, Chief Executive, Cunninghame HA
    Jim Hayton, Executive Director of Housing and Technical Resources, South Lanarkshire Council
  Meeting the Demand for Social Housing in Scotland Samer Bagaeen, Lecturer at University of Aberdeen
    Helen Turley, Head of Housing, Perth and Kinross Council
  Homelessness - Are We Getting it Right? Catherine Jamieson, Head of Glasgow Homeless Partnership
    Sarah Cumberland, TBC, Communities and Local Government
  Whaur Are You Fae? An Examination of Social Identity in Housing Douglas Robertson, Head of Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling
    Katharine Knox, Research Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  Who's Your Neighbour - Managing Allocations Jenny Tate, Consultant, Jenny Tate Consultancy
    Helen Barton, TBC, Albyn Housing Association
3.05 Refreshments, Exhibition Viewing & Mini Theatre Sessions  
3.50 Firm Foundations: The end of Community Based Housing Associations? Paul Tennant, Chief Executive, Orbit Group
    Jo Goodgame, Chief Executive, Abertay Housing Association
    Gordon Laurie, Director, Sanctuary Scottish Housing Association
4.45 Close of Conference  
5.00 Close of Exhibition  
8.00 Dinner and Jazz and Swing Night with Campbell Considine