Senior living leaders are making decisions today that will shape the industry for years to come. They are navigating persistent workforce pressures, changing consumer expectations, tighter capital markets, rapid advances in technology, evolving care models, and growing demand for experiences that support older adults in living longer, healthier, more connected lives.
Those challenges cannot be solved in isolation. The Senior Living Leadership Summit, taking place November 16-18, 2026 in Austin, Texas, brings together some of the industry’s most influential executives for several days of focused conversation, strategic insight, and meaningful connection. Designed as an intimate, executive-level gathering rather than a traditional large-scale conference, the Summit gives senior leaders the space to step away from the demands of day-to-day operations and focus on what comes next.
A Different Kind of Leadership Gathering
The Summit is built around the idea that senior leaders need more than inspiration. They need candid dialogue, practical intelligence, and opportunities to exchange ideas with peers who are making similarly complex decisions.
Throughout the event, executives will engage with fellow leaders, industry experts, and forward-thinking partners to explore the forces reshaping senior living, and the strategies organizations will need to lead through them with confidence. Conversations will examine the issues most closely tied to long-term performance and organizational strength, including workforce, operations, finance, capital, growth, technology, clinical quality, marketing, and resident experience.
The value of the Summit lies not only in the ideas shared from the stage, but also in the conversations that happen around the table, between sessions, and among peers who understand the responsibilities that come with leading a senior living organization.
Turning Insight Into Strategy
Senior living continues to evolve quickly. Organizations are being asked to do more: strengthen the workforce, improve operational performance, adapt to new technologies, meet rising consumer expectations, and deliver exceptional care and experiences, all while preparing for future growth.
The Summit gives leaders an opportunity to examine those pressures in a setting designed for thoughtful exchange. Attendees will gain insight into the trends, opportunities, and risks shaping the senior living landscape. They will hear timely perspectives from industry voices and subject-matter experts, explore new approaches to longstanding challenges, and connect with other executives who are testing ideas, building strategies, and leading transformation within their own organizations.
The goal is not simply to identify what is changing. It is to help leaders consider what those changes mean for their businesses, their teams, and the older adults they serve. Attendees leave with new relationships, practical takeaways, and a broader perspective that can help inform organizational priorities for the year ahead.
Designed for Senior-Level Decision Makers
The Senior Living Leadership Summit is intended for executives who influence strategy and make decisions at the highest levels of their organizations. Participants include leaders from owner/operator organizations, real estate investment trusts, private equity firms, and capital partners. The audience spans the senior living C-suite and senior executive leadership.
That mix of perspectives is essential. The future of senior living will not be shaped by one business function alone. It will require leaders across operations, finance, workforce, clinical care, technology, marketing, investment, and growth to work together, challenge assumptions, and align around shared priorities.
The Conversations That Move the Industry Forward
Leadership can be isolating, particularly during periods of significant change. The Summit creates a setting in which executives can speak openly, compare experiences, learn from one another, and build relationships that extend well beyond the event.
It is a place to ask difficult questions like How should organizations prepare for the next phase of growth? Where can technology create meaningful value, and where does it introduce new risk? How can leaders build stronger cultures, retain talent, and develop the next generation of senior living executives? What will tomorrow’s consumer expect, and how must the industry evolve to meet those expectations?
There may not be a single answer to any of these questions. But progress begins when the right leaders are in the room, sharing what they are seeing, challenging conventional thinking, and working toward better solutions. The Senior Living Leadership Summit is where those conversations begin.
Now’s the time to reserve your place and join the senior living leaders who are helping define what comes next.