SenbridGe West 2025 Conference Program
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | Fairmont Pacific Rim
7:45 AM - BMO Welcome Breakfast
8:00 AM
Go Green!
Michelle Roth, Partner, Goodmans LLP and President & CEO, SenbridGe
8:45 AM
Market Outlook
Mark Gallagher, Executive Managing Director, Newmark Canada
9:15 AM
Pacific Perspectives: Insights from Canada’s Industry Leaders
Lois Cormack, CEO, Spring Living Retirement Communities
Nitin Jain, President & CEO, Sienna Senior Living
Karim Kassam, Co-Founder and Principal, Optima Living
Frédéric Soucy, President, Retirement Home Division, Cogir
Vlad Volodarski, CEO, Chartwell Retirement Residences
Moderated by: Jonathan Freeman, Partner, Cassels
10:10 AM
SenbridGe Soundbite: Integrating Seniors into Mixed-Use Developments – A Call to Action
Don Milliken, Chairman, in conversation with Kate Milliken Binns, President & COO, Milliken Development Corporation
10:30 AM - First National Financial LP Networking Break
11:00 AM
Beyond the Blueprint: Innovative Design Trends Shaping Tomorrow
Janine Anderson, Managing Partner, Hager Design International Inc.
Nicole Bergquist, Senior Director of Interior Design, Sunrise Senior Living
John Shoesmith, Principal, Perkins Eastman
Christine Weber, Senior Associate, Senior Interior Designer, Vice National Chair of Senior Living Sector, Kasian Architecture
Moderated by: Gilbert Schiller, Vice President, Real Estate at Revera Inc.
12:05 PM
SenbridGe Soundbite: Amba’s Approach: Empowering Communities with Smarter, Personalized Care Solutions
Stuart Hamilton, Founder and CEO, Amba Health and Care
12:20 PM - TD Networking Luncheon
1:30 PM
Building Better: Trends Shaping Senior Living Development
Mike Brcko, President, Seniors DevCo Inc.
Craig Haan, Director, Eagle Builders
Russell Hobbs, Co-CEO, PARC Retirement Living
Nic Paolella, Executive Vice President, Marcon
Moderated by: Kim Kowalik, former Revera GC and Lead, LTC Re-development Program
2:30 PM
SenbridGe Soundbite: Redefining Memory Care—The Silverado Way
Loren Shook, Co-Founder, President, CEO and Chairman, Silverado
3:15 PM - First National Financial LP Networking Break
3:45 PM
SenbridGe Soundbite: Do You Always Need to Get What You Want? The Future of Senior Living Through a Different Lens
Mike Lavallée, CEO, Seasons Retirement Communities in conversation with Karen Vadasz, Partner, Goodmans LLP
4:00 PM
Money Talks: The Build Edition
Sanjay Arora, Managing Director & Regional Vice President, BMO
Peter Block, Vice President, Real Estate Finance, CIBC
Brian Kimmel, AVP, Commercial Financing, First National Financial LP
Sarah Reyes, Director, National Accounts, TD
Moderated by: Mike Chiu, Director, Capital West Mortgage (Chiu) Inc.
4:55 PM
SenbridGe Soundbite: Update on B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Act and Independent Living
Terry Lake, CEO, BC Care Providers Association in conversation with Ryan McCracken, Partner, Farris LLP
5:10 PM
The Wrap
5:15 PM - Newmark Canada's Closing Cocktails
Thank you to our West 2025 Sponsors!
