Tony Blair's former press chief David Hill will be one of the keynote speakers at this year's National Housing Federation (NHF) communications and marketing conference in central London, on Tuesday 24 February.

Mr Hill, who replaced Alastair Campbell as the then Prime Minister's director of communications in 2003, will address the first plenary session at the annual one-day conference, at the Hotel Russell, on the secret to changing perceptions.


Another keynote speaker will be recent Inside Housing editor Kate Murray, who will address the second plenary session on how housing associations can develop stronger brand images.

Two further keynote speakers will feature alongside Kate Murray on the issue of brand images. They will be Lord Mawson OBE, who sits as a cross-bencher in the Lords and is a member of the board at the Poplar HARCA housing association, and Roger Felton, the managing director of brand consultants Felton Communication.

The conference will be chaired by journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch, who owns a radio production company and writes a weekly column for the Scotsman newspaper.

(CD/JM)