Programme
Monday 9 February
16:00: Registration opens
18:00: 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 |
| 09.35-09.45 | Spotlight on: Growing up in a cold home |
| 09.45-10.15 | Session 1: Welcome address and reflections – Adam Scorer, Chief Executive, National Energy Action |
| 10.15-10.40 | Session 2: 45 years of fighting fuel poverty – Adam Scorer, Chief Executive, National Energy Action – Dr Brenda Boardman, Emeritus Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University – Rt Hon Caroline Flint, Chair, Committee on Fuel Poverty – Ian Preston, Director of Household Energy Services, Centre for Sustainable Energy |
| 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 – Jessica Skilbeck, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| 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: Tessa Kirby, Project Development Co-ordinator, National Energy Action – Nicol McConnell, Digital Inclusion Lead, Sunderland City Council – Robert Shapiro, Partnerships Manager, Good Things Foundation – Joseph Chambers, Connectivity and Inclusion 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 – Lorenza Casini, Carbon Co-op | |
| 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 – Dr Brenda Boardman, Emeritus Fellow, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University – Jo Bibby, Director of Health, The Health Foundation – Dr Ffion Prothero, CP, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board – 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 – Dr 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. |
| 09.25-09.30 | Housekeeping |
| 09.30-10.10 | Session 5: Ministerial Address – Martin McCluskey MP, Minister for Energy Consumers |
| 10.10-11.10 | 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 – Andy Clark, Business Leader: Place, Energy Systems Catapult |
| 11.10-12.00 | Refreshment break and exhibition viewing |
| 12:00-12.10 | Spotlight on: Fuel poverty in the North East: Paul Glendinning, Director of Energy Systems, Northern Powergrid |
| 12.10-12:50 | 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 – Steve Brogden, Vulnerability Support Manager, OVO |
| 12:50-13.30 | Session 8: Conference awards and final remarks |
| 13.30-14.30 | Lunch and conference close |
