Programme
Monday 9 February
Exhibition opening by The Mayor of Gateshead, Councillor Freda Geddes, followed by networking.
Tuesday 10 February
| 08.00 | Conference registration opens. Exhibition viewing. Refreshments available. |
| 09.30 | Housekeeping and overview |
| 09.35-09.40 | Spotlight on: Growing up in a cold home |
| 09.40-09.50 | Session 1: Welcome address – Adam Scorer, Chief Executive, National Energy Action |
| 09.50-10.40 | Session 2: Ministerial address and fireside chat – Martin McCluskey MP, Minister for Energy Consumers – Adam Scorer, Chief Executive, National Energy Action |
| 10.40-11.15 | Refreshment break and exhibition viewing |
| 11.15-11.25 | Spotlight on: Community Retrofit Hubs: Building trust, not just retrofitting homes |
| 11.25-12.30 | Session 3: Warm Homes Plan – will it deliver? – Chair: Andrej Miller, Director of Homes, National Energy Action – Abigail Ward, Policy Manager, Energy Saving Trust – Sara Edmonds, Co-director, National Retrofit Hub – DESNZ senior official |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch and exhibition viewing |
| 14.00-15.15 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
| Breakout A: Offline and left in the cold: how to include the digitally excluded – Chair: Molly Chambers, Project Development Manager, National Energy Action – Nicol McConnell, Digital Inclusion Lead, Sunderland City Council – Robert Shapiro, Partnerships Manager, Good Things Foundation – Joseph Chambers, Consultant, FarrPoint | |
| Breakout B: Retrofit: More than just the measures – Chair: Andrej Miller, Director of Homes, National Energy Action – Lisa Beaney, Managing Director, Green Isle of Wight CIC | |
| Breakout C: From Black Report to Blueprint: 45 years on the road to Warm Homes, Healthy Futures – Chair: Dr Danielle Butler, Head of Development, National Energy Action – Laura Ratcliffe, Social Strategy Programme Manager, Northern Gas Networks | |
| Breakout D: An introduction to the North East Combined Authority Warm Homes Taskforce – Chair: Matt Copeland, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, National Energy Action – Ross Armstrong, Chief Executive, Warmworks – Sharon Grant, Director, North East Institute of Technology – Laura Hood, Programme Manager (Domestic Retrofit), North East Combined Authority | |
| 15.15-15.45 | Refreshments and exhibition viewing |
| 15.45-15.50 | Spotlight on: A day in the life of an adviser |
| 15.50-16.50 | Session 4: Little lives, big struggles: The hidden toll of fuel poverty on children – Chair: Dr Jamie-Leigh Rosenburgh, Insights and Impacts Manager, National Energy Action – Natalie Morris, Journalist and Author, The Lead – Amanda Bailey, Director, North East Child Poverty Commission – Terri White, Freelance journalist specialising in child poverty |
Wednesday 11 February
| 08.30 | Registration. Exhibition viewing. |
| 09.30-10.10 | Session 5: Regional focus UK Government is likely to look towards more devolved approaches in its efforts to combat fuel poverty in its Warm Homes Plan. In this session, Adam Scorer will be discussing the value of, and need for, more devolution to regional mayors to solve fuel poverty locally. |
| 10.10-10.20 | Spotlight on: Fuel Poverty in the north east |
| 10.20-11.20 | Session 6: Shaping regional solutions to fuel poverty – Chair: Laura Beesley, Regional Development Manager, National Energy Action – Tina Gandhi, Principal Environmental Strategy Officer, Greater Manchester Combined Authority – Ross Lowrie, Head of Clean Energy and Environment, North East Combined Authority |
| 11.20-11.30 | Spotlight on: A Warm Welcome |
| 11.30-12.15 | Refreshment break and exhibition viewing |
| 12:15-12.30 | Spotlight on: Fuel Poverty and health |
| 12.30-13:10 | Session 7: Partners’ panel – Chair: Danni Barnes, Deputy Chief Executive, National Energy Action – Cat Divers, Chief Executive, National Support Network – Helena Russell, Partnerships Manager, The Warm Welcome Campaign |
| 13:10-13.30 | Session 8: Conference awards and final remarks |
| 13.30-14.30 | Lunch and conference close |
