8:00 - 9:00 am

Texas Sunrise Networking Breakfast

Sponsored by Care Innovations.

9:00 - 10:30 am

General Session: The Art of Leadership and the Business of Social Change
This session will be unlike anything you've ever seen at an ALFA conference.  Our speaker, Bill Strickland received the MacArthur Genius Award, Goi World Peace Prize, and three Presidential appointments for his work building communities.  He will tell the story about his job training center, which has become the subject of more case studies at the Harvard Business School than any other organization in the world.

Sponsored by Ventas.

10:45 am - Noon

Concurrent Sessions
• Unraveling Alzheimer's Disease
• Improving Reputation Management of Senior Living Through Social Media
• When Assisted Living & Public Policy Collide: The Future of Aging in Place
• Stop Selling and Start Caring
• Using Your Capital to Improve Operating Results
• Analyzing the Labor Market in a Tough Economy

12:00 - 3:30 pm

Lunch & Learn @ The Expo
The Expo at COMMUNITY 2012 will showcase hundreds of suppliers and industry partners  that delivers the most comprehensive collection of cutting-edge products and services available to the senior living industry. Find solutions to some of your organizational questions, both big and small, at the expo.

Sponsored by WIllis.

3:30 - 4:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions
• The Aging Brain: Crossroads of Attention and Memory
• Peer to Peer: The Rise of the Food Network and its Effect on Residents' Dining Expectations
• Integrating Assisted Living and Local Health Care Systems
• Synergies Between Assisted Living & Rehabilitation Providers     
• Recruiting the Next Generation of Leaders in Senior Living
• Recruiting for Sales Talent and Compensating for Performance Results 

4:45 - 6:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions
• In Their Own Words: The Decision Criteria of Senior Living Customers in the New Economy.  Sponsored by Care.com.
• Clinical and Business Solutions for Managing Rising Resident Acuity
• The Secret to Success (Really): Performance Management
• Globalization of Senior Living: Discussing the Future of Senior Housing in India
• Implementing Complementary Sales & Marketing Processes that Increase Census

6:30 - 9:00 pm

Senior Living CEO Dinner (invitation-only)

8:00 - 11:00 pm

Opening Night Celebration
Join the more than 2,000 other attendees for a night of food, drinks, and networking in a brand new event at the ALFA conference.  Lone Star Attitude will take us on a tour of the legends of Texas music in a high tech, high energy, visual spectacular.

Sponsored by Yardi.

8:00 - 9:00 am

Texas Sunrise Networking Breakfast

Sponsored by Care Innovations.

9:00 - 10:30 am

General Session: Creative Strategies for Turning Challenge Into Opportunity, and Change Into Competetive Advantage
True innovation is a realignment of the way leaders think about business structure and organizational design.  Our speaker, Peter Sheahan, reveals that in order to find new opportunity and increase competitive advantage, organizations must look at their business and industry in a new way.

Sponsored by LTC Properties.

10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Steam & Ice @ The Expo
The Expo at COMMUNITY 2012 will showcase hundreds of suppliers and industry partners  that delivers the most comprehensive collection of cutting-edge products and services available to the senior living industry. Find solutions to some of your organizational questions, both big and small, at the expo.

Sponsored by RealPage Senior Living.

1:00 - 3:00 pm

Angels Among Us: A Celebration of Heroes in Senior Living
The story of senior living is written each day in thousands of communities across the country. Join COMMUNITY 2012 in honor of the hundreds of thousands of people who have chosen the senior living profession and every day, make a difference in the lives of seniors and their families.  ALFA Heroes are representative of them and role models who embrace choice, dignity, independence and quality of life.  Angels are among us – celebrate a few of them here.

Sponsored by Benchmark Senior Living.

3:15 - 4:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions
• Funding for the Future: Debt, Equity and Lease Options for Senior Housing Operators
• Translating Research to Practice: Implementing Comprehensive Fall Risk Management Across the Care Continuum
• Developing Strategies to Overcome Business Challenges: A Case Study
• Transitioning to Electronic Medication Administration Records
• Preparing Senior Living Providers for a New Operating Environment

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions
• Ignite Brilliance in Your Leadership
• LEED and the Future of Green Building in the Seniors Housing Industry
• Strategies for Managing Risk in Senior Living
• Developing Strategies to Overcome Business Challenges: A Case Study Part II

6:00 - 7:30 pm

ALFAPAC Reception
An exclusive event to for contributors to the ALFAPAC, whose donations help the senior living business share the story of resident-center senior living on Capitol Hill and elect policymakers who advance choice, dignity, independence and quality of life for seniors and their families.

Sponsored by Coro Health.

7:30 - 8:30 am

Texas Sunrise Networking Breakfast

Sponsored by Care Innovations.

8:30 - 10:00 am

Concurrent Sessions
• Housing Market Fundamentals & Trends in Senior Housing
• The Role of Senior Living Operators in Resident End of Life Choices
• Managing Employee Risk and Controlling Workers' Compensation Costs

10:15 - 11:30 am

General Session: CEOs on Senior Living: The C-Suite Perspective
Pat Mulloy, Chairman & CEO of Elmcroft Senior Living will moderate a powerful panel of innovative and entrepreneurial CEOs who will reflect on the state of the industry and provide insight about the future of senior living.

Sponsored by Omnicare.