Conference Programme
Thursday 4th December
8.30am
Registration and Networking Breakfast Session
9.30am
Chairmans Welcome & Housekeeping
How do we complete the Senior Living Jigsaw?
Iain Lock, Managing Director Health, Avison Young (Chair)
9.40am
Retirement Living Property – where are heading?
What is happening with investment in Integrated Retirement Communities?
How does investment in the retirement sector compare to other ‘Living’ sectors, such as Build to Rent & Student Housing?
How do investors now see the sector and what investment activity are we seeing?
What are we seeing in terms of sales rates and what kind of products and locations are performing best?
Where does the UK sit when compared to Continental Europe?
Anthony Oldfield, Director – Healthcare Capital Markets, JLL
9.55am
Investment, Delivery & Business Model – how is the Integrated Retirement Community Sector performing?
How can the IRC market attract new investment?
How can we deliver the product efficiently and effectively?
What is happening with planning & land costs in the sector?
What is happening with build costs, delivery and quality of finish?
What locations are working and where is viability squeezed?
How has the business model evolved and how can the sector innovate to grow the market?
How can we unlock affordability and scale?
What has the sector learnt about the provision of care and how should it be delivered?
Nick Sanderson, Chief Executive, Audley
Scott Orr, Investment Director, Untold Living
Tim Seddon, CEO, Retirement Villages
Jenny Buterchi, Partner, PRP
Iain Lock, Managing Director Health, Avison Young (Chair)
10.30am
The Care Homes Market in 2025 – a market overview
What are the key transactions and activity in this market and what do we expect for 2025?
How are we seeing the product evolving and who is investing?
Where are we with fees, occupancy, supply and demand?
Where are the key opportunity areas for those investing and expanding?
Verity Knight, Director – Healthcare Capital Markets, JLL
10.45am
What is the strategic direction of the Care Homes market and the provision of care for older people?
What are we expecting in terms of product evolution in the next 5 years?
Are we going to see a big impact from artificial intelligence and other technology and how will it change the sector and the service provided?
How do you build a successful portfolio and operation in the sector in the current market?
Where are the opportunity areas over the next decade in terms of product and location?
What is happening with fee rates and staffing?
What can the retirement living and senior housing sector learn from the Care Homes market and vice versa?
Does it make strategic sense to deliver them together as part of the same scheme or are delivery costs too high?
James Tugendhat, Chief Executive Officer, HC-One
Jeremy Richardson, , Chief Executive Officer, Avery Healthcare
Joe O’Connor, CEO, Four Seasons Health Care Group
Raina Summerson, Group Chief Executive Officer, Agincare
11.20am
Networking Coffee Break
11.50am
Retirement for Rent as an investment prospect
How has Retirement for Rent evolved and what is the potential for this sector of the market?
Who is involved and what do the numbers tell us?
What is the long term split between retirement for rent and for sale properties in the UK market?
Is Retirement for Rent the next logical extension of the growing Build to Rent and Single-family housing investments?
Tom Scaife, Partner – Head of Seniors Housing, Knight Frank
12.05pm
Retirement for Rent Panel Discussion
How much of the market is really looking to rent and are flexibility and lifestyle the key drivers?
What have we learnt from operating rental living products so far?
How important is the micro and macro location for a retirement for rent scheme?
Does retirement for rent have a particular focus on amenity and lifestyle?
What is the potential for growth and how can operators and investors get it right?
Marcus Hodges, Chief Operating Officer, Birchgrove
Kevin Beirne, Director, Head of Retirement, Octopus Real Estate
Steve Bangs, CEO, Pegasus
Duncan Collins, Strategic Finance Director, McCarthy Stone
Samantha Rowland, Director, Healthcare Operational Living Advisors (Chair)
12.40pm
Retirement Living in the UK – a legislative update
What are the Government getting right and what needs to happen next?
Do the new Government see the sector as part of the solution to both the housing crisis and the eider needs of older people?
How can we deliver tenure reform that fits with the modern Integrated Retirement Living Model?
What do we expect moving forward from the planning system?
What policies and strategies should the Government be considering?
Michael Voges, Chief Executive, ARCO
1.00pm
Questions for Michael
1.05pm
Networking Lunch Session
2.05pm
What can we learn from the US market and how are things evolving?
What is directly relevant to the UK market & what isn’t?
Why is the retirement for rent model so popular in the US?
Henry Lumby, Chief Commercial Officer, Auriens Group
2.25pm
How can we really understand the consumer?
How do they see the model – do they find event fees off putting or confusing or do they appreciate the structure?
Where do they stand on convenience of renting?
To what extent do the general public understand the differences between an IRC and a care home?
What good and bad stories have they heard about the product, would they like to try before they buy?
Would they like a generic structure to agreements?
What are they looking for in a scheme and what matters most?
What matters more – cost, flexibility, or amenities?
What adjustments can the sector make to deliver the very best model for the consumer?
Jonty Roots, Managing Director, boomer & beyond
2.45pm
Questions for Jonty & Henry
2.50pm
Understanding the consumer, their lifestyles, and the product
What does the future of the market hold – what kind of products will providers focus on and what market are they targeting?
Are Global comparisons actually useful when trying to predict where the UK market will go?
How can retirement living providers shape and communicate their propositions to centre around well-being?
How can a strong social and activities programme improve the overall community?
What can operators and investors do to create developments that are socially sustainable?
How do we balance modern innovation and design with the specific needs of older people?
What does the market really want and how can we increase sales rates?
How much of the market is really looking to rent and are flexibility and lifestyle the key drivers?
What does the future of the market hold – what kind of products will providers focus on and what market are they targeting?
Anne-Marie Nicholson, CEO, amn Architects
Ben Rosewall, Investment Director, Inspired Villages
Howard Nankivell, Chief Executive, Rangeford Villages
James Cobb, Chief Executive, Enterprise Retirement Living
Sam Monaghan, Chief Executive, Methodist Homes MHA
3.30pm
Investor Panel Session – where is the money coming from & what is the appetite for Senior Living Property?
Why is ESG now so important and how is it affect investment decisions?
What are the key concerns for investors when it comes to Care Home & Retirement Living markets and how can these concerns be confronted and addressed?
How does an investor build a strategy to align itself with the right operator?
Considering each of retirement living and care homes, how can the middle market and lower market attract more investment and how can you make it work?
Where do investors stand on Retirement Living Rental Models and are these seen as a long term opportunity area and is this a logical extension of Build to Rent and other operational resi markets?
Jose de Pablo, Director – Healthcare Acquisitions, Harrison Street
Caryn Donahue, Head of Senior Housing Transactions, Savills
Duncan Leitch, Senior Director – Health and Social Care, Virgin Money
Vincent Nobel, Head of Asset Based Lending, Federated Hermes
Kyle Holling, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins (Chair)
4.10pm
Closing remarks and summary from the Chair
4.15pm
Close of Conference Sessions
4.20pm
The Retirement Living & Care Industry Christmas Drinks Reception
Join the market leaders, conference speakers and attendees, to celebrate the start of the festive season, with live music and networking
Kindly sponsored by Avison Young
