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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 September 7, 2010

 

 


 

SEPTEMBER 2010

11-12
FBI NCIC Dental Coding Workshop
Sponsored by The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division.  To be held in Scottsdale, AZ.
CONTACT: 
Mrs. Stacey C. Davis
Stacey.Davis@leo.gov

12-16
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors 38th Annual Symposium
To be held in Baltimore, MD.
CONTACT:
http://www.ascld.org/content/2010-symposium


13-16
2nd International Workshop on Security in Cloud Computing (SCC 2010)

To be held in San Diego, CA.
CONTACT:
http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ychen/SCC2010.htm


14-17

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Pathology Course
To be held at the Doubletree Bethesda Hotel, Bethesda, MD.
CONTACT:
Oscar Molina, TSgt, USAF
Department of Medical Education
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Washington, DC 20306-6000
(202) 782-2637
Fax: (202) 782-5020
came@afip.osd.mil

To Register: www.askafip.org

15-17
13th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection

To be held in Ottowa, Ontario, Canada.
CONTACT:
http://www.raid2010.org/

16-18
Southwestern Association of Toxicologists - 2010 Fall Meeting
To be held at the Houston Marriott Medical Center in Houston, TX.
CONTACT:
Dr. Ashraf Mozayani
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
1885 Old Spanish Trail
Houston, TX 77054

20-22
2010 HTCIA International Training Conference & Exposition

To be held in Atlanta, GA.
CONTACT:
http://www.htciaconference.org/

20-22
European Symposium on Research in Computer Security

To be held in Athens, Greece.
CONTACT:
http://www.esorics2010.org/

21-23
New Security Paradigms Workshop (NSPW)

To be held in Concord, MA.
CONTACT:
http://www.nspw.org/2010

22-23
Homicidal Drowning Investigation Program
To be held in Grand Junction, CO.
CONTACT:
Bo Tibbetts
Public Safety Dive Services
(970) 261-1134
Fax:  (970) 245-1177
bo@psdive.com
www.psdive.com

23-26
Rapid Deployment Search & Rescue/Recovery
To be held in Grand Junction, CO.
CONTACT:
Bo Tibbetts
Public Safety Dive Services
(970) 261-1134
Fax:  (970) 245-1177
bo@psdive.com 
www.psdive.com

26
ASTM International Committee E52 on Forensic Psychophysiology
To be held at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC.
CONTACT:
Joe Koury
ASTM International
(610) 832-9804
jkoury@astm.org
www.astm.org/COMMIT/E52.htm

27 - Oct 1
Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists (NWAFS) Annual Meeting

To be held in Portland, OR.
CONTACT:
Celeste Grover
(971) 673-8245
celeste.grover@state.or.us
http://nwafs.org/meetings.htm

29- Oct 1
VB2010 Fighting Malware and Spam

To be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
CONTACT:
http://www.virusbtn.com/conference/vb2010/


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OCTOBER 2010

1-6

National Association of Medical Examiners 44th Annual Meeting
To be held at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel in Cleveland, OH.
CONTACT
Mary Fran Ernst
70 East Sherwood Drive
St. Louis, MO  63114
(314) 422-6846
Fax: (314) 522-0955
ernstmf@slu.edu

4-6
2nd International ICST Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime (ICDF2C)

To be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
CONTACT:
www.d-forensics.org/

4-8
1
7th ACM Computer and Communications Security Conference
To be held in Chicago, IL.
CONTACT:
http://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2010/


4-8
2010 Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists 39th Annual Meeting

Jointly sponsored by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory. To be held at the Marriott Kansas City Downtown in Kansas City, MO.
200 W 12th St
Kansas City, MO 64105
www.mafs.net


4-8
Basic Facial Reconstruction Sculpture
To be held at The University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
CONTACT:
Betty Pat. Gatliff
(405) 321-8706
www.sculpture.outreach.ou.edu

11-15
Advanced Facial Reconstruction Sculpture
To be held at The University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK.
CONTACT:
Betty Pat. Gatliff
(405) 321-8706
www.sculpture.outreach.ou.edu

14-15
27th Annual Forensic Science Seminar

Jointly sponsored by the Minnesota Medical Association, Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Minnesota Coroners’ and Medical Examiners’ Association. To be held at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, MN.
CONTACT:
Joan Jung, Seminar Coordinator
Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office
530 Chicago Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 215-6320
http://home.earthlink.net/~mc-mea

18-20
eDiscovery Summit Discovering Electronic Evidence
Sponsored by the The American Society of Digital Forensics & eDiscovery.  To be held at the Cobb Galleria and Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, GA. 
CONTACT:
Shauna Waters
(866) 534-9734
http://www.asdfed.com/
 
20-23
Call for Papers -
International Congress “Combustion and Fire Dynamics”

This is to announce the Call for papers for the International Congress “Combustion and Fire Dynamics” to be hosted by the University of Cantabria (Spain). For information regarding the papers guidelines and registration please visit: www.gidai.unican.es.
CONTACT:
University of Cantbria
Ave. Los Castros, s/n
39005 Santander. SPAIN
+34 942 201826
Fax: +34 942 201873
cdf2010@unican.es
www.gidai.unican.es

25-26
Techno Forensics 2010
To be held in Gaithersburg, MD.
CONTACT:
www.techsec.com/html/TechnoForensics2010.html


27-30
International Association of Forensic Nurses 18th Annual Scientific Assembly
To be held at the Omni William Penn Hotel, in Pittsburgh, PA.
CONTACT:
Melanie Hughes Younger, CMP
(410 626-7805
myounger@iafn.org


 

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NOVEMBER 2010

1-5
Detection, Recovery and Examination of Footwear Impression Evidence

Hosted by the Salt Lake City Police Department in Salt Lake City, UT.
CONTACT:
William J. Bodziak
(386) 447-3567
wbodziak@earthlink.net

2-4
The 3rd International Conference on Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics

Sponsored by the California Association of Criminalists and the California Department of Justice. To be held in Long Beach, CA.
CONTACT:
Marianne Stam
marianne.stam@doj.ca.gov
https://www.acsmeetings.org/ 

4-7
Forensic Medical Investigation: Comprehensive Review and Skills Workshop
To be held in Phoenix, AZ
CONTACT:
Dr. Mary Dudley, MD
(913) 499-1520
mdudley2@kc.rr.com
www.forensicMI.com 

6
Medicine, Health & Disease in Ancient Egypt

Presented by Joyce Filer, MSc.  To be held at the University of London in Bloomsbury, London WC1.
CONTACT:
Richard
07973 695 168
rikki_promo@yahoo.co.uk

8-10
2010 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security

To be held in Waltham, MA.
CONTACT:
http://ieee-hst.org/

11-12
4th International Workshop on Computational Forensics

TO be held in Tokyo, Japan.
CONTACT:
http://iwcf10.arsforensica.org/index.php/Main/Home


15-19
2nd Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics - Tutorial and Special Session on Forensic Voice Comparison and Forensic Acoustics

To be held in Cancún, México.

General meeting information:
http://asa.aip.org/meetings.html
http://acustica-cancun.blogspot.com
Tutorial and Special Session website:
http://cancun2010.forensic-voice-comparison.net

17-20
Syracuse University Dialogues In Forensic Science: Trauma
To be held at Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY.
CONTACT:
forensics@syr.edu
http://www.forensics.syr.edu

18-21
H2O Criminalistics & Pathology Symposium
To be held at Magna Graecia University in Cantanzaro, Italy
CONTACT:
www.underwatercsi.unicz.it
underwatercsi@unicz.it
+39 - 347.14.16.900

19-20
Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law 10th Annual Conference - Cause and Manner of Death
Hosted by The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law. 
To be held at  Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.
CONTACT:
wechtinstitute@duq.edu
www.duq.edu/forensics
(412) 396-1330

22-25
10th International Symposium on the Analysis and Detection of Explosives (ISADE)
To be held at the The Shine Dome in Canberra, Australia.
www.ncfs.edu.au/isade.html

29 – Dec 2
The Annual Conference & AGM of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science
To be held at The Grand Hotel in Toronto, Canada.
CONTACT:
Monica.Sloan@ontario.ca

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DECEMBER 2010

 

6-10
Basic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Workshop
Presented by the Specialized Training Unit at the Metropolitan Police Institute of the Miami-Dade Police Department, Doral, Florida.
CONTACT:
Toby L. Wolson, MS, F-ABC
Miami-Dade Police Department
Crime Laboratory Bureau
9105 N.W. 25th St.
Doral, FL 33172
(305) 471-3041
Fax: (305) 471-2052
Twolson@mdpd.com

6-10
Forensic Evidence Course
To be held at the Double Tree Hotel San Diego Mission Valley in San Diego, CA.
www.ndaa.org/ncda

 

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JANUARY 2011

17-18
The Body as a Crime Scene: Forensics and Cold Case Investigations Seminar
Presented by Dr Henry Lee with Dr Leah Bush and Richard Conway. To be held at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
CONTACT:
http://ocpe.gmu.edu/forcoldcase.html
(703) 993-8335

 

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FEBRUARY 2011

20-21
2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Forensic Sciences, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Organized by Indian Association of Medico-Legal Experts (Regd).  To be held at the Hotel Reveria De Goa in Ximer, Arpora, Bardez Goa- 403 518, India.
CONTACT:
http://www.iamleconf.in

 

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MARCH 2011

21-25
Forensic Human Identification Course

Hosted by the Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of London.
CONTACT:
Professor Peter Vanezis
+44(0)20 7882 3401
Cameron-forensics@qmul.ac.uk

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May 2011

12-14
55th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
To be held in Honolulu, HI.
CONTACT:
Executive Office
American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry
P.O. Box 30
Bloomfield, CT 06002
(888) 691-8281
Fax: (860) 286-0787
info@aapdp.org
www.aapdp.org

 

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JUNE 2011

20-24
7th ISABS Conference in Forensic, Anthropologic and Medical Genetics

To be held in the Town of Bol, Island of Brač, in Croatia.
CONTACT:
vskaro@genos.hr or
info@isabs.hr
www.isabs.hr

 

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SEPTEMBER 2011

12-17
19th Triennial Meeting International Association of Forensic Sciences

To be held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
CONTACT:
www.iafs2011.mj.pt/index.htm  

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OTHER COURSES

OCTOBER 2010 TO MAY 2011
Diploma Course in Forensic Medical Sciences
CONTACT:
Professor Peter Vanezis
+44(0)20 7882 3401
Cameron-forensics@qmul.ac.uk
Details of the Diploma can be obtained from the Registrar at the Society of Apothecaries:
+44(0)20 7236 1180
examoffice@apothecaries.org
www.apothecaries.org


FEBRUARY 2011 TO JULY 2012
Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS)
18-Month Online Course - Statistics and the Evaluation of Forensic Evidence
CONTACT:
sefe@unil.ch
www.unil.ch/formcont/page66616.html

 

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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
California Criminalistics Institute Courses
For specific courses, dates, and locations:
CONTACT:
CCI
4949 Broadway, Room A-104
Sacramento, CA 95820
(916) 227-3575
Fax: (916) 454-5433
www.cci.ca.gov   

Year-Round 
Institute of Police Technology and Management Training Courses
To be held the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL. For a complete list of courses and dates:
CONTACT: 
Director, IPTM 
University of North Florida 
12000 Alumni Drive 
Jacksonville, FL 32224-2678 
(904) 620-IPTM
Fax: (904) 620-2453 
www.unf.edu/iptm/ 

Year-Round
Math & Science Course Bulletin
This is a publication of courses, workshops, seminars, conferences, grants, and awards offered in the state of Washington and abroad.
CONTACT:
Math and Science Course Bulletin
Eastern Washington University
319 Showalter Hall
Cheney, WA 99004-2445
(800) 635-0520
Fax: (509) 359-6044
mscb@ewu.edu
http://mscb.ewu.edu 

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/index.htm

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