Thank you to those who attended the conference, we hope you enjoyed it.
Development has never been more important as we seek to address the urgent need for housing, during a difficult economic climate with increasing standards.
Attendees heard from other members on how they’re approaching development, from experts on risks and opportunities and from government on reaching our affordable housing goals.
Presentations will be available to download soon.
Costs
Member Price £240
Non-member Price £335
Speakers
Michael Cameron
Scottish Housing Regulator
Michael is the Chief Executive of the Scottish Housing Regulator.
Read MoreMichael is the Chief Executive and accountable officer, responsible for managing and directing the organisation to fulfil its purpose and meet its objectives.
Michael Tornow
Public Health Scotland
Michael Tornow is Senior Health Improvement Officer at Public Health Scotland working in its Housing and Homelessness Team, to maximise the impact good housing has for improving health and reducing health inequalities.
Read MoreHis interests include healthy and accessible homes and places; as well as housing retrofit as a response to climate change. He has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Housing and a Masters qualification in Equality and Human Rights.
Daniella Bryans
SPA
Daniella is a procurement professional who has over 7 years’ experience in both public and private sector procurement organisations.
Read MoreHer role as Senior Procurement Officer at SPA is not only managing their Call Off Service but also providing best practice advice, guidance and training to Partners and Appointed Companies across Scotland. Daniella is passionate about public sector procurement and its ability to add value and achieve positive outcomes across the sector
Sinclair Young
City of Edinburgh Council
Sinclair is a Senior Project Manager for the Development and Regeneration team within the City of Edinburgh Council. Sinclair has a background in architecture and specialised in the application of building regulations.
Read MoreHe uses his experience to influence the delivery of affordable housing with a focus on Modern Methods of Construction and Net Zero Carbon.
Sandra Lindsay
Wheatley Group
Sandra Lindsay is relatively new to the Wheatley Group joining as recently as five months ago from a private developer.
Read MoreAs a qualified town planner and housing professional, her career has spanned over two decades and has included time in local authority development management and local plans as well as private planning practice and both PLC and family owned housing builders. This foray into the world of housing associations is a step change in focus and is a move into an area close to her heart, as she firmly believes that good quality affordable housing has the ability to change lives.
Fionna Kell
Homes for Scotland
Fionna Kell is Director of Policy at Homes for Scotland where she is responsible for a broad portfolio of areas impacting the operational environment for homebuilders.
Read MoreCurrent issues include the transition to net zero, infrastructure, Housing2040 and support for home buyers. Prior to joining Homes for Scotland, she spent time in both public and private sectors primarily involved in regeneration, inward investment, town center development across Scotland and Northern Ireland. She holdsqualifications in Town Planning and Economic Development.
Craig Wood
Rural Stirling Housing Association
Craig is Director of Housing and Property Services at Rural Stirling HA. While a modestly sized association, RSHA cover a large area ranging from Stirling to Tyndrum, taking in a National Park.
Read MoreDouglas Bodell
Robert Potter & Partners
Douglas is a Partner at Robert Potter and Partners and is an experienced Architect, Urban Designer and RIAS Accredited Conservation Architect. Douglas has worked on both conservation and affordable housing developments over the last 20 years, including projects that cover both types.
Read MoreAndrew Cardwell
Collective Architecture
Andrew is an architect and founding member of Collective Architecture and was the project architect for the Bell Street Stables conversion project. He has a broad experience of working on innovative and award winning new build and retrofit projects, both commercial and residential.
Read MoreAndrew has a particular interest in the reuse of building and repairing sites for social and economic regeneration and to sustain communities
Emily Tracey
Historic Environment Scotland
Emily Tracey is the Estates Strategist at Historic Environment Scotland. Her background is in Architectural Conservation with a particular interest in the role heritage assets play within a broader policy environment and in the face of a changing climate and low carbon transition.
Read MoreEmily recently led the publication of the Green Recovery Statement for Scotland’s historic environment. Other areas of expertise include assessing and mitigating the impacts of Climate Change on the historic built environment, developing digital systems and geospatial data to improve strategic investment and management decisions for the historic environment, and working with partners and communities to explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the historic environment.
Professor Rohinton Emmanuel
BEAM at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Rohinton Emmanuel is Professor of Sustainable Design and Construction and Director, Research Centre for Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Read MoreHe pioneered the inquiry of urban heat island studies in warm regions and has taught and consulted on climate and environment sensitive design, building and urban sustainability and its assessment, and building overheating.Rohinton was the Secretary of the largest group of urban climate researchers, the International Association for Urban Climate (2010-2013) and was a member of the Expert Team on Urban and Building Climatology (ET 4.4) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as well as the CIB Working Group (W108) on “Buildings and Climate Change.”
Ryan Cossar
Scottish Futures Trust
Ryan is an experienced Architect and prior to joining Scottish Futures Trust was a Project Director at MAST Architects. He has led the design and development of various housing developments across Scotland for Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords.
Read MoreHe has also been at the forefront of innovative approaches to housebuilding, including off-site manufacturing techniques and improving performance. He brings significant design and technical expertise to Scottish Futures Trust supporting the Edinburgh Home Demonstrator programme and the national strategy being developed jointly with Scottish Government for delivering more affordable homes using off-site construction.
Colin Taylor
Scotland Excel
Colin Taylor is Housing Services Manager at Scotland Excel, leading a team with responsibility for Associate Members and delivering the Procurement Continuous improvement Programme for the housing sector
Read MoreColin regularly speaks at events to promote the importance of procurement and the value it can deliver to every organisation. Colin joined Scotland Excel in 2008 and has worked closely with the housing sector to improve procurement capability. Before joining Scotland Excel, Colin’s previous career was in the private sector working for Philips & IBM in the UK, Europe and North America building up extensive experience in procurement, finance, customer relationships and business operations.
Calum Murray
CCG Scotland
Calum is a Director of CCG (Scotland) Ltd specialising in land acquisition and urban regeneration.
Read MoreHe has successfully lead the delivery of many projects from across the private and affordable housing sectors and is a founding member and Director of City Legacy – the consortium responsible for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village.
An Honours Graduate in Town & Country Planning, Calum has worked in housing and construction for over 30 years joining CCG in 2001. More recently, Calum was also appointed as a Board Member for the Structural Timber Association on behalf of CCG.
Helen Forsyth
Housing Professional
Helen has been a Housing professional in Scotland for the past 23 years working in both rural and urban housing associations. She is Chair of SFHA and Vice Chair of South of Scotland Enterprise as well as a number of interesting board appointments.
Read MoreHer career of 43 years has included working in Borneo, working with refugees and the homeless in London as well as time in the public sector.
Chris Morgan
John Gilbert Architects
Chris is an architect and a Director at John Gilbert Architects with over 30 years’ experience in ecological design and sustainable development.
Read MorePreviously a Chair of the Scottish Ecological Design, Chris is one of only three architects with advanced sustainable architecture accreditation from the RIAS. He is a design review panellist for Architecture + Design Scotland and has certification in Passivhaus design, Building Biology and Permaculture.
Shona Robison MSP
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
Shona was born in Redcar in 1966. Educated at Alva Academy, she went on to graduate from Glasgow University with a Social Sciences MA and Jordanhill College with a Postgraduate Certificate in Community Education. Previously she worked for Glasgow City Council's Social Work Department.
Read MoreShona was MSP for the North East from 1999 to 2003 and elected MSP for Dundee East in 2003. Latterly, she was Shadow Minster for Health and Social Justice and a member of the Parliament's Health Committee before being appointed Minister for Public Health in the Scottish Government after the May 2007 election.
She was re-elected in May 2011 and appointed Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, and was made Cabinet Secretary for Health in November 2014. Shona was previously appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport in May 2016.
Andrea Finkel-Gates
Scotland's Housing Network
Andrea Finkel-Gates joined Scotland’s Housing Network (SHN) as their Chief Executive in 2019. Prior to this Andrea held leadership roles within membership organisations and the education sector. Andrea is people orientated, intuitive and value driven.
Read MoreShe is committed to working in co-production with members and other stakeholders to ensure that SHN are delivering what members want, when they want it. SHN is a membership organisation which supports social landlords in their journey for continuous improvement. We pride ourselves in being a member-led organisation and a not-for-profit organisation, investing back into the products and services that our members tell us are important to them.
Heather O’Donnell
SPA
Heather has a background in site support, managing Asbestos compliance across a variety of sectors.
She plays a key role at SPA supporting Partners and Appointed Companies with the delivery of projects throughout Scotland.
Caroline Dicks
Scottish Government
Caroline is head of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme in the More Homes division of the Scottish Government. She is responsible for coordinating the overall delivery of the Scottish Government's target to deliver affordable homes, the investment and policy that supports the programme and the teams that lead the local liaison with councils, housing associations and other stakeholders to deliver the local affordable housing programmes.
Carolyn Lochhead
Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Carolyn is Director of External Affairs at SFHA. She leads the organisation’s work on media and member communications and on political engagement.
Read MoreBefore joining SFHA she headed communications and campaigning at the mental health charity SAMH, where she led award-winning campaigns on children and young people’s mental health and on suicide prevention.
Emma Gary
Scottish Borders Housing Association
Growing up in the Borders, I hadn’t worked in the Borders until taking up employment with SBHA last summer, as Director of Development. My role is focussed on establishing and delivering SBHA’s development objectives.
Read MoreIn 2016 I established EGC which provides affordable housing development consultancy services to RSLs and developers.
I previously worked for a private sector affordable housing developer and before that for Hillcrest Housing.
I am passionate about the sector and in particular about the positive impact that new homes can have on communities and lives.
Conference Exhibitors
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NorDan (UK) Ltd |
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Everwarm Ltd |
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Dimplex - A division of GDHV Group Ltd |
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Person Centred Software Ltd |
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Altro |
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Smith Scott Mullan Associates |
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Sidey Ltd |
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Novus Property Solutions Ltd |
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Utility Aid |
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Changeworks |
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