Keynote Speaker, David Kirby, Author, Evidence of Harm David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 17 years, and has written for The New York Times for more than a decade. David Kirby's first book "Evidence of Harm, Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic debuted at number 27 on The New York Times bestseller list. The book has sparked a national debate and Kirby has appeared on such varied media venues as Meet the Press, The Today Show, Imus in the Morning, Montel Williams and Air America.

Dr. Russell Blaylock-- Dr. Blaylock is a board certified neurosurgeon, author and lecturer. He attended the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. During his residency he ran the neurology program for one year and did a fellowship in neurosurgery after his residency. For the past 25 years he has practiced neurosurgery in addition to having a nutritional practice. He recently retired from both practices to devote full time to nutritional studies and research.

Dr. Philip DeMio -- Dr. DeMio is the father of a child with autism, and has been an M.D. for over twenty years. He graduated from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with honors in metabolism, women and children’s health, and neurosciences. Prior to medical school he taught and worked in the organic chemistry laboratory at Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska. He is a DAN! physician, an author of medical topics including alternative and conventional medicine, and is accredited for speaking nationally on medical topics including brain toxicology, nutrition, and use of supplements in health and disease for children and adults.

Kelly Dorfman, M.S., L.N. -- Kelly Dorfman is a health program planner and nutritionist with twenty five years of clinical experience. Her specialty is developing nutrition and lifestyle strategies to address complex health problems from autism to bone loss to rare genetic disorders. Physicians and other medical professionals refer cases to her for insight when traditional methods do not attain optimal results.

Mark Blaxill -- Mark Blaxill has a daughter diagnosed with autism, Editor-at-Large for Age of Autism and Dir. of SafeMinds. He holds an MBA from Harvard Bus. School with distinction and a bachelor’s degree in int'l affairs from Princeton Univ, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He authored several publications on autism and has spoken at many conferences including Neurotoxicology, Defeat Autism Now!, Autism One, National Autism Association, NIEHS, and the Institute of Medicine Immunization Safety Review.

Kim Stagliano - Kim Stagliano is the mother of three girls with autism named Mia, Gianna and Bella. She is Managing Editor for Age of Autism, a Huffington Post blogger and author. A former sales and marketing executive, Kim is a graduate of Boston College and is married to Mark Stagliano. They live in CT. You can read her blog at www.kimstagliano.blogspot.com. Kim and her husband Mark and her three girls also appeared on Good Morning America in March, 2008.

Len Brancewicz and Joe DiMatteo are registered pharmacists, board-certified clinical nutritionists, and homeopaths. Len Brancewicz, NMD, CCN, DHPh, RPh and Joseph DiMatteo, NMD, CCN, DHPh, RPh are the hosts of the popular "Ask The Pharmacist" show on XM Satellite radio! You can listen to and take part in the Ask the Pharmacist call-in radio program for you, the active listener. The America's Nutrition Hour radio show is broadcasted on XM Satellite Radio Channel 170 Nationwide!