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    Michael P. Owens

    Michael P. Owens is the Co-Founder of Influence Group and the creator behind some of the leading B2B conference brands in retail, restaurant, workplace, healthcare, education, and aging. He is the founder and architect of RetailSpaces, RestaurantSpaces, WorkSpaces, HealthSpaces, HotelSpaces, BankSpaces, the Senior Living Innovation Forum, the Home Care Innovation Forum, the Higher Ed Facilities Forum, and the K12 Facilities Forum. Over the past two decades, his events have brought together thousands of executives, operators, developers, designers, and solution providers to shape the future of physical space across industries. Owens is known for building experience-driven conferences that mix sharp thinking, meaningful connections, and a vibe that feels intentional, not manufactured.
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    What Senior Living Can Learn from Skateboarding

    Rodney Mullen didn’t open his talk at the Senior Living Innovation Forum by talking about skateboarding.

    He started by reacting to what he had just seen in the session before him.

    Joel Theisen and Dr. Bill Thomas of Lifespark had challenged one of...

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    The (not) Late SLIF Show EP3: Joel Theisen and Dr. Bill Thomas of Lifespark

    The (not) Late SLIF Show has a way of getting senior living executives to say what they're really thinking. Episode 3 didn't break that streak. Host Murry Mercier brought Joel Theisen, Founder & CEO of Lifespark, and Dr. Bill Thomas, Lifespark's...

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    Why Most Senior Living AI Pilots Miss the Mark

    A teenager recently invented a machine that writes homework assignments in perfect handwriting, complete with page-turning capabilities. Brilliant? Absolutely. Innovative? Not quite. As futurist and best-selling author Brian Solis pointed out during...

    By Michael P. Owens  |  
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    When Senior Living Residents, a Kangaroo, and Monkeys Share A Stage

    What happens when you put two senior living residents, two baby monkeys, a baby kangaroo, and a tech CEO on stage together? You get a very honest (and entertaining) conversation about aging, purpose, and what senior living should really look like...

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    Why We Need a New Narrative for Senior Living

    Bob Kramer opened his talk at SLIF Spring '25 by sharing a breakthrough from his twenty years of university teaching. For years, he struggled with students' disconnect from aging issues—they saw it as relevant only to grandparents, not their own...

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    The (not) Late SLIF Show EP2: Erickson Founder, Juniper CEO & Meow Wolf Visionary

    What happens when you put a pioneer of the CCRC model, the CEO who's been pushing value-based care for decades, and the creative mind behind Meow Wolf on the same couch? Conversations that go deeper than your typical panel.

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