Where
Moncton Coliseum
377 Killam Dr, Moncton
Sysco Atlantic Healthcare & Senior Living Show
NOURISHING THE FUTURE | Innovating Today to Drive Resilience for Tomorrow
When
October 7, 2026
From 8:00 AM
to
2:30 PM Atlantic Time (Canada)
Registration
July 27 -
October 5, 2026
Ending at 5:00 PM Atlantic Time (Canada)
Entry Limit
Available Seats
Total: 149
Join us for a day of education, innovation, culinary inspiration, and a dynamic vendor food showcase designed to help you nourish the future of Healthcare & Senior Living.
Registration
Schedule
8:00 AM
9:01 AM
9:06 AM
Stay Steady, Keep Growing: Nourishing the Future Together
You modify menus, manage staff, support families, and implement new systems, often all in the same week. Adjusting on the fly is already what you do. But nourishing the future requires knowing what keeps you steady so you can stay connected, creative, and capable as you grow and change. Leave with a clear picture of why and how pressure limits your best thinking, how to introduce change without igniting resistance, and how your greatest natural skill for responding to change is already built in.
10:06 AM
10:21 AM
The Future of AI in Healthcare & Senior Living Foodservice
Between menu planning, clinical requirements, compliance and cost control, your team is being asked to do more with less time and fewer hands. AI is finally poised to change that equation — and it's moving faster than most people realize. Join us for an interactive session exploring what AI actually is, how it works, what to look out for and where it's heading for senior living and healthcare foodservice operations. AI has reached a point where it has the context for foodservice in your industry – ready to take on manual tasks, auto-suggest menu and recipe tweaks, optimize flavors and outcomes, surface opportunities to cut costs and identify compliance gaps before they escalate. And it's only getting more powerful from here! At the end, we'll bring it to life with a look at Synergy Tech Suite NXT powered by Mealsuite AI — Sysco Canada's next-generation AI-powered platform built for the industry.
11:21 AM
11:36 AM
The Future Is Served
Join us for an interactive session showcasing how Healthcare & Senior Living operators are nourishing the future through culinary innovation and operational excellence. Explore real-world examples of creative menu development, foodie-inspired dining experiences, equipment innovations, nutrition-forward programming, and practical operational strategies from a variety of care settings. Through discussion, shared success stories, and peer collaboration, you'll leave with fresh ideas and actionable takeaways to enhance the dining experience in your own community.
12:21 PM
12:31 PM
Vendor Food Showcase
Discover the future of healthcare and senior living dining. Explore innovative products, sample new menu solutions, and connect with more than 50 trusted vendor partners bringing the latest food trends and innovations designed to help you nourish your community.
Location and Venue
Moncton Coliseum
377 Killam Dr Moncton
Driving Directions
Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Brandi Heather
Brandi is an award-winning former college professor, best-selling author of Return to Play, and creator of the Playful Intelligence™ framework - a science-backed system for reactivating the part of us that burnout, stress, and survival mode shut down. Her work helps organizations reduce fatigue, improve retention, and reignite curiosity, and collaboration at work. With over 25 years in healthcare, education, and disability inclusion, Brandi brings a deep understanding of the complex, human-centered systems behind senior living and care. As a professor in Health and Physical Education, she specialized in adapted programming and inclusive system design - so she understands what it means to innovate under pressure, meet evolving needs, and create environments of dignity and belonging.