KEYNOTES

2025 Keynotes Announced!

Sunday, April 27
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

K01 – Welcome + Opening Keynote — Happy City

We kick off the 2025 EFA Conference + Expo with Charles Montgomery, an award-winning author, urbanist, and leader of a consultancy building more happiness into cities. He is the author of the book Happy City, about which The New York Times wrote: “Happy City is not only readable but stimulating. It raises issues most of us have avoided for too long. Do we live in neighborhoods that make us happy? That is not a silly question. Montgomery encourages us to ask it without embarrassment, and to think intelligently about the answer.” More details coming soon!

Headshot Courtesy of Charles Montgomery

Headshot Courtesy of
Environments for Aging Magazine

Sunday, April 27
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.

K02 – Environments For Aging Magazine Awards Luncheon

EFA magazine will celebrate the winners of its Design Showcase, Design Champions, and Remodel/Renovation Competition programs. Editor-in-Chief Anne DiNardo will emcee the luncheon open to all attendees.

Monday, April 28
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

K03 – Keynote Panel: State of Senior Living Design

Industry insiders will take to the keynote stage in this candid panel discussion on the state of senior living design. These experts will dive into how the current political and economic climate is impacting construction as well as the senior living industry in general, ways the professional design landscape is shifting, what’s driving capital investment strategies, and how evolving consumer demands will shape the inevitable surge of new projects to come.