Conference Agenda

• Delegates arrive from 8:30am when an informal breakfast is provided, and a chance to network with other attendees, before the conference starts at 9:30am

• Where next for Senior Living Markets?

Speaker: Iain Lock, Managing Director Health, Avison Young (Chair)

• What is happening with investment in Senior Living, Integrated Retirement Communities and Care Homes?
• Where is the money coming from and what are they wanting to invest in?
• What are the prospects for the Retirement for Rent Sector and is this now attracting interest from those investing in Build to Rent markets?
• Which segments of the market are seeing the most interest and growth and where is the demand?
• What are the key transactions in Retirement Living and Care Homes property?
• The Key Transactions & Investments in the Care Home & Retirement Living Markets. How much activity have we seen in 2024?

Speakers: Anthony Oldfield, Director – Healthcare Capital Markets, JLL,
Verity Knight, Director – Healthcare Capital Markets, JLL

• How can providers increase sales rates?

Speaker: Jonty Roots, Managing Director, boomer & beyond

• The factors that make sales soar at retirement living schemes, and the implications for developers and operators
• Elderly care home fees, with analysis of quoted fees across 9,000+ homes

Speaker: Tom Hartley, Managing Director, Carterwood

• What is the impact of a new Government on Retirement Living?
• How do we deliver real scale in the sector along with a wide range of tenures to suit all needs and budgets?
• What is preventing a faster rate of growth and how can the sector innovate to make it happen?
• As Build to Rent & now Single Family Housing markets continue to grow and attract investor interest, how can the IRC market keep up and attract new investment?
• 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?
• What opportunities are there for Public and Private Sector Joint Ventures?

Speakers: Nick Sanderson, Chief Executive, Audley Retirement,
Philippa Kellar, Managing Director, Richmond Care Villages,
Julie Fawcett, Chief Executive, Auriens Group,
Tim Seddon, Chief Executive, Retirement Villages,
Dominic Morris, Partner, Gowling (Chair)

• Is a wide range of tenures, including affordable models and a rental market, at significant scale to meet demand, now within reach?
• Where are the partnership & joint venture opportunities with both the private & public sector?

Speaker: Shane Paull, Chief Operating Officer, McCarthy Stone

• 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 new Government be considering?

Speaker: Michael Voges, Chief Executive, ARCO

• What is the impact of the new Government on the Care Homes Market?
• Understanding how the product has evolved – what was it, what is it, and what will it be in the future?
• How will technology improve the operation, product and service?
• 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?

Speakers: Helen Jones, CEO, Allegra Care,
Helen Davies-Parsons, Chief Executive Officer, Dormy Care Communities,
Keith Crockett, CEO, Lovett Care,
Kay Cox, CEO, Signature Senior Lifestyle,
Iain Lock, Senior Director - Head of Health, Avison Young (Chair)

• 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?
• What modern inventions & technologies might become mainstream and revolutionise the way care is delivered & the needs of older people are met?

Speakers: Anne-Marie Nicholson, CEO, amn Architects,
Jenny Buterchi, Partner, PRP,
Sonia Parol, Design Director, Inspired Villages,
Ed Warner, Founder & CEO, Motionspot,
Stu Hamilton, CEO, Amba,
Kyle Holling, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins (Chair)

• What is directly relevant to the UK market & what isn’t?

Speaker: Henry Lumby, Chief Commercial Officer, Auriens Group

• How are these markets progressing and where are they in comparison to the UK in terms of maturity?

Speaker: Richard Valentine Selsey, Head of European Living Research & Consultancy, Savills

• Why have we seen such growth in the US retirement for rent market and how does this relate to the multifamily market?

Speaker: Leonard Stokes, Founder & Managing Partner, Clover Capital TBC

• Is the Senior Living investment market able to keep up with build to rent and other growing property sectors?
• Where are the opportunities from a transactional point of view looking forward?
• Is retirement for rent a logical opportunity for retirement & care homes investors?
• 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?

Speakers: James Halstead, Managing Director, Blackrock,
Ben Rosewall, Head of Investment - Later Living, Legal & General Capital,
Steffan Goold, Director, Beaufort Capital,
Michael Toft, Head of Care Homes, Octopus TBC,
Amanda Nurse, Director, Carterwood (Chair)