Millions of UK households are expected to be hauled into fuel poverty for the first time as utility soar, leaving low-income households vulnerable to cold, damp and mould. Residents who’ve had dangerous cladding stripped from their buildings post-Grenfell may also find that their homes are less energy efficient. Simultaneously, legal firms who represent social landlords are having to hire extra staff to cope with a rising number of disrepair claims. However, there has never been a more intense focus on improving home safety for social housing residents.

Join FireAngel’s co-founder and chief product officer, Nick Rutter, to explore how IoT can provide a holistic, predictive solution to protecting residents and properties.

Speaker(s): Nick Rutter, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, FireAngel

Asset management isn’t just about maintaining, repairing and developing homes. It’s about the people who live in them and making sure their homes are kept safe. In this session, Glenn Allan, head of product (housing) for Capita One, explores how data can play a pivotal role in simplifying the management of compliance. This presentation will cover: how datasets can be automated to plan and manage compliance, including ‘the big six’ (fire, lifts, electrical, asbestos, gas and legionella/water management); how one landlord, downgraded from G1 to G3, digitally transformed its approach to safety with a 360-degree view of its data; why automation can help reduce risk, save time and lower costs.

Join us to find out how you can do more to ensure your tenants are safe and happy in their homes.

Speaker(s): Glenn Allan, Head of Product (Housing), Capita One

Synopsis: Zero-party data has been labelled by Forbes as ‘the new oil’… With integrated and artificially intelligent cloud software solutions, our industry is now empowered to collect data and build powerful insights to drive transformation while significantly improving services to residents. New legislation demands the capture of new data, surfacing new opportunities to better understand your communities and buildings.

Speaker(s): Jack McLean, Product Marketing Manager

Find out about Sanctuary Housing’s ‘data management maturity assessment’: identify, prioritise and implement data management improvement opportunities; educate stakeholders about data management concepts, principles and practices; and develop a cohesive vision that supports your overall organisational strategy.

Speaker(s): Priyanka Kakkar, Head of Data & Analytics

Optivo has 45,000 homes. It was founded by the joining of AmicusHorizon and Viridian (both made up of previous mergers and amalgamations). We are about to merge again. This time with the Southern Housing Group (32,000 homes). The presentation covers realisations and lessons learnt over time from previous mergers or stock transfers. It looks at imposing today’s management practices, data requirements and expectations on records accumulated in tranches over time. It asks questions like: if data has been not maintained or kept, what can we do about it; what can we do to prevent mergers causing future data issues.

Speaker(s): Robert Stewart, Head of Design & Development (Technology)

Data has taken centre stage in everything we do… we’ve seen how businesses are running critical functions using a daisy chain of spreadsheets or companies hoarding data thinking it might bring them value one day. We all accept that data governance is crucial to success, but we don’t take it seriously until something terrible has happened. I will take you on a journey on why data governance can be like ‘Fight Club’ and how this approach can help you engage, influence or even make the most pessimistic stakeholder into a data champion.

Speaker(s): Tariq Bhatti, Head of Data & Analytics