2012's conference agenda is currently being researched and developed in consultation with the sector to ensure its timeliness and relevance. In 2011 the CIH Conference offered a variety of session approaches – big picture sessions looking at the economic landscape, localism, Big Society, housing supply; working through sessions focusing on organisations’ operating agendas and offering new and different approaches, an impressive line-up of political think tanks exploring the direction of housing and Think Tank sessions giving direct, case study proven advice on finance and best practice.

Session information sheets offer the background for each keynote, main and working through session. They are available to download by clicking on the links below:

Who should social housing be for?
Working through supported housing
PRS its the future
Preparing for self financing - not long left
Can one chief executive really run three LAs?
Nobody gets us - why?
Localism...Localism
Life beyond red tape
Jump-starting housing supply
Working through… income protection and financial inclusion
Working through… ways to develop an effective and inclusive tenure strategy
Hooray for fish - is Big Society the answer
Fit for future developing skills and talent now
The new economic landscape
Working through community plan
Building our way
Becoming the best
Working through asset management
An alternative vision
Issues of allocations
Welfare reform