Leaders and professionals from the built environment are invited to attend the Midlands foremost housing conference with the focus on sustainability, planning and procurement, and the opportunities and challenges each brings to the sector.

Itinerary:

9.00am Registration, Tea/Coffee & Networking

9.30am Welcome & Introduction: Andrew Carpenter, Chief Executive CE Midlands

9.40am Keynote Presentation: Stuart Andrew MP, Housing Minister TBC

10.00am Future Homes Standard: Christopher Gaze, Future Homes Hub

10.30am Better procurement for better homes: Matthew Goulcher, Levitt Bernstein & Housing Forum

11.00am Tea/Coffee & Networking

11.30am TBC

12:00pm Graham Clelland Managing Director at Countryside Timber Framing Ltd

12.30pm Light Lunch

Stuart Andrew MP

The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew was appointed as a Minister of State (Minister for Housing) in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 8 February 2022.

He was previously Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip) from 13 February 2020 to 8 February 2022.

He was previously Vice Chamberlain of HM Household (Government Whip) from 28 July 2019 to 13 February 2020. He was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Defence Procurement at the Ministry of Defence from July 2018 to July 2019.

He was an Assistant Government Whip from 15 June 2017 to 19 July 2018 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Wales Office on 9 January 2018 and 19 July 2018.

Christopher Gaze

Matthew Goulcher

Matthew Goulcher is Managing Director of Levitt Bernstein, a practice of architects, landscape architects and urban designers. His experience of leading housing projects encompasses both large scale urban renewals and smaller community-led schemes of all types and tenures.

As such, he regularly contributes to research and publications, particularly those related to space standards, design guidance and non-mainstream housing. Matthew also sits on the board of The Housing Forum, a cross-sector network of 150+ organisations driving quality and supply in UK housing.

Graham Cleland