5th Annual
Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium
May 12, 2026 | 8:30AM-6:30PM | The Assembly | 2 Park Avenue, NYC
Investment: $1,500
Includes full-day Symposium access, networking lunch, curated programming, and the evening reception at The Greenwich.
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Opening Reception: Monday, May 11, 6-8PM
Registered Symposium attendees are invited to attend an exclusive reception at The Greenwich by Rafael Viñoly at 125 Greenwich Street, NYC.
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Connect with the leaders shaping the fastest-growing sector of the $6.8 trillion wellness economy.
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Who Will Be in the Room?
This is a curated, high-level audience spanning the full ecosystem of wellness real estate.
Not operating in silos, but engaging across disciplines. This is where conversations turn into partnerships with developers and owners, architects and designers, physicians and health experts, investors and private equity leaders, consultants and strategists, hospitality and brand executives, technology and innovation leaders.
Meet a growing lineup of influential voices shaping the future of wellness real estate.
From global developers to medical pioneers to investment leaders, speakers are actively building, funding, and scaling the next generation of projects and communities. View our growing list of 2026 speaker bios here.
Joseph G. Allen, DSC, MPH, CIH
Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program
John Beard
International Longevity Center USA, Columbia University
Marco Beltrame
Bizzi & Partners Development LLC
Bernhard Bohnenberger
Discover Collection
Martin Boudreau
44Productions
Lynette Harrison Brubaker
LHB Group
Anjan Chatterjee, MD
Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics
Robin Dolch
Hundred Stories
Susie Ellis
Global Wellness Summit & Global Wellness Institute
Katrine Formby
Sable Investments
Michelle Gagnon
Bio Alchemy Olfactive
Neil Jacobs
Wild Origins
Gemma Jennings
BBC Studios
Katherine Johnston
Global Wellness Institute
Jane Kitchen
Global Wellness Summit
Syd Kitson
Kitson & Partners
Susan Magsamen
International Arts + Mind Lab, Johns Hopkins University
Amy McDonald
Under a Tree Wellness Consulting
Heidi Moon
Global Wellness Summit & Global Wellness Institute
Freddie Moross
Myndstream
Sam Nazarian
sbe Entertainment
Steve Nygren
Serenbe
Ari Peralta
COCUN Wellness Research Institute
Mark Rivers
Canyon Ranch
Cassie Rosenthal
Rosenthal Capital Group
Ivy Ross
Co-author,Your Brain on Art
Paul Scialla
Delos Living, International WELL Building Institute
Veronica Schreibeis Smith
Vera Iconica Architecture & Developments
Teri Slavik-Tsuyuki
tst ink llc
Dennis Steigerwalt
Housing Innovation Alliance
Deron Triff
Project VELUM
Ophelia Yeung
Global Wellness Institute
Why Attend
Real estate is no longer defined by location or design alone. It’s defined by how a space makes you feel, how it supports your health, and how it shapes the way you live. This is what now drives ROI.
As the global wellness economy expands, one sector is accelerating faster than any other: wellness real estate. Homes, offices, and communities are being reimagined as active contributors to mental health, longevity, resilience, and disease prevention.
For decades, wellness lived in spas, fitness studios, and medical systems. Now, it’s built into infrastructure. It’s influencing how communities are designed and how capital is deployed.
When architecture, medicine, science, and investment come together, the outcome changes. We move beyond aesthetics. We design for human outcomes.
This is where that shift becomes real.
The Latest
Stay up to date with the latest announcements, speaker additions, and media coverage.
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Authoritative Resources
The Global Wellness Institute defined the wellness real estate sector—and continues to lead its evolution. Explore the latest research, data, and case studies, including Build Well to Live Well: The Future, offering real-world insights into how wellness is being integrated into the built environment globally.
Build Well to Live Well: Case Studies, Volume 1
Companion to Build Well to Live Well: The Future
Build Well to Live Well: Case Studies, Volume 1 presents thirteen in-depth case studies that illustrate a wide range of wellness real estate projects across the United States and the United Kingdom. These projects represent the breadth and depth of the fast-growing wellness real estate market, showing how wellness-focused projects can be implemented on any scale (from a single home to an entire neighborhood), can meet the needs of diverse occupants, and can be delivered at any price point.
Build Well to Live Well: The Future
Research Report
An in-depth exploration of the wellness real estate market and a valuable reference guide for the real estate and building industry. It aims to support the industry and its stakeholders to prepare for a future where wellness real estate can be implemented on any scale (from a single home to an entire neighborhood), can meet the needs of diverse residents/occupants, and can be delivered at many price points. This report is a full update of GWI’s pioneering 2018 wellness real estate report.
A Defining Moment for the Industry
On May 12 in New York City, the Global Wellness Summit and Global Wellness Institute convene leaders across disciplines for a focused, full-day exchange on what’s next.
This is not theoretical. It’s real projects. Real communities. Real capital. Wellness, built at scale.
Thank you to our Early Symposium Sponsors
