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This list includes national and international meetings, conferences, educational courses, and seminars of interest to forensic scientists.  If you would like to submit a posting, please contact Sonya Bynoe.
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Updated January 30, 2012

 

FEBRUARY 2012

3-5
3rd International Conference on Current Trends in Forensic Sciences, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Organized by Indian Association of Medico-Legal Experts (Regd).  To be held at the Ramada Hotel Jaipur in Jaipur, Rajasthan, INDIA.
CONTACT:
www.iamleconf.in

18
The Writings of Ancient Egypt

To be held at the University of London, Hughes-Parry Hall (Garden Halls) in London, U.K.
CONTACT:
Richard
study.egypt@virginmedia.com
 

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MARCH 2012

5-9
Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Workshop

Presented by the Specialized Training Unit at the Miami-Dade Public Safety Training Institute in Doral, FL.
CONTACT:
Toby L. Wolson, MS
Miami-Dade Police Department
Forensic Services Bureau
9105 Northwest 25th Street
Doral, FL
(305) 471-3041
Fax: (305) 471-2052
twolson@mdpd.com

5-9
Detection, Recovery and Examination of Footwear Impression Evidence

To be held at the Ramada Inn in Jacksonville, FL.
CONTACT:
wbodziak@earthlink.net
(386) 986-6494

12-14
The 1st Saudi International Conference of Forensic Medical Sciences

To be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
CONTACT:
www.scfms.org

12-16
Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course

To be held at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO.
CONTACT: 
Julie Howe
(314) 977-5970
howej@slu.edu
medschool.slu.edu/mldi

14-16
Getting Prepared: Mass Fatality Response Training
To be held at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.
CONTACT:
Tracey Dawson Cruz
tcdawson@vcu.edu
www.sna-intl.com/NewsEventsTraining/Training.aspx

19-23
Basic Facial Reconstruction Sculpture Workshop

To be held at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
CONTACT:
Betty Pat. Gatliff
SKULLpture Lab
1026 Leslie Lane
Norman, OK 73069-4501
(405) 321-8706
www.sculpture.outreach.ou.edu

26-30
Advance Facial Reconstruction Sculpture Workshop

To be held at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
CONTACT:
Betty Pat. Gatliff
SKULLpture Lab
1026 Leslie Lane
Norman, OK 73069-4501
(405) 321-8706
www.sculpture.outreach.ou.edu

26-30
Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Course
To be held at the Ocean County Sheriff’s Department in Berkeley Township, NJ.
CONTACT:
Paul Kish
Paul@paulkish.com
(607) 962-8092    

31
Fighting Pharaohs - Warfare in Ancient Egypt

To be held at the University of London in London, U.K.
CONTACT:
Richard
study.egypt@virginmedia.com

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APRIL 2012

3-5
International Marine Forensics Symposium

To be held at the Gaylord National Hotel in Washington, DC.
CONTACT:
www.sname.org

16-20
The Borkenstein Drug Course
To be held at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.
CONTACT:
Suz Frederickson
(812) 855-1783
info@borkensteincourse.org
www.borkensteincourse.org

20-22
6th Annual Wildland Fire Litigation Conference
To be held at the Woodlake Hotel in Sacramento, CA (formerly the Radisson). 
CONTACT:
www.wildlandfirelitigation.com



23- 27
Outdoor Recovery Courses

To be held at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) in San Marcos, TX.
CONTACT:
www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts
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MAY 2012

3-5
American Academy of Psychoanalysis & Dynamic Psychiatry 56th Annual Meeting

To be held in Philadelphia, PA.
CONTACT:
The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
One Regency Drive
PO Box 30
Bloomfield, CT 06002
1-888-691-8281
Fax: 860-286-0787
info@aapdp.org
www.aapdp.org

8-11
5th Annual Forensic Investigations Conference

To be held at the Downtown Marriott Hotel in Kansas City, MO.
CONTACT:
www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org/forensic
cbrogan@saint-lukes.org


8-11
Canadian Society of Forensic Science 58th Conference

To be held at The IRMACS Centre at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC, Canada.
CONTACT:
CSFS2012@csfs.ca
http://csfs2012.irmacs.sfu.ca/

13-18
The Borkenstein Alcohol Course
To be held at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.
CONTACT:
Suz Frederickson
(812) 855-1783
info@borkensteincourse.org
www.borkensteincourse.org

14-15
1st Congress of the International Society of Forensic Radiology and Imaging

To be held in Zurich, Switzerland.
CONTACT:
contact@isfri.org
www.isfri.org



14-18
Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Course
To be held at the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation in London, OH.
CONTACT:
Paul Kish
Paul@paulkish.com
(607) 962-8092

16-17
Advances in Forensic Medicine & Pathology

Presented by the Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan.  To be held at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, MI.
CONTACT:
Angela Suliman
(734) 615-6371
asuliman@med.umich.edu
www.pathology.med.umich.edu/Forensics/index.php

21-25
Detection and Recovery of Human Remains
To be held at Chaminade University of Honolulu in Honolulu, HI.
CONTACT:
Dr. M. Lee Goff
lgoff@chaminade.edu
www.chaminade.edu/summerinstitutes

21-25
Society for Wildlife Forensic Science 1st Triennial Meeting

To be held at Jackson Lake Lodge, Jackson Hole, WY.
CONTACT:
www.wildlifeforensicscience.org

29-June 1
Field Methods in Forensic Anthropology

To be held at the Forensic Anthropology Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
CONTACT:
Rebecca Taylor
fac@utk.edu
http://fac.utk.edu


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JUNE 2012

4-8
Outdoor Recovery Course
To be held at the Forensic Anthropology Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
CONTACT:
Rebecca Taylor
fac@utk.edu
http://fac.utk.edu

4-8
Visualization of Latent Bloodstains Course

To be held at Elmira College in Elmira, NY.
CONTACT:
Paul@paulkish.com
(607) 962-8092

13-16
18th Nordic Conference on Forensic Medicine: New Techniques and Progress in Forensic Medicine

To be held in Aarhus, Denmark.
CONTACT:
http://retsmedicin.au.dk

18-22
Estimating the Post Mortem Interval

To be held at the School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.
CONTACT:
Peter Cross
pacross1@uclan.ac.uk

18- 22
Outdoor Recovery Courses

To be held at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) in San Marcos, TX.
CONTACT:
www.txstate.edu/anthropology/facts

25-29
Introduction to Forensic Photography

To be held at the School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.
CONTACT:
Peter Cross
pacross1@uclan.ac.uk
 

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JULY 2012

2-6
The Investigation of Mass Graves

To be held at the School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.
CONTACT:
Peter Cross
pacross1@uclan.ac.uk

5-8
22nd Congress of the International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM)

To be held in Istanbul, Turkey.
CONTACT:
www.ialm2012.org

9-13
Human Identification in Forensic Anthropology

To be held at the Forensic Anthropology Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
CONTACT:
Rebecca Taylor
fac@utk.edu
http://fac.utk.edu 

9-13
64th Annual Inter/Micro Microscopy Conference: Presentations and Workshops

Hosted by the McCrone Research Institute in Chicago, IL.
CONTACT:
Therese Newman
(312) 842-7100
intermicro@mcri.org
www.mcri.org/home/section/101/inter-micro

16-10
Forensic Taphonomy

To be held at the Forensic Anthropology Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
CONTACT:
Rebecca Taylor
fac@utk.edu
http://fac.utk.edu

17-19
Annual Meeting of the North American Forensic Entomology Association (NAFEA)

To be held at the Flamingo Hotel, Casino and Conference Center, Las Vegas, NV.
CONTACT:
Dr. Richard W. Merritt
(517) 355-8309
merrittr@msu.edu

23- 27
Advanced Laboratory Methods in Forensic Anthropology

To be held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN.
CONTACT:
Rebecca Taylor
fac@utk.edu
http://fac.utk.edu
 

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AUGUST 2012

1-3
Green Mountain DNA Conference

To be held in Burlington, VT.
http://vfl.vermont.gov/conference

6-10
Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course

To be held at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO.
CONTACT:
Julie Howe
(314) 977-5970
howej@slu.edu
medschool.slu.edu/mldi

7-10
The 19th World Congress on Medical Law (WCML)

To be held at the Cultural and Convention Center of Maceió in Maceió, Brazil.
CONTACT:
www.2012wcml.com

20-24
6th European Academy of Forensic Science Conference

To be held in The Hague, The Netherlands
CONTACT:
http://www.eafs2012.eu/

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SEPTEMBER 2012

19-21
15th Symposium of Questioned Document Examination

To be held in Wroclaw, Poland.
CONTACT:
Rafal Ciesla, PhD
Department of Forensic Sciences
Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics
University of Wroclaw, Poland
tel. +48 71 3752402
rciesla@prawo.uni.wroc.pl or
katkrym@prawo.uni.wroc.pl
www.kryminalistyka.uni.wroc.pl

24-28
Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists 41st Annual Meeting

To be held at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center in Milwaukee, WI.
CONTACT:
www.mafs.net

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OCTOBER 2012

1-5
Basic Facial Reconstruction Sculpture Workshop

To be held at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
CONTACT:
Betty Pat. Gatliff
SKULLpture Lab
1026 Leslie Lane
Norman, OK 73069-4501
(405) 321-8706
www.sculpture.outreach.ou.edu

8-12
Advance Facial Reconstruction Sculpture Workshop

To be held at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
CONTACT:
Betty Pat. Gatliff
SKULLpture Lab
1026 Leslie Lane
Norman, OK 73069-4501
(405) 321-8706
www.sculpture.outreach.ou.edu

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DECEMBER 2012

9-14
The Borkenstein Alcohol Course
To be held at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.
CONTACT:
Suz Frederickson
(812) 855-1783
info@borkensteincourse.org
www.borkensteincourse.org

 

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OTHER COURSES

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Statistics and the Evaluation of Forensic Evidence
From February 2012 to September 2013 (around 470 hours training, 20 ECTS).
To further develop practioners’ skills in managing forensic interpretation issues from case reception to court (latest statistical methods, efficient communication of results, practical inferential problems solving, Standard Operating Procedures development, etc).
For more information go to: http://www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/statistics-evaluation-forensic-evidence-cas

Essentials of DNA Interpretation - NEW short course
From February 2012 to July 2012 (around 150 hours training, 5 ECTS).
To enable practioners to address challenging DNA casework, explain their reasoning in court and feel at ease with expert debate and published literature on DNA interpretation. For more information go to:  http://www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/forensicdna.

Essentials of Bayesian Networks in Forensic Science - NEW short course
From September 2012 to February 2013 (around 150 hours training, 5 ECTS).
To acquire solid understanding of the principles of Bayesian Networks (BNs) and master graphical inference modeling using specialized BN software.
For more information go to:  http://www.formation-continue-unil-epfl.ch/forensicbn.

 

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YEAR-ROUND COURSES

Year-Round
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors, Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB)

Locations for each training event are posted on our website. We attempt to schedule classes in all regions of the USA in order to make travel expenses reasonable for attendees.
CONTACT:
Ms. Anja Einseln, Training Manager
ASCLD/LAB
139J Technology Drive
Garner, NC 27529
(919) 773-2600
Fax: (919) 773-2602
Course information posted at: http://www.ascld-lab.org/trng/trngoverview.html
Organizational website:  www.ascld-lab.org

Year-Round
McCrone Research Institute Courses
For specific courses, dates, and locations, click on the following link:
http://www.mcri.org/home/section/10-15/mcri-course-listing

Year-Round 
Professional Analytical and Consulting Services (PACS) Short Courses
For specific courses, dates, and locations:
CONTACT:
Barbara Sherman
PACS, Inc.
409 Meade Drive
Coraopolis, PA 15108
(724) 457-6576 or (800) 367-2587
Fax: (724) 457-1214
HNpacs@aol.com
www.pacslabs.com 

Year-Round
West Virginia University Online Continuing Education Forensic Courses
CONTACT:
Robin Bowen
(304) 293-6214
robin.bowen@mail.wvu.edu
http://www.elearn.wvu.edu/Continuing/Forensic_Science/

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