Low Carb Conferences
Low Carb Denver 2020
Please join us for Low Carb Denver 2020. This is now our fifth year and growth continues. We have added new speakers along with some of the regulars, bringing you fresh and interesting topics, poster presentations, Q&A sessions and Five Minutes of Fame. CME for healthcare professionals.
When?
Thursday, March 12th at 6:00pm through
Sunday, March 15th at 5:00 PM (MST)
Where?
Sheraton Denver Downtown,
1550 Court Place, Denver, Colorado 80202 USA
Online Live Stream: Purchase now and watch live in March. Recording available for 8 weeks following the event
Healthcare Professionals: Continuing Medical Education (CME) included with full event registration
Smart Name Badges: Opt-in using a mobile smart app to securely scan, share contact info, interact, submit questions for Q&A
About Low Carb Denver 2020
Low Carb Denver 2020 is the largest conference of its kind, providing a unique educational opportunity addressing the latest science and nutritional approaches including Low Carb, Keto, Carnivore, Intermittent Fasting and Low Carb Vegetarian. There is also a focus on diabetes, heart disease, obesity, chronic disease and the role of nutrition as it relates to management, treatment and prevention. This year a host of the world’s low carb leaders including doctors, researchers, and scientists will be speaking.
The conference is open to all including healthcare and non-healthcare professionals, researchers, scientists, citizen scientists, policy makers, health and fitness enthusiasts and the general public. Our content continues to address the latest nutrition science, research, evidence, clinical and practical approaches. Another great opportunity to learn, meet distinguished guests, network, socialize and participate.
For healthcare professionals, application for CME credit will be filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. If you are a non-physician healthcare professional, we understand that many organizations accept AAFP prescribed credit/AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™. Please check with your organization regarding educational credit. In previous years 18 to 20 hours of CME credit have been approved with an average of 30 scientific sessions.
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical
Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award.
The right foods can be powerful like medicine. Our mission: Educating and Empowering People to Take Charge of their Health.
Buy Tickets
January Discount: $450 +2.9% service fee (Regular $520). Includes live stream. Discount Code: LCD20SAVE30
Live Stream Only Purchase: $60 +2.9% service fee (Live and Recorded). Discount Code: LCD20LIVE20
Sheraton Group Discounted Rooms: $179/night +15.75% sales tax (no additional resort fees). Almost sold out!
Hyatt Group Discounted Rooms: $209/night +15.75% sales tax (no additional resort fees). Overflow plus extended nights!
Online Live Stream: Available to purchase beginning January, 2020 (live and recorded)
*Refundable: Event Tickets 7 days prior (service fee non-refundable), Hotel Cancellation 3 days prior
Schedule and Topics
- Authur Agatston, MD - Calcium Scoring and Risk Stratification in Low Carb Population
- Mike Eades, MD - Paleopathology and Origins of the Low-Carb Diet
- William Yancy MD, MHS - Carbohydrate Restriction for Diabetes Clinical Trials, Clinical Experience and Clinical Guidelines
- Stephen Phinney, MD, PhD - Highly Processed Food, Inflammation, and Chronic disease
- Nina Teicholz - The Science and Politics of Red Meat in 2020
- Robert Lustig, MD - Sugar, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cancer
- Ben Bikman, PhD - Flipping the Switch: From Insulin Resistance to Diabetes
- Sarah Hallberg, MD - What is new - Diet and Metabolic Disease
- David Ludwig, MD, PhD - The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: A 2020 Update
- Peter Brukner, MD - Guidelines and Position Statements - an International Perspective
- Georgia Ede, MD - Nutritional Psychiatry in the Real World: Case Studies, Challenges, and Clinical Pearls
- Andreas Eenfeldt, MD - How to Sustainably Lose Weight on Low Carb
- Bret Scher, MD - How Do We Evaluate Cardiac Risk with a LCHF Lifestyle
- Nadir Ali, MD - The Untold Story of APOE4
- Ivor Cummins, BE(Chem), CEng MIEI - Inside-Out or Outside-In? The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis
- Jay Wortman, MD - Review the Factors that Influence Patients' Diet Choices
- Mark Cucuzzella, MD, FAAFP - Patients Heal Yourself - CGMs Made Simple
- Chris Webster, PhD Candidate - The Role of Judgement in the Interpretation of Nutrition Research
- Sean McKelvey, BSc - Therapeutic Nutrition: It’s a Team Sport
- Chris Knobbe, MD - Diseases of Civilization: Are Vegetable Oil Excesses the Unifying Mechanism?
- Sarah Huen, MD - What is a Kidney Healthy Diet? Context Matters
- Brian Lenzkes, MD • Tro Kalayjian, DO - Low Carb Clinical Pearls for Primary Care
- Lucia Aronica, PhD - The Battle of the Sexes: Is Anyone Winning at Losing Weight on a Low-Carb or Low-Fat Diet?
- Jeffry Gerber, MD, FAAFP - The Metabolic Syndrome and other Nutritional Disorders
Speakers
Cory Jenks, PharmD, Emcee
Cory Jenks earned his doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of South Carolina in 2011. Since then, he has practiced as a retail pharmacist,
Bill Schindler, PhD
Bill Schindler, PhD is the author of Eat Like a Human: Nourishing Foods and Ancient Ways of Cooking to Revolutionize Your Health and is an
Bret Scher, MD
Bret Scher, MD is a board certified preventive cardiologist and lipidologist who truly understands the benefits of proper diet and lifestyle. He still sees patients,
Thomas DeLauer
Thomas DeLauer has built his name around helping the busiest people in all corners of the world find the time to make small, easy changes
Layne Norton, PhD
Layne Norton, PhD a self-proclaimed nerd who lifts heavy things, completed his BS in Biochemistry with honors from Eckerd College in 2004 and a PhD
Andreas Eenfeldt, MD
Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt is a Swedish medical doctor specialized in family medicine. He is the founder and CEO of Diet Doctor. During the last ten
Christopher Palmer, MD
Christopher Palmer, MD, is a Harvard psychiatrist and researcher working at the interface of metabolism and mental health. He is the director of the Department
Abby Bleistein, MD
Dr. Abby Bleistein is the founder and medical director of a multidisciplinary Obesity Medicine practice, Healthful Life MD, where she currently practices in Golden, Colorado.
Tro Kalayjian, DO
Dr. Tro Kalayjian is a board certified physician practicing internal and obesity medicine, with a focus on diabetes, hypertension and lipid management. His focus is
Amy Berger, MS, CNS
Amy Berger, MS, CNS is a U.S. Air Force veteran and Certified Nutrition Specialist who specializes in using low-carbohydrate and ketogenic nutrition to help people
Richard Johnson, MD
Richard Johnson, MD is a physician and scientist whose primary interest has been on the causes of obesity and diabetes. Much of his work has
Nina Teicholz
Nina Teicholz is an investigative science journalist and author. Her international bestseller, The Big Fat Surprise has upended the conventional wisdom on dietary fat—especially saturated
Khurram Nasir, MD
Dr. Khurram Nasir received his MD from Pakistan, followed by an MPH at John Hopkins University. Dr. Nasir completed his internal medicine residency at Boston
Nadir Ali, MD
Dr. Nadir Ali is an interventional cardiologist with nearly three decades of clinical experience. He started his career in academia at Baylor College of Medicine,
Dave Feldman
Dave Feldman began a Low Carb, High Fat diet in April 2015 and has since learned everything he could about it with special emphasis on
David Diamond, PhD
David Diamond, PhD received his degree in Biology in 1985 from the University of California, Irvine, with a specialization in neuroscience. He recently retired as
Mariela Glandt, MD
Dr. Mariela Glandt is an endocrinologist trained at Harvard and Columbia with more than 20 years experience in treating metabolic disease. She is the co-founder
Cynthia Thurlow, NP
Cynthia Thurlow is a nurse practitioner, CEO and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project, and international speaker, with over 10 million views for her second
Peter Brukner, MD
Dr Brukner has had two passions during his medical career. The first was sports medicine. Peter is a world renowned sports medicine clinician and researcher.
Shawn Baker, MD
Dr. Shawn Baker M.D. will be speaking on “Demystifying the Carnivore Diet“. He is the Co-Founder of Revero, an orthopedic surgeon, a world-leading authority on
Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, MD
Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, MD is currently working at Montfort ICU & The Ottawa Hospital with Critical Care and Palliative Care. Dr. Kyeremanteng‘s accomplishments for 2016 include
Jaime Seeman, MD
Jaime Seeman, MD is a board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist practicing in Omaha, Nebraska and also an author and speaker. Born and raised in Nebraska
Gabrielle Lyon, MD
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is the founder of the Institute for Muscle Centric-Medicine™, where she services the leaders, innovators, mavericks, and executives in their prospective fields.
Ken D Berry, MD
Ken D. Berry, MD is a family medicine doctor in Camden, Tennessee, and is affiliated with Henry County Medical Center. He received his medical degree
Megan Ramos
Megan Ramos is a clinical educator. She joined Dr. Jason Fung and his colleagues as a research student with a keen interest in preventative medicine when
Nadia Pateguana, ND
Dr. Nadia Brito Pateguana is a naturopathic doctor with a focus on helping people with metabolic syndrome, including women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), overcome
Marty Kendall
Marty Kendall is an engineer who seeks to optimize nutrition using a data-driven approach. His interest in nutrition began eighteen years ago in an effort
Mark Cucuzzella, MD, FAAFP
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel (ret), practices Family Medicine in Ranson and Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is a Professor at West Virginia
Amy M. Goss, PhD, RD
Dr. Goss is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition Sciences at UAB, a Register Dietitian, and an early career investigator with expertise in conducting randomized clinical
Leslyn Keith, OTD
Leslyn Keith, OTD is a certified lymphedema therapist and has a Clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy with an emphasis on lymphedema and obesity. Dr. Keith
Siobhan Huggins
Siobhan Huggins is the Research Specialist at The Lipedema Project, and has been an independent researcher focusing on metabolic health and disease for over four
Poster Presentations
We are Now Accepting Poster Presentation Abstracts. Thanks for your interest in presenting a poster. We are looking for topics related to health, diet and lifestyle. We would prefer presentations that are evidence based and comply with CME requirements. If accepted, your presentation may be included in the application for healthcare professional CME credits based on the content. Typical poster size is 36H”x48W”. Complimentary registration for accepted presentations. We will be in contact after receiving your abstract.
Poster Presenters and Topics
- Dr. Stephen Hussey - Can a Ketogenic Diet and Lifestyle Directly Prevent Heart Attacks?
- Martha Tettenborn, RD - Using a Ketogenic Diet and Therapeutic Fasting to Impact on Chemotherapy Side Effects - A Case Study
- Michael Wood - What Non-Scientist Laypeople Can Do To Promote Low Carb Science
- Daniel Schulof - Carbohydrate Consumption and Chronic Disease Links in Dogs and Cats
- Madison Hayes - Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices of Registered Dietitians in Indiana Regarding Nutritional Ketosis as a Dietary Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes
- Mark Cucuzzella - A Clinician’s Guide To Inpatient Low Carbohydrate Diets For Remission Of Type 2 Diabetes: Toward A Standard Of Care Protocol
- Dr. Mike Van Thielen - Health 4 Life: How to Regain Control of Your Health and Perform at Maximum Potential
- Zainab Saad Alghamdi - Childhood obesity best practice guidelines, focus on Very Low Carbohydrate Diet
- Dr. Heather Fritz - Is it lifestyle or disordered eating?
- Ben Azadi - Toxins, Obesity & Diabetes: What's The Link?
- Eve Mayer - The Lifestyle and Emotional Healing From Intermittent Fasting
More about the event
The doors open at the Sheraton on Thursday evening March 12, 2020 with registration from 5-6pm and welcome reception from 6-9pm located in the Plaza Exhibitor/Pre-Function area adjacent to the Plaza Ballroom lecture hall. The presentations are on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Vendors/Exhibitors and Poster Presentations will be available from Thursday evening through Sunday. The registration/information desk will be staffed throughout the conference.
We are holding our event at the Sheraton Denver Downtown which houses one of the larger conference spaces in the city. As our event continues to grow finding dates and space large enough to accommodate the group becomes challenging. Last year’s event was held at the Gaylord Rockies adjacent to the airport. It was a wonderful resort, but many attendees requested a downtown venue. The Sheraton is undergoing a huge interior renovation and update which should be ready in time for our event. The hotel along with the downtown location will accommodate our group nicely. Coffee, tea and water will be provided during the conference plus vendor food samples along with the many food options around the downtown area. Locals and out-of-town guests will definitely enjoy the experience.
The Whole Foods at Union Station plus many dining options can be found nearby in the updated Union Station and Waterfront sections of town. There are many other downtown dining choices within walking distance from the hotel or via the the 16th Street Free Mall Ride shuttle.
About Downtown and the Hotel
Situated in the heart of the city, our main venue, the Sheraton Denver Downtown gives travelers easy access to the best of Denver. Ideally located on the popular 16th Street Mall, a mile-long pedestrian promenade brimming with shopping, dining, nightlife and entertainment, our hotel places the city at your fingertips. Group rate discounted rooms are available.
Nearby attractions beckon; catch a game at Coors Field, experience an exhibit at The Denver Art Museum or enjoy a family trip to the Denver Zoo. Arrive with ease – the light rail is close by – then settle into our upscale guest rooms and suites, each with our signature Sheraton Sleep Experience Bed, high-speed Wi-Fi and sweeping views of the city and mountains. Enjoy an abundance of hotel amenities including a heated outdoor rooftop pool, 5,000 square foot Sheraton Fitness Center, on-site business center and multiple dining options, including Hacienda Colorado and Yard House.
The Hyatt Regency Denver is three blocks from the Sheraton and offers another great option for lodging. Group rate discounted rooms with extended nights are available.
Accommodation options at Sheraton Downtown Denver and Hyatt Regency
The Sheraton offers Single/Double occupancy including king or double queen. Book Early as Supply is Limited! Group discounted rates $179/night +15.75% sales tax (no additional resort fees). Triple/Quad occupancy, $20.00 additional charge per person/night. Free Wi-Fi in hotel room, common spaces including the event center for internet access during the conference! Good cellular service throughout the facilities. Daily parking rates $30/day for self-parking. No deposit required, valid credit card only at time of booking. May cancel without penalty 3 days prior to stay. Click on the reservation link to manage your reservation. If you need to contact the hotel refer to the group name “Low Carb Denver”.
The Hyatt Regency hotel has overflow rooms with extended nights. Group discounted rates $209/night +15.75% sales tax (no additional resort fees). Located three blocks from the main venue. Address: 650 15th Street, Denver
Travel Between the Airport and Sheraton Downtown Denver
30 minute ride via Uber or Lyft, cost ~$30. Another option is the RTD’s A Line, 35 minute ride, cost $10.50 between the DIA airport and Denver Union Station. From Union station grab the 16th Street Free Mall Ride shuttle that stops right in front of the Sheraton at Tremont and 16th Street ~10 minutes.
Exhibitors and Sponsors
Please Submit a Request to be an Exhibitor or Sponsor.
We are expecting a large crowd and have a spacious conference ballroom with a huge adjacent exhibitor area to accommodate those attending. This will provide ample opportunity to showcase your products and services.
Thursday night reception will also be held in the exhibitor area, providing another great opportunity to meet with those attending. We will be using smart badge scanning technology with a custom app including an Event Portal and Lead Capture, allowing exhibitors to easily generate a list of leads interested in products and services.
We will provide more detail after receiving your application.
Event Organizers
Jeffry Gerber, MD (Denver’s Diet Doctor) and Rod Tayler, MD (Low Carb Down Under) are co-organizers. From its humble origins, Low Carb Conferences began as an educational winter event held up in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Due to continued growth and demand, these conferences have now moved down to the Denver Metro area. Our annual educational event continues to address the latest in low carb nutrition.
Join us in the mountains after the conference
For those of you interested in traveling to the mountains for snow sports, the after-party and continuing discussions, we are heading up to Vail on Monday March 16 and staying there till Saturday. The drive is ~2 ½ hours. Car rentals and mountain shuttles are available. A group shuttle might be in order. Let us know if you want to join us.
Multiple Day Lift Ticket Discounts (Purchase Early as prices increase and sale ends early season)
Perfect for people who plan to ski or ride for five days or more
Perfect for people who plan to ski or ride for one to four days