CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION STAGE SPEAKERS

Take a look at some of the industry leading experts that took to the stage at last year's Student Accommodation Conference & Exhibition. Watch this space for 2026 speakers

Interested in joining the panel of speakers? Enquire today by emailing allison.goucher@emap.com.

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Sam Bailey-Watts
CEO
Unipol
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Jermaine Browne
Co-founder
Re:shape Living & ARK Coliving
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Matt Burton
Chief Partnerships Officer
UPP
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Sarah Coleman
Partner
Cushman & Wakefield
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Clive Crawford
Founder and Former Chief Executive
UPP
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Oliver Cummings
Managing Director – Head of PBSA
Cain International
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Nicholas Dillon
Director
NOUS Group
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Tom Ferber
Founder
Homie
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Rt Hon Justine Greening MP
Former Secretary of State for Education
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James Gregory
Business Sector Director
MRG
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Jessica Hardman
CEO and Co-Founder
Aboria Capital
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Justin Harley
Regional Director
Yardi
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Allan Hilton
Chief Executive
Affordable Accommodation 4 students Association ltd – AA4S
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Samantha Hollex
Director of Operations
Host
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Paul Humphreys
CEO and Founder
StudentCrowd
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Paddy Jackman
Director
Jackman Education Solutions Limited
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Robert Kingham
Director
Student First Group
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Laura Kurt
Managing Director
Fusion
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Joe Lister
CEO
Unite Students
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Laura Maclean
Head of Accommodation and Customer Services
University of Kent
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Sean McKeown
Managing Director
Arlington Group
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Josh Miller
Managing Director, Head of Transactions – Europe
Harrison Street
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Bryn Morris
Former Registrar and Secretary
University of Essex
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Katie O'Neill
Associate
Knight Frank
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Timothy Owen
Associate Director for Student Living
University of Birmingham
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Tuely Robins
Director of Partnerships
StudentCrowd
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Richard Simpson
CEO
Olympian Homes
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David Smith
Partner
Spector Constant & Williams
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Dan Smith
Managing Director, RESI Consultancy
Co-Founder, VerbaFlo.AI
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Einita Suman
Director of Accommodation and Operations
University of Birmingham
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Michael Swiszczowski
Group Board Director
Chapman Taylor
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Sarah Turner-Jones
Partner, Higher Education
Cushman and Wakefield
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David Tymms
Strategic Advisor
QX Global Group
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Vikki Welch
Associate Director of Student Living
University of Nottingham
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Keith White
Founder
CRM Students
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John Wilkinson
Chief Revenue Officer
StudentCrowd
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Jo Winchester
Former Executive Director
CBRE
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EXHIBITION SPEAKERS

Chloe Sachikonye
Senior Account Executive
Yardi
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David Simpson
Group Product Director
Obsequio
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Ellis Noble-Lowe
Resident Engagement Manager
UPP
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Gemma Le Marquer
Sales & Marketing Director
Empiric Student Property
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James Greenwood
Head of Residential Life at LSE and UK Ambassador / Global Initiatives Chair-Elect at ACUHO-i.
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Jess Kane
Reporting, Data and Systems Director
Homes for Students
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Kaze Ho
Fifth Year Student
City St George’s, University of London
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Neil Burton
Managing Director
Collegiate
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Niamh Nicholson
Programme Development Manager
Student Minds
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Rachel Woolliscroft
Director
BayNel
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Randall Bowen
CEO
Votalis
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Sam Kingsley
Independent Consultant
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Sarah West
Head of Marketing, Communications and Experience
UCL
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Tom White
Co-founder
WAU
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Vicky Stephens
Director of Engineering
Lavanda
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