This year’s event will discuss new research and case studies from a range of academic and discipline

professionals. Focusing on forensic location and identification, this event will encourage the sharing

of ideas and best practice among the delegates and presenters and will include an informal

discussion session

This event has CPD accreditation

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Contents Day 1, Morning: Missing Persons, Location and Identification ............................................................................................. 5

Introduction by the Chair ................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Lives worth knowing: political aspects of mass grave location and investigation ........................................................................... 5

Forensic Mycology: A new weapon against crime ........................................................................................................................... 5

Discussion Session ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Day 1, Afternoon: Footwear and Podiatry ............................................................................................................................ 5

Introduction by the Chair ................................................................................................................................................................. 5

The development of bare footprint research in forensic identification .......................................................................................... 5

15 years of Forensic Gait Analysis: an objective appraisal of a subjective science ......................................................................... 5

Chairman’s Summing Up .................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Day 2: Criminology ................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Introduction by the Chair ................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Global Cooperation in Disaster Victim Identification ...................................................................................................................... 6

Domestic Homicide Reviews. Family Involvement and Key Findings .............................................................................................. 6

Helping the police to catch criminals using facial composites ......................................................................................................... 6

Is the Practice of Forensic Pathology being Confounded by Too Much Technology? ..................................................................... 6

Forensic jewellery ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Oral Presentations ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Finding the small charge explosion center by analyzing occurrence of mechanical twins in FCC metals ....................................... 6

Maximising the utility of familial DNA searching in major crime investigation ............................................................................... 6

Day 3: Human Identification ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Introduction by the Chair ................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Forensic Genetics in 2015: new markers, new platforms, new capabilities .................................................................................... 7

Your Vision Our Future ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Discussion Session ............................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Dental Autopsy for the Identification of Missing Persons ............................................................................................................... 7

Odontobiography - when teeth speak ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Ahead by a Nose: Detection of Decomposing Remains by 'Cadaver Dogs' ..................................................................................... 7

About the Speakers ............................................................................................................................................................. 8

Day 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Caroline Bennett, ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8

Gary Silver, ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Patricia E.J. Wiltshire, ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8

David Hawksworth, ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8

Wesley Vernon OBE, ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Matthew Tonkin, ............................................................................................................................................................................. 8

John William Bond, ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Sarah Reel, ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Ivan Birch, ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Day 2 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Mark Oliver,..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Howard Way, ................................................................................................................................................................................ 10

Frank Mullane, .............................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Charlie Frowd,............................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Gilbert Lau, .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Maria M. Maclennan, .................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Sachidananda Mohanty, ............................................................................................................................................................... 10

Juliet Cohen, .................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Amy Burrell, .................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Donato Firrao, ............................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Giuseppe Vacchiano, ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Adam Gregory, .............................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Day 3 .................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Chris Phillips, ................................................................................................................................................................................ 11

Dr Z. Hincak, .................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Michael Brennan, .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Emilio Nuzzolese,.......................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Marin Vodanovic, .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12

Anna Williams, .............................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Discussion Sessions ............................................................................................................................................................ 12

Session breaks .................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Lunch ................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

● All the chicken in our lunch buffet is Halal ............................................................................................................. 13

● We have a number of dishes that are gluten free .................................................................................................. 13

● We have a range of vegetarian dishes which are separated from the meat and fish dishes .............................. 13

Frequently asked questions about our events ................................................................................................................. 13

Is the delegate list available? ......................................................................................................................................................... 13

Can I have the speakers slides? ...................................................................................................................................................... 13

Can I have a notepad? .................................................................................................................................................................... 13

How can I keep up to date with Euroscicon Events? ..................................................................................................................... 13

I don’t want my photograph on any Euroscicon promotional material ........................................................................................ 13

Is there WIFI? ................................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Can I have a CPD certificate? ......................................................................................................................................................... 13

Agenda (Talk times include 5 – 10 minutes for questions)

Day 1, Morning: Missing Persons, Location and Identification

09:15 – 10:00 Exhibitions open Registration and Refreshments

10:00 – 10:45 Introduction by the Chair

Lives worth knowing: political

aspects of mass grave location and

investigation

Ms Caroline Bennett, University of Kent, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UK

10:45 – 11:15 Session Break

Speakers’ photo, Refreshments, Poster viewing , Sponsors exhibition

11:15 – 11:45 DVI in Action: the Response to 7/7 Mr Gary Silver MSc PGCE (QTLS) FICPEM FEPS MifL, Independent Pracademic

11:45 – 12:15 Forensic Mycology: A new weapon

against crime

Dr Patricia E.J. Wiltshire, and Professor David Hawksworth, Forensic Ecology, Botany, Palynology, & Mycology Milford House, The Mead, University of Aberdeen, Ashtead, Surrey, UK

12:15 – 13:15 Session Break

Lunch, Poster viewing, Sponsors exhibition

13:15 - 14:15 Discussion Session

Day 1, Afternoon: Footwear and Podiatry

14:15 – 14:30 Introduction by the Chair Professor Wesley Vernon OBE Head of Podiatry Services and Research Lead Primary and Community Services Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Sheffield, UK

14:30 – 15:30 Fashion-conscious burglars? Using footwear impressions to predict the characteristics of burglars

Dr Matthew Tonkin, CPsychol, Lecturer in

Forensic Psychology, Birmingham City

University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Dr John William Bond, University of Leicester,

Leicester, United Kingdom

15:30 – 16:00 Session Break

Lunch, Poster viewing, Sponsors exhibition

16:00 – 16:30 The development of bare footprint

research in forensic identification

Dr Sarah Reel, Consultant Forensic Podiatrist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

16:30 – 17:00 15 years of Forensic Gait Analysis: an

objective appraisal of a subjective

science

Professor Ivan Birch BSc(Hons) MSc PGCert PhD FHEA FChS(Hon) AIAS MFSSoc, Emeritus Professor of Human Sciences, Clinical and Forensic Biomechanist, UK

17:00 Chairman’s Summing Up Close of Session

Day 2: Criminology

09:00 – 09:45 Exhibitions open Registration and Refreshments 09:45 – 10:00 Introduction by the Chair Mark Oliver, Director, The Old Woollen Mill Associates

Ltd, UK 10:00 – 10:30 Global Cooperation in Disaster Victim

Identification Detective Inspector Howard Way, Association of Chief Police Officers, London, United Kingdom

10:30 – 11:00 Domestic Homicide Reviews. Family

Involvement and Key Findings Mr. Frank Mullane, visiting lecturer at Gloucestershire University, UK

11:00 – 11:30 Helping the police to catch criminals using

facial composites Dr Charlie Frowd CPsychol CSci AFBPsS, Reader in Forensic Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester, UK

11:30 – 12:00 Session Break

Speakers’ photo, Refreshments, Poster viewing , Sponsors exhibition

12:00 – 12:30 Is the Practice of Forensic Pathology being

Confounded by Too Much Technology?

Associate Professor Gilbert Lau, Director of Professional Practice, Forensic Medicine Division, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

12:30 – 13:00 Forensic jewellery

Miss Maria M. Maclennan, The University of Dundee, United Kingdom

13:00 – 13:30 Oral Presentations 13:00 – 13:15 APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY FOR FINGER MARK VISUALISATION WITH TWO USUAL REAGENTS I. Mekkaoui Alaoui Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University. BP 2390, Marrakech 40000, Morocco 13:15 – 13:30 DEVELOPING FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY IN INDIA – NEED OF HOUR Adarsh Kumar, Sudhir K Gupta Presenting Author: Dr Sudhir Kumar Gupta, Professor & Head, Forensic Medicine Corresponding Author: Dr. Adarsh Kumar, Addl Professor, Forensic Medicine & Faculty In-charge, Forensic Anthropology Unit #315, New Forensic Wing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi- INDIA 110029

13:30 – 14:00 Session Break

Lunch, Poster viewing, Sponsors exhibition

14:00 – 14:30 Dowry death - south India's woes Dr Sachidananda Mohanty, Professor & HOD, PG Dept. Of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Orissa, India

14:30 – 15:00 Allegations of self-infliction- assessment of a fanciful possibility?

Dr Juliet Cohen MA MBBS DIpRACOG MRCGP FFFLM, Head of Doctors, Freedom from Torture, University Oxford, London, UK

15:00 – 15:30 C-LINK: a model of academic-practitioner collaboration

Dr Amy Burrell, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Birmingham City University, UK

15:30 – 16:00 Session Break

Refreshments, Last poster viewing Last Sponsors exhibition

16:00 – 16:30 Finding the small charge explosion center

by analyzing occurrence of mechanical

twins in FCC metals

Dr. Donato Firrao, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino, Italy

16:30 – 17:00 Maximising the utility of familial DNA

searching in major crime investigation Dr Adam Gregory, National Crime Agency, London, United Kingdom

17:00 Chairman’s Summing Up Close of Session

Day 3: Human Identification 09:15 – 10:15 Exhibitions open Registration and Refreshments

10:15 – 10:30

Introduction by the Chair

Dr Z. Hincak, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, I. Lucica 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

10:30 – 11:00 Forensic Genetics in 2015: new

markers, new platforms, new

capabilities

Dr Chris Phillips, Forensic Genetics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

11:00 – 11:30 Session Break

Speakers’ photo, Refreshments, Poster viewing, Sponsors exhibition

11:30 – 12:00 What has forensics got to do with archaeology: a human skeletal remains from the early bronze age site vučedol (vukovar, croatia)

Dr Z. Hincak, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, I. Lucica 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

12:00 – 12:30 Your Vision Our Future Dr. Michael Brennan, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

12:30 – 13:30 Session Break

Lunch, Poster viewing , Sponsors exhibition

13:30 – 14:30 Discussion Session

14:30 – 15:00 Dental Autopsy for the Identification of

Missing Persons

Dr. Emilio Nuzzolese, University of Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy

15:00 – 15:30 Session Break

Refreshments, Last poster viewing, Last Sponsors exhibition

15:30 – 16:00 Odontobiography - when teeth speak Dr Marin Vodanovic, University of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

16:00 – 16:30 Ahead by a Nose: Detection of

Decomposing Remains by 'Cadaver

Dogs'

Dr Anna Williams, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology, University of Huddersfield Queensgate, Huddersfield, UK

16:30 – 17:00 Chairman’s Summing Up Close of Meeting

About the Speakers

Day 1 Caroline Bennett, University of Kent, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UK Caroline Bennett is a PhD student in social anthropology at the University of Kent, UK. Her research examines mass graves in Cambodia, focusing on contemporary uses of these spaces and the dead within them. Prior to starting her research she worked as a forensic anthropologist, working in the US, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Iraq. Gary Silver, MSc PGCE (QTLS) FICPEM FEPS MifL, Independent Pracademic As a former police officer with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Gary has notable experience in the practical application of resilience measures and Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) procedures. A qualified teacher and university lecturer, Gary now applies himself to the effective blending and exposition of operational skills and academic theory: he is a committed and enthusiastic pracademic. Responsible for the design and production of the London Mass Fatality Plan, he oversaw its implementation through the construction of the Resilience Mortuary in response to the London Bombings of July 2005. Patricia E.J. Wiltshire, Forensic Ecology, Botany, Palynology, & Mycology Milford House, The Mead, Ashtead, Surrey, UK Patricia Wiltshire, an experienced forensic ecologist, botanist, and palynologist, has developed forensic mycology with Professor David Hawksworth CBE. She held lecturing and research posts at King’s College London and University College London. Over the last 20 years, she has worked with every police force in the UK and Eire. She has lectured to police all over the UK, and at universities, research institutes, and congresses worldwide. She holds research positions at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and the Universities of Aberdeen and Gloucestershire. She publishes extensively, is an editor of Forensic Science International, and an experienced expert witness and broadcaster. David Hawksworth, Forensic Ecology, Botany, Palynology, & Mycology Milford House, The Mead, Ashtead, Surrey, UK David is a mycologist with over 45 years experience, with a particular interest in the classification of microscopic fungi, including moulds. He has been using fungi as a forensic tool since 2007, mainly in serious crime, and also in relation to growths in buildings. He is currently a research professor in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a Scientific Associate at The Natural History Museum London, an Honorary Research Associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and a visiting professor at Birkbeck University of London. He was the last Director of the former International Mycological Institute (Kew and Egham), and is an Honorary President of the International Mycological Association. In addition he has served as President of the International Union of Biological Sciences, the British Mycological Society, and the British Lichen Society Wesley Vernon OBE, Primary & Community Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Huddersfield University Wesley Vernon is Head of Podiatry Services, Research Lead & Deputy AHP Lead for Sheffield Community Services, Professor at Huddersfield University & Visiting Professor at Staffordshire University. He is a Fellow & Chair of Quality Standards with the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences & Distinguished Member of the International Association for Identification where he Chairs the forensic podiatry sub-committee. He chairs the Healthy Footwear Guide scheme & Vice President of the Society of Shoefitters. In 2010, he initiated a new competency testing scheme for independent forensic practitioners through the FSSoc. In 2009, he was awarded an OBE for services to medicine and health care. Matthew Tonkin, CPsychol, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom Dr. Tonkin is a lecturer in forensic psychology, based within the Division of Psychology at Birmingham City University. Dr. Tonkin’s research interests include behavioural case linkage, geographical profiling, offender profiling and the social climate of prisons and secure forensic psychiatric hospital settings. He has published widely on these topics in a range of peer-reviewed journals and books. He is also involved in a number of research projects in collaboration with academic and law enforcement practitioners around the world, including the United States, Canada, Belgium, The Netherlands, Finland, South Africa and the United Kingdom.

John William Bond, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Sarah Reel, Consultant Forensic Podiatrist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Dr Sarah Reel, PhD, DPodM, MChS, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), MCSFS is a consultant forensic podiatrist and expert witness working for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, specialising in bare footprint evidence analysis. As a sub-committee member of the International Association for Identification, she is jointly responsible for developing and maintaining standards and protocols in forensic podiatry. Dr Reel is also an active researcher working in both clinical and commercial arenas with a special interest in the concepts of measurement reliability and validity in the identification sciences. Ivan Birch, BSc(Hons) MSc PGCert PhD FHEA FChS(Hon) AIAS MFSSoc Emeritus Professor of Human Sciences, Clinical and Forensic Biomechanist Professor Ivan Birch is Consultant Expert Witness in forensic gait analysis with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Ivan graduated in 1978 with a BSc Joint Honours in Science from the University of Salford, gained an MSc in Human Biology from the University of Loughborough in 1980, and was awarded a PhD in Biomechanics by the University of Brighton in 2007. He has extensive experience of teaching biomechanics, anatomy, physiology and research methods, and is a Professional Member of the Cartered Society of Forensic Sciences, and Emeritus Professor of Human Sciences. He is included on the National Crime Agency Specialist Operations Centre Expert Witness Advisers Database, and has more than 30 years’ experience of gait analysis.

Day 2 Mark Oliver, known as Mo, is a Senior Investigating Officer with Humberside Police. He has also served with the Home Office and Counter Terrorism Unit developing the response to counter-terrorism across the services within the UK. He is the lead Senior Identification Manager for Humberside Police and the North East region and sits on the National Policing DVI Steering group. He is a career detective, having served in the Metropolitan Police between 1982 and 2004, mainly in homicide investigation and murder review. His operational DVI deployments as DVI Commander include: In 2000 he deputised as the head of the British Forensic Team, Kosovo – leading a team of police, support staff, and scientists from the UK carrying out war crime investigations, exhumations, recovery, mortuary and reconciliation work within multi agency and inter service operations. In 2005 he was the International SIM for Sri-Lanka following the Tsunami, responsible for identifying all foreign nationals. He set up the DVI process, including Identification Commission and led a series of teams, until closing the mission at the end of May 2005. During the mission he dealt with the Alawwa Bus / Train crash. In 2009 he was deployed to Brazil following the Air France AF447 air crash, where he negotiated the international Identification Protocol and Repatriation Guidelines with Interpol, the countries of the international missing, and Brazilian authorities. In 2010 he was deployed to Tripoli following the Afriqiyah Airlines air crash, and negotiated the identification arrangements, enabling the identification and repatriation of the lost In 2013 he was deployed to The Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan, where he advised the British DVI Commander and was deployed to Tacloban to assess the UK’s contribution. Since 2012 he has been the SIM on Operation Prince establishing whether remains found in Russia are those from the FV Gaul lost in the Barents Sea, 1974, including Family Liaison deployments to families some 40 years after the initial sinking. He was a member of the team which developed the Dundee Advanced DVI Course. He holds a Post Graduate Certificate with Distinction in DVI. Since 2007 he has been involved in developing the Plassdata cadre for the UK. Since 2009 he has been involved in developing the UK DVI International Response. He is CBRN DVI trained. In 2012 he developed and now

delivers the College of Policing Reconciliation Manager course. He contributes to training at foundation courses, PMOC and SIM courses, as well as the training for the UK DVI Coroners Advisory Howard Way, Association of Chief Police Officers, London, United Kingdom Howard Way is a Police Detective Inspector seconded from the London Metropolitan Police to United Kingdom Disaster Victim Identification (UK DVI). Howard has operational experience of major crime investigations. He also has operational experience of incidents involving multiple deaths including rail and air crashes. He managed international police teams in Thailand after the South East Asian Tsunami, holding key management roles within the disaster victim identification investigation. Howard is a member of the International Combined Command Team, of the Dutch led operation dealing with the identification of the victims of the MH17 Air Disaster. He contributes to mass fatality capability planning and delivers training nationally and internationally. Howard represents the United Kingdom as a member of the INTERPOL Disaster Victim Identification Steering Group. Frank Mullane, visiting lecturer at Gloucestershire University, Swindon, SN3 9BG, UK Frank Mullane BSc Hons, ACMA CGMA is the director of AAFDA (Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse), a charity specialising in helping families after domestic homicide. Frank is a member of the national panel that quality assures all Domestic Homicide Reviews. He is a Home Office accredited Independent Chair for these reviews and an advisor to Sequelí (a not for profit social enterprise providing training for Chairs of Domestic Homicide Reviews and other inquiries). He is a visiting university lecturer and student assessor. Frank previously worked as a business consultant leading teams on change programmes and is a qualified accountant. Charlie Frowd, CPsychol CSci AFBPsS, Reader in Forensic Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester, UK Dr Frowd is an expert in facial composites (sometimes referred to EFIT or photofit images). These images are used on police investigations in order to locate suspects of crime. For over 15 years, Charlie has been working on understanding all aspects involved with facial composites, from initial interview to method used to construct the face to methods for helping members of the public to recognise a finished composite. His work has led to improvements in all of these areas, in particular for a system called EvoFIT that has emerged with very high identification levels. Gilbert Lau, Director of Professional Practice, Forensic Medicine Division, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore, Republic of Singapore The speaker is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists and a Clinical Associate Professor with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He is a practising forensic pathologist and Director of Professional Practice at the Forensic Medicine Division, Health Sciences Authority, Singapore. A member of the editorial boards of the Forensic Science International and Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, he has reviewed papers for the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Pathology and the Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. His publications include the subjects of iatrogenic deaths, pulmonary thromboembolism, maternal deaths and fatal falls from heights. Maria M. Maclennan, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), The University of Dundee, Glasgow South Side, United Kingdom Sachidananda Mohanty, Professor & HOD, PG Dept. Of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, M.K.C.G. Medical College, Orissa, India More than 25 years’ of experience in the areas of Forensic pathology,Clinical forensic medicine , Medico Legal Advisory , Teaching & Research and Expert witness. Special interest for Suicidology. Presently associated with M K C G Medical College & Hospital, Berhampur as Professor Post Graduate Department of Forensic medicine &Toxicology and HOD, Faculty. Complted MBBS(1986 ), MD (1996 ) LL.B (1999 ), MBA (HA),2013- India and PH.D ( F.Criminology ),2012-UK Published many articles in international journals and successfully completed 10 ICMR projects His article :Suicide in India-A four year retrospective study was among the top ten article by Elsevior in 2010.

Member Austins journal of Forensic science and Criminology(USA). Awarded with WHO Fellowship,Endeavor Executive Award and Commonwealth Professional Fellowship. Juliet Cohen, MA MBBS DIpRACOG MRCGP FFFLM, Head of Doctors, Freedom from Torture, University Oxford, London, UK Dr Juliet Cohen is Head of Doctors at Freedom from Torture and an independent forensic physician. She has written over 1000 medico-legal reports documenting evidence of torture, trafficking and domestic violence. She was an expert reviewer for the Protocol for Identification and Documentation of Sexual Violence in Conflict. She has delivered training on assessment of evidence of torture to a wide range of stakeholders in the UK, including doctors, asylum screening unit officers, asylum caseowners and Immigration Judges, as well as internationally. She has presented evidence of torture documented by Freedom from Torture to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Amy Burrell, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Birmingham City University, UK Amy has a BSc in Applied Psychology (University of Durham), an MSc in Forensic Behavioural Science (Centre for Investigative Psychology, University of Liverpool), and a PhD in Psychology (University of Leicester). Her PhD research explored the possibility of linking serial robberies committed by the same offender using behaviour. Amy has worked as a Research Fellow for the UCL Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, a Research Officer for the Government Office for the West Midlands, and a Research Assistant at Perpetuity Research and Consultancy International. She was also the Training Manager at Perpetuity Training where she was involved in all aspects of training including course development and delivery. More recently, Amy was the Network Facilitator for the C-LINK project - a Leverhulme funded research project focusing on crime linkage and drawing on the skills and expertise of police partners and academics across the world. C-LINK is scheduled to run until May 2015 and she continues to work with the network, in particular with regards to data analysis. Donato Firrao, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino, Italy Prof. Donato studied at Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy and at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA as a Fulbright scholar. Full Professor of Technology of Metallic Materials at PdT since 1986. Fellow of ASM International. President of the Federation of European Materials Societies (2000-01), President of the Italian Group on Fracture (IGF) from 1988 to 1994. Dean of the 1st College of Engineering at the PdT from 2005 to 2012. Technical advisor to the judge in relevant national trials (such as, for instance, on the Ustica aircraft crash, the Mattei affair, the Sgrena/Calipari case, etc.). Giuseppe Vacchiano, Associated Professor of Legal and Social Medicine University of Sannio Benevento, Napoli, Italy Associated Professor of Legal Medicine since 1992 is author of 90 scientific article about the forensic pathology, the post-mortem interval evaluation and medical liability. He is involved in the National Program about iatrogenic damage and in the Socrates Erasmus Programme of cultural ecchanges with Coimbra (P) and Murcia (E) Universities. Adam Gregory, National Crime Agency, London, United Kingdom Adam Gregory is a Senior Behavioural Investigative Adviser (BIA) with more than 20 years experience in the field. He became an ACPO approved ‘offender profiler’ in 1998 and since this time has provided in excess of 200 written behavioural reports in support of major crime investigations throughout the UK and overseas. His work includes the provision of specialist services such as crime scene assessment, predictive profiling, prioritisation matrices and enhanced familial DNA prioritisation. Adam is currently the deputy head of profession for behavioural advice within NCA Crime Operational Support.

Day 3 Chris Phillips, Forensic Genetics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Christopher Phillips began his forensic career at the Met. Police Laboratory in 1979. Then worked at London Hospital Medical School until 2001, before establishing his present position as researcher at the Forensic Genetics Unit, University of Santiago de Compostela. Research interests include SNP analysis for forensic identity, ancestry analysis, developing online SNP data browsers, population genetics, SNPs underlying physical characteristics. Research 2001-2005 led to development of the 52-SNP identification and 34-SNP ancestry inference panels as principal output from SNPforID. He is currently a member of EUROFORGEN-NoE Consortium and EDNAP. Listed by Thomson Reuters as a Highly Cited Author (researcherID: E-4005-2012).

Dr Z. Hincak, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, I. Lucica 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia Zdravka Hincak is an Associate Professor at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Her research areas are: natural science in archaeology, biological anthropology and zooarchaeology. She was a researcher in several national and international projects. Interns: 2012 forensic anthropology (Forensic Division Unit, ICMP, Tuzla, BiH), 2006, 2005 biological anthropology, zooarchaeology in Slovenia and Germany (Institute for Mediterranean Heritage of the University of Primorska, Slovenia), 1998 zooarchaeology (Czech Academy of Science and Arts in Prague. She is active in national and international scientific conferences and meetings, and in organisation of anthropological summer schools (2014, 2013 Lobor, Croatia, 2010, Koper, Slovenija). Since 2013 she is a member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Studia universitatis hereditati” (Založba Univerze na Primorskem, Slovenia). Publications: https://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=279096 Michael Brennan, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Dublin, Ireland Dr. Michael Brennan PhD, RPN, RNT, M Ed, Dip in Addiction Studies, Dip Social Studies. Michael is an Assistant Professor in mental health nursing at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. He is a registered psychiatric nurse (1992), and nurse tutor (2003). Michael achieved a Master of Science in Education (2003) and a Doctorate in Philosophy (2012), from Trinity College Dublin. His research interests include criminal law and criminology, transformative/mixed methods theories and discrimination and marginalization, equality issues for mental health service users, Forensic mental health issues, Service needs analysis for mentally disordered offenders, In his career to date he has published and presented at several conferences both nationally and internationally. Emilio Nuzzolese, University of Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy Graduated in Dentistry in 1994. A post-graduate in Legal Medicine, Forensic Sciences and Forensic Odontology, holds a PhD on Analytic Morphometry. He presented over 80 papers in national and international forensic sciences meetings and has been FDI invited speaker in 2006 World Dental Congress at the Forensic Dentistry session. Lecturer for forensic odontology at the University of Catanzaro and Lecce (Italy), Vice-president of the Italian Society of Legal Dentistry. Expert witness in Civil and Penal Court in Bari (Italy) and before the International Penal Court at the Hague. Member of Forensic Odontology Working Group within the Interpol DVI standing committee. Marin Vodanovic, University of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia Marin Vodanovic born 1975 in Germany is an assistant professor and head of the Department of dental anthropology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb. He is a specialist of endodontics and dental pathology with professional and scientific interest in forensic dentistry, paledontology and dental anthropology. He is the president of the International Association for Paleodontology and secretary of the Croatian Association of Forensic Stomatologists. He is a member of the International Association for Dental Research, European Society of Endodontology and, International Organisation for Forensic-Odontostomatology. In 2006 he was awarded with Republic of Croatia National Science Award. More information at: http://www.marinvodanovic.com. Anna Williams, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology, University of Huddersfield Queensgate, Huddersfield, UK Dr Anna Williams is a forensic anthropologist and is currently Senior Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology at the University of Huddersfield. She has considerable casework experience with police and forensic service providers, and specialises in forensic taphonomy (decomposition) research. She is a member of the British Association of Human Identification (BAHID), the British Association of Biological Anthropologists and Osteoarchaeologists (BABAO), and is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI). She is passionate about science communication and was a British Science Association Media Fellow in 2014. She has appeared in several TV documentaries including Time Team, Secret History and Treasures Decoded.

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Yes this is available to everyone who attends the event and our sponsors. It is available in real time. To access the list please just log into your registration details or use the QR code on right of the agenda card which is provided on the day of the event. You will not be included in this list if you have opted out and you can do this by logging into your registration details. This list will not be sold or ever give out to third parties.

Can I have the speakers slides?

We cannot give out the slides from our speaker’s presentations as they are deleted immediately after each event. If you require a particular set of slides please approach the speaker. We will however have a meeting report and you will be emailed when this report is published.

Can I have a notepad?

Notepads and pens are provided in the delegate bags and at the registration desk

How can I keep up to date with Euroscicon Events?

To keep updated on our events and other Life Science News, please sign up for our newsletter at www.eurosciconnews.com

I don’t want my photograph on any Euroscicon promotional material

Please let our tech person know

Is there WIFI?

Yes, please ask registration for log in details

Can I have a CPD certificate?

Your CPD certificate will be available after lunch Please remember that EuroSciCon is a small independent company with no subsidies from society memberships or academic rates for venues. We try

to be as reasonably priced as possible and our delegate rates are substantially lower than comparable commercial meeting organisations

Registered in England and Wales, Company number: 4326921, Trading Address: Euroscicon Ltd, Highstone House, 165 High Street, Barnet, Herts. EN5 5SU, UK. Registered Office: 47 High Street, High Barnet, EN5 5UW