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Day 1, Tuesday 1 April 2025

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SPVs demystified: everything you need to know

Rob Tyson, Polis Partners

Community housing – an accidental career?

Robin Zakharov, Director, Workforce, CHIA Vic

The future of tenancy dispute resolution

Kylea Campana, Senior Member, VCAT

Warwick Mitchell, Executive Director and Registrar, VCAT

Jennifer Beveridge, CEO, Tenants Victoria

Lisa May, State Operations Manager, CHL

Plenary Building the future of community housing

Simon Newport, CEO, Homes Victoria

Harnessing AI for community housing: opportunities and risks

Kate vanderVoort, Social Mediology

Innovative construction for social housing

Lucy Simms, Women’s Property Initiatives

Day 2, Wednesday 2 April 2025

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Plenary Perspectives on the future of community housing

Simon Welsh, The RedBridge Group

Collaborative partnerships: workshopping a key worker housing model

Jim Spillane, City of Melbourne

Facilitator: Steph Ng, CHIA Vic

Housing the continuum: co ops, co-contributions and collaborations

Nicola Foxworthy, Imagine Housing

Safe at Home: reducing homelessness for family violence survivors

Rachel Zbukvic, Safe and Equal

Empowering futures through training and employment pathways

Radhika Ittiel, Uniting VT

Mikaela Stafrace, Founder of WomenCAN Australia

Cara McDougall, CHIA NSW

Can the Plan for Victoria deliver the affordable housing we need?

Lester Townsend, Department of Transport and Planning

Patrick Fensham, President of PIA Vic and Principal at SGS Planning and Economics

Embracing partnerships to deliver better housing support

Mark Heeney, Mind Australia

Trudi Smith, Aboriginal Housing Victoria

How to deliver climate friendly property upgrades that work for renters

Joshua Danahay, Climateworks Centre

How to deliver climate friendly property upgrades that work for renters

Dr. Trivess Moore, RMIT University

Resilience strategies for housing workers

Ian Goodhardt, Goodhardt consulting

The community engagement journey: from concept to creating community

Mubeen Hamza, Community Place Manager, Haven Home Safe

Alex Collins, Housing Choices Australia

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