9:00 AM

Welcome Remarks
Megan Prescott, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences

9:15 AM

Welcome and History
Jeffrey S. Flier, MD, Harvard University

9:25 AM

Keynote Address: Insulin Regulation of Gene Expression in Control of Metabolism
Domenico Accili, MD, Columbia University

10:35 AM

The Evolutionary Basis for Insulin Resistance
Gerald Shulman, MD, PhD, Yale University

11:05 AM

The Insulin Receptor and Its Ever-Expanding Signaling System
C. Ronald Kahn, MD, Harvard Medical School

11:35 AM

To Be Announced

1:55 PM

Brown Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Health 
Aaron Cypess, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health

2:25 PM

Adipose Tissue and Its Secretions in Control of Metabolism
Barbara Kahn, MD, Harvard Medical School

2:55 PM

Metabolites and Mitochondrial Metabolism In Diabetes and Insulin Resistance
Deborah Muoio, PhD, Duke University

3:55 PM

Role of Gut Microbes in Obesity and Metabolic Disease
Jose Clemente, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

4:25 PM

The Gut Microbiome and Steroid Hormone Action
Sloan Devlin, PhD, Harvard Medical School

4:55 PM

Insulin Resistance in the Brain and Alzheimer’s Disease
Zoe Arvanitakis, MD, Rush University

5:25 PM

Closing Remarks
Megan Prescott, PhD, New York Academy of Sciences