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Young Forensic Scientists Forum Newsletter - January 2000 YFSF
BYOS Session 2000 |
| A long, long time ago, members of the Academy found that although they had worked on some really fascinating and unusual cases, there wasn’t always an appropriate forum in which to share their findings. They not only wanted a chance to show their work, but they also sought an arena to solicit further ideas and suggestions. So, in one pioneering member’s hotel room one evening that forum was incepted. The informal gatherings over chips, salsa, and beverages have grown to be an Academy-wide tradition, where everyone and anyone can get up in front of hundreds of enthusiastic on-lookers and present some of their most bizarre, compelling, and just plain unusual cases. The Young Forensic Scientists Forum thinks it is high time we got in on the excitement! We’ve decided to start our own tradition—and what better time to do it than at the first meeting of the new millennium! Reno 2000 will be the site of the very first YFSF “Bring Your Own Slides” and, with your participation, it promises to be a fun and relaxing way to spend a couple of hours of your time! Look back into all the cases you’ve worked on since you entered the field, and bring with you a few of the more unusual; this means those that make great stories, as well as those that were solved in a particularly interesting way…or just show us your all-time favorite! Details about date and time are available on the YFSF Web site (www.aafs.org/yfsf/index.htm). The guidelines are similar to those of the regular BYOS: keep presentations around 10 minutes and graphs and charts are frowned upon (we want to see the cool stuff!). Please sign up in advance if you are bringing slides by e-mailing Patricia Manzolillo at: pamanzolillo@uspis.gov by February 15th. Of course, if you haven’t been able to sign up beforehand, come anyway…we’ll do our best to fit you in! Even if you can’t find a single thing to present, come out and see what your fellow peers are up to! There is so much amazing work being done by young people in the fields of forensics at every level—undergraduates, graduate students, and those just beginning their careers—that we’d like to give everyone a chance to be seen and heard. We hope to see you in Reno! |
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