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
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 WorkshopTo 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
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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
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
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.
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/
ONLINE COURSES
ONLINE SELF-LEARNING
