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 and what is the impact of the new Government?
• 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

• • Using trading performance and sales data, Carterwood have analysed how long it takes to reach trading maturity across the care home and retirement living sectors.
• • The fill rate is one of the most important elements of the development appraisal and cash flow assessment and there is very little data to support decision making in this area.
• • The research looks at the key factors impacting fill rates and what impact this can have on scheme viability and selection.

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 WLG (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: Tom Fleming, Director, Blackrock,
Ben Rosewall, Head of Investment - Later Living, Legal & General Capital,
Steffan Goold, Director, Beaufort Capital,
Max Weitzmann, Investment Director, Octopus Real Estate,
Amanda Nurse, Director, Carterwood (Chair)