Day 1 – August 16, 2018
7:30 – Registration opens
8:00 -8:45 – Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9:25 – Opening Remarks
Session #1 – Basic Mechanisms of Ketones (9:25 am – 12:20pm)
| Confirmed Speakers | Affiliation |
| Dr. Eric Verdin
β-Hydroxybutyrate: A Signaling Metabolite |
Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
| Dr. John Ramsey
Ketogenic Diet and Aging |
University of California – Davis |
| Dr. Jeff Volek
Translating Basic Science of Nutritional Ketosis |
The Ohio State University |
| Dr. Stephen Phinney
Translating Basic Science – Keto-Adaptation |
University of California-Davis (Emeritus) |
| Dr. Dominic D’Agostino
KetoNutrition: From Science to Application |
University of South Florida |
Lunch – Keynote Speaker Dr. Tim Noakes
The Story Behind the Lore of Nutrition
Session #2 – Clinical Applications for Diabetes and Dyslipidemia (1:35 – 5:00 pm)
| Confirmed Speakers | Affiliation |
| Dr. Andrew Mente
The PURE Study |
McMaster University |
| Dr. Jake Kushner
Medical nutrition therapy for people with type 1 diabetes: fact versus fiction |
Baylor College of Medicine |
| Dr. Sarah Hallberg
Type-2 Diabetes Reversal |
Indiana University Arnett |
| Dr. Ron Krauss
Human Lipoprotein Responses and Cardiovascular Risk |
Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute |
Dr. Jay Wortman
Panel Moderator
5:00 – 6:30 – Reception and Poster Session
6:30 pm – Dinner and Keynote Speaker Nina Teicholz