9.30am - 10.00am

Registration and Coffee

10.00am - 10.10am

Welcome and Outline for the Day
John Daniels, Chair of the National Codes Committee of Management

10.10am – 10.25am

Why the Codes are Important
Simon Llewellyn, Deputy Director, Communities and Local Government

10.25am - 10.35am

Questions and discussion

10.35am - 11.05am

The Operation of the Codes 2007-2008, Standards, Verification Improvement and some reflection some of the impact of the Rugg Review on the Student Private Rented Sector
Simon Kemp, National Code Administrator and Martin Blakey, Chief Executive, Unipol

11.05am - 11.15am

Questions and discussions

11.15am - 11.30am

Break (tea and coffee available)

11.30am - 12.10pm

Preparing for a Verification Visit: Being on the Receiving End
Alan Russell, Unite

12.10pm - 12.25pm

General discussion

12.25pm - 1.15pm

Lunch (provided)

1.15pm - 1.35pm     

The Value of the Codes to Students
Ama Uzorwuru, Vice President Welfare, National Union of Students

1.35pm - 2.15pm     

Responding to Code and Student Feedback: Panel Session
Bob Crompton, Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Halls
Jane Carroll, National Operations Manager, Mainstay
Catherine Faircloth, Chichester University (to be confirmed)

2.15pm - 2.30pm    

Break

2.30pm - 3.40pm 

Responding to Code and Student Feedback: Panel Session (continued)
Gavin Duncan, National Operations Manager, Opal
Charles Marshall, Chief Executive, Liberty Living
Mark Allen, Director, University Partnerships Programme
Yvonne Jones, Associate Director, Carlton (North Wales)

3.40pm - 4.05pm

Confessions of a Verifier and some Thoughts on the Larger Student Development Visited
Dr Stephen Battersby, Verifier of the National Code and President of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

4.05pm - 4.15pm     

Questions and discussion

4.15pm - 4.25pm     

Concluding remarks and end.