Gut Microbiome Conference 2015

The GiHF is pleased to announce the 2015 Gut Microbiome Conference being held September 26-27 in Huntington Beach, CA. The 1.5 day conference was conceived to immerse both clinicians and researchers in a comprehensive educational experience designed to explore the myriad metabolic activities of human microbiota and how altered microbial balance, dysregulated function, and/or misappropriated signaling may contribute to chronic disorders sch as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), obesity, celiac disease, and potentially, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Additional information for the conference can be found online

Objectives:

Upon completion of this conference, participants should be better able to:

- Understand the pathophysiologic influence of microbial metabolism as it relates to the etiology and progression of infectious and chronic gastrointestinal diseases.
- Describe current research advances in our understanding of how dysbiosis of microbial species and induction of inflammation by functionally altered commensal bacteria interact with defective host immunoregulation.
- Examine the role of the gut microbiome in energy harvest and fat storage and explore differences in the microbiota of obese and lean individuals, which may adversely influence metabolic parameters.
- Discuss the evidence base for prevention of functional gastrointestinal disorders through the use of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics.
- Relate the early, postnatal composition of gut microbiota to principal metabolic functions in the adult
- Debate the advantages and disadvantages of modulating the gut flora through dietary modification, exogenous supplementation or replacement of beneficial commensal bacteria, and effects of non-absorbable antibiotics on symptomatic improvement in a variety of GI disorders.