Unlocking Place-Based Intelligence with GIS – Wednesday 14th October 2026
Last year’s seminar brought together more than 100 delegates from 57 housing associations to explore how GIS is supporting better decision-making across the social housing sector.
The 2026 seminar will continue that conversation, with practical presentations, real-world case studies and valuable networking opportunities focused on how GIS can support:
As with last year’s seminar, this informal in-person event is designed for housing professionals who want to share ideas, learn from peers and discover practical approaches being used across the sector.
To reserve your place NOW, click on this link: Seminar Unlocking Place-Based Intelligence with GIS
or to find out more, please contact Catherine Doig at catherine@odc.co.uk.
Please note that there will be a strict limit of 3 delegates per housing association as we expect this event to fill up very quickly.
Mark Bishop is an accomplished asset management professional with over 10 years’ experience in social housing. A Chartered Building Surveyor with an MBA in Construction and Real Estate, he specialises in asset strategy, investment planning, compliance, sustainability, data-driven decision-making, and leading transformational change across large residential portfolios.
Sam Duncan is Beyond Housing’s Asset Data Performance Manager. He hasworked in social housing for 6 years across customer service, operations and asset management. In his current role Sam is responsible for the reliability, integrity and completeness of Regenda’s asset data and with ODCGIS’ help, translating this into spatial insights.
Blake is an experienced housing and investment professional with over six years’ experience at Beyond Housing, having progressed through a number of roles within the organisation. He is currently work in investment, managing programmes and contracts that deliver improvements to homes, estates and communities.
Blake’s career has focused on delivering large-scale investment and operational programmes, using data, technology and strong partnership working to improve decision-making and outcomes for customers. He has a particular interest in how GIS and spatial data can help us better understand our assets, identify trends and target investment where it can have the greatest impact.
Blake is passionate about continuous improvement, innovation and finding practical ways to use information to make housing services more efficient and customer-focused.
Chris Holloway is Executive Director at Greatwell Homes and a Chartered member of the CIH. with more than 15 years’ experience leading front-facing customer services across housing associations and local authorities. Chris is recognised for translating strategy and data into practical, measurable improvements that strengthen customer outcomes, reduce cost, manage risk and improve organisational performance
Lynne Berry is the Asset Intelligence Officer at Cottsway Housing Association. In this role she focuses on continually improving the quality, breadth and accessibility of data, including GIS data, relating to Cottsway’s portfolio of more than 6,000 homes. As part of the Assets Team, Lynne has used mapping data to support retrofit programmes to improve the energy efficiency of Customer’s homes. Before joining Cottsway, Lynne worked in market research and education fields; always working with data, analysing the information to get to the actionable insights.
Michael Connell is a Data Scientist at The Riverside Group, specialising in data science, business intelligence and location-based analytics. He develops data products along with AI-driven insights that help the organisation better understand place, customer needs and service delivery, enabling more informed decisions and improved outcomes for communities.
Jenny Danson is Founder and CEO of Healthy Homes Hub, working with housing providers to put health outcomes at the centre of social housing decisions.
As Founder and CEO of Healthy Homes Hub, she brings together housing, health and data to shift the sector from reactive responses to prevention. Her work focuses on damp and mould, building performance, retrofit impacts and the long-term value of healthier homes.
Jenny is known for translating complex housing and health challenges into practical, strategic conversations that support better decisions and better outcomes.
Shaun is the Asset Strategy Project Lead at Regenda Homes, where he is responsible for portfolio analysis, option appraisals and supporting strategic decisions across our stock. In addition, Scott leads on Regenda’s delivery and development of GIS, where a range of spatial data-layers has allowed us to better understand our homes and neighbourhoods and support informed decision making across the organisation.
Laura Edwards is the Production Manager at ODCGIS and has been with the company for almost 6 years. She oversees the production team, training, resources, data capture projects and managed service clients to ensure successful delivery of GIS data and helping clients get the most of their GIS.