Conference Programme

Thursday 4th December

8.30am
Registration and Networking Breakfast Session

9.30am
Chairmans Welcome & Housekeeping
Where next for Senior Living Markets?

Retirement Living Property – where are heading?
What is happening with investment in Integrated Retirement Communities?
How is the sector performing when compared to the overall housing market?
Looking at historic markers, when can we expect the housing market to pick up and, what does this mean for the retirement living sector?
When and where will the opportunities be?
Do investors need to reprice their risk?

 

What is the strategic direction of Later Living property & Integrated Retirement Communities (IRCs)?
What is preventing a faster rate of growth and how can the sector innovate to make it happen?
How could we evolve and/or fundamentally change the model to the sector grow?
Why are we seeing less interest in this sector than other ‘living’ sectors and how do we deliver the right product that will suit investors and customers?
What does the market really want and how can we increase sales rates?
How do products and services differ in this sector?
Is the sector really understood by the general public, and most importantly, by those customers it targets?
Does the sector really understand what customers want and expect in later life?
How important is creating a community environment, a new enjoyable stage in life, and something genuinely compelling, to achieve and sustain occupation?
Why are planning and legislation still holding us back? With such pent up demand i.e scale of older population?
How can barriers that still exist really be overcome? And what are the barriers?

 

How is the approach to delivering Later Living evolving, with particular focus on sustainability, a wide range of tenures, and variety of services?
Technology & Innovation in the sector – what role does modern technology & AI have to play in the future of Later Living homes and IRCs?
Reducing operational carbon – how can this be achieved and what measures are we seeing?
Where does technology fit in and what is being installed in IRCs and Later Living homes and how are customers responding?
What opportunities are there for Public and Private Sector Joint Ventures?
What specialist housing based models are on the horizon to support health and social care address the crisis across the UK?
Later Living and Integrated Retirement Communities as part of Urban Regeneration – why is this area an opportunity for Housebuilders?

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 2024?
How are we seeing the product evolving and who is investing?

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?
What technology are we now seeing put into Care Homes?
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?
Where are the links between the Care Operator and the Retirement Living Operator and is there some blurring of the lines between the two?
Does it make strategic sense to deliver them together as part of the same scheme?

 

How has the product, service and business model evolved for Senior Living and what might come next?
Where has the product got to and how can care be provided?
What is the right offering in 2025 and what might it be in 5 years time – are we really winning over the general public with the product and service being offered at the moment?
How can we best work the care operation into the investment model?
Can we bring care homes and retirement together into the same scheme to create a better senior living market?

What are we seeing in fee rates for Care Homes?
What is having with staff costs and are these increases more than offset with increases in fees?
What do we expect to happen next with these trends?

 

1.05pm
Networking Lunch Session

 

2.00pm
How can we completely redefine what Retirement Living is?
What is the market for a service led flexible living concept?
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?
Is Retirement for Rent the next logical extension of the growing Build to Rent and Single-family housing investments?

How do we evolve sub standard Care Homes stock and what is the best strategy to refurbish it?
Where does the product sit in the wider care market?
Where are the opportunities both in terms of scale and type or property, and location, for this model?

Integrated Retirement Communities – a legislative update
Where are we with Government lobbying to improve the issues in the sector?
Has the new Government showed an understanding of what the sector needs?
How can we deliver tenure reform that fits with the modern Integrated Retirement Living Model?
What is needed to reform leasehold offerings and how will this increase the robustness of the investment?
How can we improve the reputation and understanding of the sector with the general public on a mass scale – how can we simplify the message and deliver it?

Understanding the consumer – Buying, Renting, Lifestyle, Flexibility, where next?
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?
What is the long term split between retirement for rent and for sale properties in the UK market?
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?

 

Planning, Design & Delivery
What should the modern Senior Living provider be designing and what are the key innovations?
How crucial are ESG and sustainable zero carbon developments and how can these be delivered and operated?
How do we balance modern innovation and design with the specific needs of older people?
Construction Methods – Traditional v Modern  – how do we confront issues with build costs?
Could Modular build enable a build smarter, build faster approach and what is its future for this market?
How do we solve the planning conundrum for the senior living property markets?

 

Investor Panel Session – where is the money coming from & what is the appetite for Care Homes & Retirement Living?
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?

 

4.20pm
Close of Conference followed by The Annual Retirement Living Property Sector Drinks, sponsored by Avison Young