• Oct 07 - Oct 09
  • 9.45am - 3.30pm

ICSH Finance & Development Conference - Resilience, Recovery & Delivery

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Date:
Wednesday 07 October 2020 - Friday 09 October 2020
Time:
9.45am - 3.30pm
Cost:
Free
Location:
Online

Event Information

The RIAI is not issuing CPD Certificates for this Conference, please check with The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH).  Alternatively, on completion of the conference download the Structured Webinar CPD Evidence Report and upload it to your MyRIAI CPD record as evidence of your participation in this course.


The 2020 ICSH Housing Finance and Development Conference, will be the 7th conference and the first one delivered entirely online. As we emerge from a period of restriction, disruption and uncertainty, this conference will look to a new normal where innovation and new financial approaches underpin the sector and offer hope for the future of housing delivery. At a national level, housing practitioners must also contend with an uncertain economic outlook as well as a changing policy context with the implementation of the new Programme for Government.

This year’s conference will again serve as a vital platform for new thinking and innovations in the housing sector and will focus on themes of Resilience, Recovery & Delivery. It will take an in-depth look at some of the finance and delivery innovations that have emerged in recent years to tackle the housing crisis and allow for discussion and debate on these key issues.

The conference will, yet again, bring together leaders and innovators from the public, non-profit and private sectors, with speakers from all around Ireland, Europe, the USA and Australia to present their experience, best practice, innovations and learnings.

The conference sessions will all be delivered online through Zoom and will involve a mix of studio discussion and remote access among speakers and panellists. Audience questions and discussions will be facilitated at each session.

Who Should Attend

  • Board members of housing associations and cooperatives
  • Housing association staff involved in finance, development & management
  • Local authority staff involved in housing, financing and delivery
  • Construction industry representatives
  • Investors and financial bodies
  • Legal and financial advisors
  • Local elected representatives
  • EU Managing Authorities
  • Government departments
  • HSE officials including support providers
  • Academics and those interested in housing finance and delivery

Key speakers and contributors include: 

  • Minister Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
  • Caitlin McDowell, Head of Policy, Community Housing Industry Association, New South Wales
  • James Benson Director of Housing, Planning and Development, Construction Industry Federation
  • Hazel Chu, Lord Mayor of Dublin
  • Virginie Toussain, Mission Europe, L’Union sociale pour l’habitat
  • Paul Kelly, Director, Real Estate Finance, AIB
  • Orla Hegarty, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin
  • Robert Grundy, Head of Housing Investment and Consultancy, Savills
  • Sorcha Edwards, Secretary General, Housing Europe
  • Stuart Muldowney, Director Corporate Banking, AIB
  • Declan Dunne, CEO, Respond
  • Andree Dargan, County Architect, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
  • Sharon Cosgrove, CEO, Oaklee Housing
  • Eddie Taaffe, Housing Delivery Office, Local Government Management Agency
  • Aoife Flynn Kennedy, Head of Clann
  • Brenna O’Roarty, Executive Director, RHL Strategic Solutions
  • Sean O’Connor, Chief Executive, Tuath Housing
  • Aidan Culhane, Chief Executive, The Iveagh Trust
  • Margaret Geraghty, Director of Housing, Fingal County Council
  • Sean Cremen, Head of Treasury, Housing Finance Agency
  • Brian O’Gorman, Chief Executive, Clúid Housing
  • Patricia Gruits, Senior Principal and Managing Director, MASS Design Group, Boston, USA
  • John Hannigan, Chief Executive Officer, Circle Voluntary Housing Association
  • Frank Allen, Financial Consultant and Chair, Iarnród Eireann
  • Caroline Timmons, Head of Business Unit, Housing Policy, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
  • Kevin McGillycuddy, Senior Economist, European Investment Bank (EIB)
  • Pat Doyle, ICSH President and CEO, Peter McVerry Trust
  • John O’Connor, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Agency
  • Tina Donaghy, Director of Development, Fold Ireland

Booking

Although the conference is free to attend, pre-booking is essential. To book a place at the conference email catherine@icsh.ie