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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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    For Senior Housing Leaders, the Next 10 Years Are Everything

    As senior housing providers gear up for a decade of seismic transformation, four industry leaders joined forces at SLIF for a discussion that dove into what changes are coming and how to navigate them. Titled “Vision 2033: A New Era for Senior...

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    One (Wild) Man's Cross-Country Senior Living Adventure

    In 2022, Jack York of iN2L fame came to SLIF and told us he was going to spend the next year driving around the country in a massive trailer, visiting senior living communities. He had a new company named TaleGate.

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    What Senior Living Can Learn from Music App Shazam

    Before it was an app you could use to identify music, Shazam was a number you called from a pre-smartphone mobile device. (Remember those?) Before it was a number you called, it was a crazy idea in the mind of Shazam’s founder, Chris Barton – who...

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    Senior Housing Leaders Get Dunked to Raise $$ for Alzheimer's

    At the 2021 Senior Living Innovation Forum, we hosted a Carnival Night sponsored by PointClickCare that featured rides, games, roving performers, and an electrifying performance by Queen Nation, the nation’s premier Queen tribute act.

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    What Excites (and Scares) Senior Living Leaders?

    As everyone begins to share their "End of Year" (and "End of Decade") lists we thought it was good timing to share some insights that we gathered at the 2019Senior Living Innovation Forum(SLIF) about what could be in store for the next decade of...

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    The WELL Building Standard and Senior Housing

    When Rick Fedrizzi co-founded the US Green Building Council in 1993, to promote sustainability in the building and construction industry, he never could have imagined the sweeping global impact the non-profit would have.

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