Register Now to Attend IEOP 2024!
Since 1986, the AAFS has fostered international professional exchange in the form of the AAFS International Educational Outreach Program (IEOP), encouraging Members to attend the many worldwide forensic science conferences. The objective of AAFS international travel is to provide opportunities to Academy members to meet with forensic science colleagues, to participate whenever possible in major international forensic science meetings, to visit laboratories and, at the same time, to experience the rich heritages and cultures of the peoples and lands to be visited. This year's trip is scheduled for September 21-29, in Kigali, Rwanda.
Registration Fee: $2,850 for 10 nights/9 full days.
Included in the registration fee:
- Hotel at Conference hotel for 10 nights, single occupancy. If you want to share a room, that will lessen the overall price.
- Conference attendance of the registered delegate.
- Opening cocktail function on Tuesday early evening at the KCC.
- Lunches on workshops and conference dates.
- Gala dinner on Friday evening at the end of the conference.
- Transport between the airport and the KCC.
Not included in the registration fee (and should be organized by delegates themselves):
- Airfare.
- Workshops.
- Private excursions/tours organized by yourself either before or after the conference.
- Gorilla trekking costs ($1,500 for people not in Africa). We made a tentative reservation for Sunday, September 29, 2024, for those who are interested.
- Any other expenses: lunches on dates other than workshop/conference dates. Dinners at hotel or other venues.
- Transportation for private purposes (shops, etc. not included in the program).
- Expenses not specifically stated as included.
Program for AAFS IEOP delegation
Ten evenings, nine full days, in Kigali depending on whether other activities/tours are booked by yourself following the conference.
| Day & Date | Time | Activity | Notes |
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| - | - | Arrival prior to 21 Sep 2024 | Let us know and we will pick you up at the airport and take you to KCC. |
| Saturday Sept 21 | Arrival during the day | Meet & greet at Kigali International Airport by AFSA2024 | Various options to get to KCC: hotel bus, AFSA2024 bus, MOVE |
| Sunday Sept 22 | 9:30 am pick up at KCC | Morning: Lunch: as group TBC Afternoon visit: Dinner: TBC | Genocide Memorial: https://kgm.rw/
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| Monday Sept 23 | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | AFSA2024 workshops* | https://afsa2024.afsa.africa/workshops |
| Tuesday Sept 24 | 8:30 am to 5:30 pm 6:00 pm | AFSA2024 workshops* Opening cocktail at KCC | Same as above |
| Wednesday Sept 25 | 8:00 am to 5:30 pm | AFSA2024 conference sessions** Evening is open to delegates | https://afsa2024.afsa.africa/programme |
| Thursday Sept 26 | 8:00 am to 5:30 pm 6:00 pm | AFSA2024 conference sessions** Inaugural AGM for AFSA members | Same as above
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| Friday Sept 27 | 8:00 am to 5:30 pm | AFSA2024 conference sessions** Gala dinner following the conference | Same as above |
| Saturday Sept 28 | TBD | Morning (time TBD) Umuganda - community work social Responsibility activity (3 hrs) After lunch: tour of cultural & other museums in Kigali. Dinner as group at local restaurant with gorgeous view over Kigali | Picked up at KCC. After Umuganda taken back to KCC.
Afternoon tour of Kigali museums & cultural center.
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| Sunday Sept 29 | Gorilla trekking for those who are interested. Otherwise a leisure day in Kigali as a group (visit other sites TBC). Dinner with group (for those available) | Gorilla trekking is booked via BirdingRwanda (see their link below)
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| Monday Sept 30 | 9:00 am | Visit to the Rwanda Forensic Institute (RFI). Delegates can sign up for the divisions they want to visit. There will be a walk through to all, but it is envisaged that RFI may want to spend a bit more time with specific experts. There will also be a round-table discussion at the end of the visit. Dinner with group | More information to follow on the visit.
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| Tuesday Oct 1 | Delegates start to depart unless they have signed up for other tours. Please inform your tour operator to pick you up at the KCC. |
*Workshops: the program will be updated next week and WS1 and WS2 is free to all registered delegates.
** Conference sessions: will be updated after abstracts have been received.
Delegates who wish to undertake activities other than those listed above during the IEOP visit will do so at their own expense and make their own arrangements.
Click on the link below for more information.
Please contact Donna Grogan (dgrogan@aafs.org) if you are interested in joining IEOP 2024!
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