2024 HEALCon Speakers

Check out this world-class lineup

2024 Keynote Speakers

Sarah Ballantyne, PhD

Nutrivore: A Nutrient-Focused Path to Diet Expansion

Date: Thursday, April 25

Time:  4:00 – 5:30 pm

Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO

Optimizing Metabolic Wellness: A Holistic Exploration of Nutrition’s Impact on Physiological
Resilience

Date: Sunday, April 28

Time:  10:00 – 11:30 am

Breakout Session Line Up

Meet Our Speakers

Brendan Vermeire, FMHP

Brain on Fire: Getting to the Root of the Mental Health Crisis

Date: Friday, April 26

Time:  9:30 – 11:00 am

Poster Session

Presenters share their research

Date: Friday, April 26

Time:  9:30 – 11:00 am

Legal & Legislative Issues That Impact Holistic Nutrition Professionals Q&A

Friday April, 26th, 2024

12:30-1:15pm

with Laura Waldo, NTP, BCHN®

Mira Dessy, NE

Content Creation: how to stop banging your head against the desk because you can’t think of what to say

Date: Friday, April 26

Time:  1:45 – 3:15 pm

Melissa Crispell, ND, CNS, CNHP

Dietary Supplement Ingredients: The Industry’s Dirty Secrets

Date: Friday, April 26

Time:  1:45 – 3:15 pm

Virender Sodhi, MD (Ayruveda), ND

Nutrition, Ayurveda, and the Epigenetic connection

Date: Friday, April 26

Time:  3:45-5:15 pm

Navaz Habib, DC, FMP

Vagus Nerve Optimization – Inflammatory Control to Improved Cognition

Date: Friday, April 26

Time:  3:45-5:15 pm

 Jocelyn Strand, ND

Metabolic Syndrome & the Microbiome: Core Therapeutics for a Common Condition

Date: Saturday, April 27

Time:  9:00 – 10:30 am

Michael Jurgelewicz, DC, DACBN, DCBCN, CNS

Navigating the Complexities of Autoimmunity: A Functional Medicine Approach to Autoimmune Disorders with Case Studies

Date: Saturday, April 27

Time:  9:00 – 10:30 am

Russell Jaffe, MD, PhD, CCN

Functional Immunology and a Healthy Gut Microbiome – A 21st Century perspective

Date: Saturday, April 27

Time:  11:00–12:30 pm

Margaret Floyd Barry, FNTP, MRWP, CGP

From Consultation to Commitment: Transform your nutrition practice into a thriving business

Date: Saturday, April 27

Time:  11:00 – 12:30 pm

Dr. Tom O’Bryan, DC, CCN, DABCN, CIFM 

WHAT ARE WE MISSING?
The Enigma of Holistic Diet Recommendations

Date: Saturday, April 27

Time:  2:00 – 3:30 pm

Rachael DuBose, MS Ed, LPCCS, CCTP

Transformative Healing: Trauma-Informed Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit

Date: Saturday, April 27

Time:  2:00 – 3:30 pm