About this Event
Get Ready for the Housing 21 Beyond Age: Rethinking Later Life Conference !
Join us in person for an exciting day filled with insights, networking and debate at the Housing 21 Conference 2026.
Combining academic research and insights with examples of practical application, the conference creates an opportunity to discuss the issues around older people's housing whilst looking ahead with a future focus to become a catalyst for change.
Book your tickets now to be involved in a fantastic conference.
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM
Registration and welcome drinks
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Welcome
Host: Dr Bruce Moore
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Keynote Speaker
Host: Professor Martin Hyde, British Society of Gerontology
🕑: 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Making intergenerational communities
Host: Chair: Charlotte Cook, Winkworth Sherwood
Info: * APPG Inquiry by Lois Beech (Housing LIN)
* The intersection of age, housing, health, workforce with Emily Abbott (Intergenerational England).
* Change the world together; 16 ideas for intergenerational living with Savannah Fishel
* Melfield Gardens, intergenerational housing in action with Angela Hardman (Phoenix Community Housing)
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch and networking
Info: Lunch provided
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Later life in transition
Host: Chair: William Roberts, Royal Society for Public Health
Info: * Career change in later life with Prof Matthew Flynn (University of Leicester)
* Household wealth and implications for later life with Dr Louise Overton (CHASM, University of Birmingham)
* Evolution of the later living market with Ashleigh Bryant (CBRE)
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Break
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
AI in later life
Host: Chair: Sean Lawless, North Star Housing Group
Info: * Digital Exclusion and Digital Literacy and coproduction with older adults with Dr Deborah Morgan (Swansea University)
* AI in later life, designing it before it designs us with Vicky Carne (3A-AI Ltd)
* Resident Video with Housing 21 residents and Marge
* Housing AI, a social housing tool with Phil Shelton (HousingAI)
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Summary and close
Info: A round up of the day's key points and discussions with Dr Bruce Moore (Housing 21), Jane Holbrook (Housing 21) and Liz Zacharia (Campbell Tickell)
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Drinks reception
Info: End the day with a sociable drink and some networking
Event venue & nearby stays
The International Convention Centre, 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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