OUR SPEAKERS

Our 2026 Conference featured a keynote address from Peter Freeman, alongside a series of panel discussions bringing together political and business leaders, major stakeholders, and delegates from the public and private sectors. Together, they explored the challenges and opportunities of delivering new communities, new towns and urban extensions.

Alan Carter

Chief Executive

The Land Trust

Alastair Pollock

Strategy Coordinator (Housing)

EDG & SEHG c/o Castle Point Borough Council

Alex Notay

Conference Chair

CEO - The Housing Forum

Caspar Courage

Managing Director

SAY Property Consultants

Catriona Riddell

Director

Catriona Riddell & Associates

David Carlisle

Planning Director

Stantec

Dilys Jones

Assistant Director Affordable Housing Growth

Homes England

Eleni Polychroniadou

CEO and co-founder

Sintali

Geoff Burrage

Technical Director

Integrated Transport Planning Ltd.

Graeme Fyfe

Legal Director

Pinsent Masons

James Scott

Group Director of Strategy and Planning

Urban&Civic

Jenny Danson

Founder and CEO

Healthy Homes Hub

Joely Hill

Associate Transport Planner

WSP

Katja Stille

Director

Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design

Katy Lock MRTPI

Director - Communities (FJ Osborn Fellow)

TCPA

Leigh Johnson

Managing Director

Barking Riverside Limited (BRL)

Lou McMaster

Director, Sustainable Investing

Fiera Private Markets

Louise Sloan

Assistant Director of Place

North East Combined Authority

Lucy Bush

Director of Research and Participation

Demos

Mabel Ogundayo

Founder

Origin Consulting and Future Makers

Mark Pullin

Director of Planning & Place

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Millie Dodd

Account Director

Shared Voice

Peter Freeman

Chair

Cambridge Growth Company (CGC)

Rebekah Paczek

Director of Public Affairs, Social Impact and Community Relations

The Earls Court Development Company

Richard Ford

Partner

Pinsent Masons

Sanjeev Patel

Managing Director

PPP Capital

Sara Eustace – Panel Chair

Senior Planning and Enabling Manager

Homes England

Seb Loyn

Director of Planning & Development

YTL Developments

Simon Martin

Director of Housing and Capital

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Stevan Tennant

Managing Director Development

Ballymore

Vicky McDermott

Director of Housing and Communities

Newcastle City Council

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