PROGRAMME UPDATE June 2015

FORREST 2015 opens at 1pm on Tuesday 30th June, then 9am to 5pm on Wednesday 1st July, ending at 1pm on 2nd July. The conference will feature presentations from keynote speakers to the whole conference and topic streams on forensic practice, law, and forensic education.

This is our latest information and of course is subject to change.

Topics include admissibility (Law Commission and NAS reports), isotope ratio analysis, recent developments and controversies in DNA profiling, use of the verbal scale, toxicology, presentation of evidence, scientific evidence at the Appeal Court, and the Lockerbie Bombing.

Workshops will include a demonstration of 3D crime scene imaging and teaching accident reconstruction.

Confirmed speakers include The Expert Witness Institute, Chartered Society of Forensic Science, Mrs Dalia Abdou, Professor Robert Black QC, Mr Donald Findlay QC, Dr Lata Gautum, Mr Dennis Gentles, Dr Andrew Green, Dr Arie Geursen, Professor Allan Jamieson, Mr Paul Jira, Dr Michael Laughlin, Dr Neil Lamont, Professor Gerry Maher QC, Ms Frances McMenamin QC, Ms Helen McMorris, Dr Linda Moxey, Professor Wolfram Meier-Augenstein, Dr Michael Naughton, Mr Tom Nelson, Dr Rhonda Wheate, and Dr Tony Ward.