9:00 – 10:00: Registration, Refreshments, and Networking
10:00 – 10:10: Welcome and Opening Remarks with Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN
10:10 – 10:30: Why the Older People’s Housing Taskforce Report Should Be the Centrepiece of Housing Policy with headline speaker, Professor Julienne Meyer, Chair of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce
Sector showcases 1, chaired by Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN
10:30 – 11:00: Lifelong Housing, Living Communities: Building Sustainable Housing and Neighbourhoods for Our Lifetimes with Susan Rugg, Regional Director, Evan Sleeman, Associate Director, AtkinsRéalis
11:00 – 11:45: Refreshments and Networking
Sector showcases 2 and 3, chaired by Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN
11:45 – 12:15: Bold Architecture for Older People: Designing Aspirational HAPPI Homes for Our Ageing Population with Mark Heron, Senior Architect, P+HS Architects
12:15 – 12:45: Digitally Connected: A White Paper for Improving Citizen Outcomes and Shaping Local Markets with Emil Peters, CEO and Angus Honeysett, Head of Global Market Insight, Tunstall Healthcare Ltd
12:45 – 14:00: Lunch and Networking
Sector showcases 4 and 5, chaired by Lois Beech, Consultancy and Partnerships Manager, Housing LIN
14:00 – 14:30: Vital Statistics: Understanding the Housing Preferences of Older People with Elaine Unegbu, Chair, Age Friendly Manchester (AFM) Older People’s Board and Greater Manchester Older People’s Network (GMOPN) Steering Group and Stephen Finlay, Research Director, Ipsos
14:30 - 15:00: Changing the narrative around specialist housing for older people with Megan Wilson, Planning Director, Marrons
15:00 – 15:40: Refreshments and Networking
Sector showcases 6 and 7, chaired by Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN
15:40 – 16:10: Joining up housing, health, and care to support older people in the North East and North Cumbria with Sean Cocking, Commissioning Lead, North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board and Fiona Brown, Programme Director, Housing, Health and Care Programme, NE ADASS & Health and Care Partnerships
16:10 – 16:40: Creative Inclusive Design: Equipping Our Homes for the Future with Laura Wood, Co-Founder and Director of Marketing, Invisible Creations
16:40 – 16:55: A Vision for Healthy Ageing-Friendly Housing and Mixed-Aged Communities with headline speaker, Anna Dixon MP, Co-Chair Inquiry, APPG on Housing and Care for Older People
16:55 – 17:00: Summary and Close with Jeremy Porteus, CEO, Housing LIN
Join us for the Leeds "Festival of Ideas" where we’ll focus on the latest policy discussions surrounding the Older People’s Housing Taskforce and All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiries. With impressive keynote speakers and sector showcases, this event will also explore housing choices through the lens of innovative sector developments, including age-friendly design, placemaking, technology and adaptations.
