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Program
General Sessions
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What’s in Your Playbook?
Tuesday Opening General Session • 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Kick off your symposium experience with a high-level overview of today’s fast-changing playing field. You have to consider
the big picture before deciding the most effective strategies and tactics.
Playing for the offense: an executive-level panel of independent, assisted and memory care community CEOs, with moderator
Marc Thompson calling the plays. Together they will discuss key topics of the conference program, providing an insightful
overview of operational, financial, and other challenges operators face today. This energizing discussion will also tee
up the day’s timely breakout sessions. Topics include: new “plays” for driving NOI, how marketing and sales must adapt to
the changing market, how to successfully reposition aging properties in a capital-challenged market, what metrics CEOs use
to demonstrate value, working with loan packages and lenders, and how to prepare a borrower to finance a seniors housing
transaction.
Game time is 9 a.m. Come ready to play hard!
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Moderator: Marc Thompson, Senior Vice President, Bank of the West
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Panelists:
- Paul W. Dendy, President, Milestone Retirement Communities, LLC
- Aaron Koelsch, CEO & President, Koelsch Senior Communities
- F. Fee Stubblefield, Jr., President, The Springs Living, LLC
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Today’s Consumer, Tomorrow’s Consumer
Tuesday Luncheon & Keynote Address (sponsored by Greystone Servicing Corporation) • 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Over more than 35 years, Dr. Ken Dychtwald has emerged as a leading visionary and original thinker on the lifestyle, marketing,
healthcare, and workforce implications of the age wave. During this exclusive luncheon program, he will reveal the mysteries
of the senior consumer psyche—how it has changed, and what it means for seniors housing and care. Here’s your chance to
look deeper at the human behaviors that can open new opportunities for you.
Psychologist, gerontologist, documentary filmmaker, and best-selling author of 16 books on aging-related issues, Dr. Dychtwald
is also the founding president and CEO of Age Wave, a firm that specializes in providing guidance to Fortune 500 businesses
and government groups in product/service development for boomers and mature adults. His explorations and innovative solutions
influence a broad spectrum of industry sectors from vitamins and cookies to automotive design, retail merchandising to mutual
funds, health insurance and more.
His books include Bodymind; Age Wave: The Challenges and Opportunities of an Aging Society; Age Power: How the 21st Century
Will Be Ruled by the New Old, and many more. In 2007, he debuted as a documentary filmmaker and host with the highly rated
PBS special “The Boomer Century.” During his career, Dr. Dychtwald has addressed more than 2 million people worldwide in
his speeches to corporate, association, social service, and government audiences. This is one halftime pep talk you can’t
afford to miss.
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Keynote Speaker:
Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D, President & CEO, Age Wave
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Economic Update: Color Commentary and Analysis for Your Game Strategy
Tuesday Closing General Session & Keynote Address • 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
To compete in the world of business, you need a strategic game plan. To do so effectively, you need an informed perspective
of what’s ahead. With his knack for colorful and even humorous delivery, expert Dr. John W. Mitchell, principal of M&H Economic
Consultants, will share his view on the current business climate and what’s next for the recovery of the U.S. economy in
this essential session.
All topics are on the table—housing and credit markets, prospects for job growth, the impact of financial reform and regulation,
interest rates, and employment—all from today’s headlines. When might we see meaningful recovery in the housing and job
markets? What shape will it take? How might it affect seniors housing and care? You’ll gain insight on contemporary issues,
hear his thoughts on the enduring legacies of this remarkable economic episode, and leave this conference with a fresh point
of view of what’s ahead for you—and
your business. Dr. Mitchell received his B.A. degree from Williams College and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University
of Oregon. He was Chief Economist of U.S. Bancorp until 1998 and served as Economist Western Region for US Bank until 2007.
He wrote U.S. Bancorp’s regional publications including the Update, The Business Barometer, Northwest Portrait, US Territory,
Oregon Tidbits, and was a columnist for Oregon Business Magazine. He currently writes Sterling Bank’s Economic Newsletter
and speaks to business groups around the nation. He has been making economic presentations on the nation and the region
for 40 years. His masterful commentary and predictions will influence what plays you call in the season ahead.
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Keynote Speaker:
John W. Mitchell, Principal, M&H Economic Consultants
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