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Spot yourself at Housing 2023: Tuesday 27 June

Housing 2023, the Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual conference and Europe’s biggest housing festival, has returned to Manchester Central, with 10 theatres, 450-plus speakers, 8,300-plus attendees, 350-plus sponsors and exhibitors, and 90 official fringe events over three days. Here is the first day in pictures. Photography by Guzelian

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa speaking at the ‘Listening first’ session

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#Housing2023, the Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual conference and Europe’s biggest housing festival, has returned to Manchester Central. Here is the first day in pictures #UKhousing

Gavin Smart, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, giving his welcome address at Housing 2023

The audience at Gavin Smart’s welcome address, including Inside Housing senior reporter James Riding and Social Housing chief reporter Michael Lloyd

Left to right: Michelle Gordon, Lisa Hodgman, Katie Mcvea and Sharon Hunt at the Echelon stand with racer Sam Cox’s motorbike, who is being sponsored by the consultancy

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham giving his views on housing at a keynote welcome address

Zahid Rahim (left) and Dr Saber Khan of Brett Gardner playing basketball

Delegates looking at the stands and having discussions

Left to right: Trina Chakravarti of Building Better, Katie Gilmartin of Platform Housing Group and Stuart Hensby of Abri speaking at a session on modern methods of construction