Forthcoming Meetings
2012
BAFO Spring Conference 2012
The BAFO Spring Conference for 2012 will piggyback the first BAHID scientific conference of 2012 and will take place from 13-15 April at the University of Nottingham, with a welcome reception on Thursday evening 12 April. The conference is themed around "age estimation in the living". The focus will be on recent scientific advances and case studies relating to methods, ethical and legal aspects of age estimation in the living. This conference is aimed at a wide range of practitioners with an interest in human identification, including the police and associated investigative services, legislators, border and asylum agencies, social services, policy makers, Crown Prosecution Service, and students and specialists from areas such as forensic odontology, DNA, forensic anthropology, facial identification, radiographers, clinical psychologists, forensic medical examiners and pathologists.
Further details will be announced on the BAHID website http://www.bahid.org/conference
BAFO Autumn Conference 2012
The BAFO Conference for 2012 will take place on the 9th and 10th Nov 2012.
It will be held in BRIGHTON.
The venue and further details will be announced in due course.
Watch this space.
Historic (now past) Meetings on this site
2011
BAFO Conference 2011
The BAFO Conference for 2011 will take place on the
11th and 12th Nov 2011.
It will be held in YORK.
The venue will be The Hilton. Their web site is
here
The Booking Form can be accessed HERE
Please note that the final date for assured applications is 30th September 2011 - so get your booking forms in soon
Programme
Friday 11th November
(25 minute presentations, 5 minutes for questions)2.00pm – 4.00pm – MSc dissertation/research presentations
4.00pm – Coffee
4.30pm – AGM
Saturday 12th November
(25 or 40 minute presentations, 5 minutes for questions)09.00am –Dr Xanthe MALLETT - Brothers in arms
09.45am – Ron FODEN - A question of intent, GBH and ABH
10.15am – Coffee
10.45am – Roland KOUBLE – The Crossbow Cannibal
11.15am – Julia BEAUMONT - Migration using sequential dentine samples
11.45am - Tal SIMMONS - Decomposition and time since death
12.30pm – Lunch
2.00pm – Jason TUCKER - Loss of immunity for expert witnesses
2.45pm – Leigh EVANS – Distortion in bite marks
3.15pm – Coffee
3.45pm – Michael SANDHOLZER – The use of micro-CT in forensic odontology: Heat induced alterations of teeth and its consequences for the identification process
4.30pm – Graham RITCHIE - Self-inflicted bites
6.45pm – Pre-dinner drinks
7.45pm – Gala dinner (Black Tie)
Final timings may vary
The British Association for Human Identification
will be holding its second scientific conference of the year in Manchester
October 14-16th 2011
Details are HERE
The Australian Society of Forensic Odontology
will be holding a conference in Darwin, Northern Australia
October 15-17th 2011
Details are HERE
The New Zealand Society of Forensic Odontology
will be holding their 27th annual meeting in Wellington, New Zealand
May 6-7th 2011
Details are HERE
The ABFO 47th Annual Forensic Identification
and Emerging Technologies Lectures and Mini Workshops
will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
May 16-20th 2011
Details HERE
The first BAHID Conference for 2011
will be held in Manchester
April 9th and 10th 2011
The subject is "The Missing"
Details HERE
2010
The BAFO Autumn Conference for 2010
will be held in Stratford upon Avon
on the 12th and 13th of November 2010.
It will take place at the Menzies Welcombe Hotel Stratford Hotel link
Programme
Friday 12th November
(25 minute presentations, 5 minutes for questions)2.00pm – 4.00pm – MSc dissertation/research presentations
4.00pm – Tea
4.30pm – AGM (including presentations on the changes facing BAFO)
Saturday 13th November
(40 minute presentations, 5 minutes for questions)09.00am –Dr Stephen Leadbeater, Forensic Pathologist – Is the autopsy dead
09.45am – Mr Steve Jary, APT – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
10.30am – Tea
11.00am – Marc Smith – Forensic photography
11.45am – DCI Mo Oliver-Experiences in deployment
12.30pm – Lunch
2.00pm – Dr Alistair Pike, Reader in Archaeological Sciences – Strontium in enamel
2.45pm – Neil Williams – An introduction to digital forensics
3.30pm – Tea
3.50pm – Prof Ian Wall – the FFLM 4 years on–
4.35pm – Monica Yadava - “ Dental Age Assessment: The 10 year threshold. The Age of Criminal Responsibility”
6.45pm – Pre-dinner drinks
7.45pm – Gala dinner (Black Tie)
Final timings may vary
The Booking Form can be accessed HERE
Please ignore the application date deadline but apply ASAP - thanks
The Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society
will be holding their biennial conference
from 5th -10th September 2010 in Sydney Australia.
Details are HERE
The International Association of Craniofacial Identification (I.A.C.I.)
has a meeting to be held in Chile
between the 30th Aug and 3rd of September 2010
Details can be found
HERE
The I.O.F.O.S.
meeting for 2010 will once again be held in Leuven (Belgium)on the 2nd and 3rd of September 2010, with a post-symposium workshop on "Dental age estimation" on the 4th Sept. Details can be found
HERE
The Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID)
is running a summer course in juvenile osteology at the University of Dundee
in August this year (2010). This course consists of two (one week residential)
stand alone modules in cranial and postcranial developmental osteology
which may be taken in isolation or consecutively.
•Cranial Juvenile Osteology (2-6 August)
•Postcranial Juvenile Osteology (9-13 August)
Details are HERE
International Association for Identification (IAI)
will be holding their 95th International educational conference
from 11th-17th July 2010 in Spokane, Washington (USA)
Details are HERE
The American Society of Forensic Odontology (ASFO)
Are advertising the 19th Southwest Symposium on Forensic Dentistry
from 7th -12th June 2010.
Details are HERE
The New Zealand Society of Forensic Odontology (NZSFO)
will be holding their annual conference
from 21st -22nd May 2010 in Wellington NZ.
Details are HERE
The Royal Society of Medicine.
Mass Fatalities - Compliance and Guidance
There is a one day meeting for those interested in DVI, being run by Community Resilience.
The Forensic Aspects of Ancient Egypt
A study day presented by Joyce Filer, former dept. curator at the British Museum
2009
BAFO AUTUMN CONFERENCE
This year BAFO is going north of the border, for its annual conference, to Edinburgh.
The International Association of Forensic Radiographers Conference in Manchester (Sat. 12th Sept 09) Advances in Human Identification
N.B. Special BAFO members rate of £99.50 (c.f.£145.00) negotiated. Quote "BAFO rate" on application
Everything you always wanted to ask about human teeth
Biological Anthropology Research Centre, The New Zealand Society of Forensic Dentistry 25th anniversary Conference in Wellington (NZ) 11-13 Sept 09
Are holding a meeting on 7th April 2010
The subject is:
"Dicing with death: 5500 years of human dissection and the autopsy"
Details can be found
HERE
It will be in London (venue Commonwealth Club, Northumberland Ave.) on
Tuesday 16th March 2010.
BAFO members receive a £50 discount
Details can be found
HERE
To be held in London on Sat. 20th Feb 2010
Details from Richard Barritt 07973 695 168
e-mail rikki_promo@yahoo.co.uk
Details are here
13TH-15TH November 2009
Apex International Hotel
31-35 Grassmarket
EDINBURGH
Hotel Website
The hotel is situated in the heart of the “grassmarket” in the old town, an area where, in times long gone, the traders would set up their market and sell their produce. It was also one of the areas where they hanged the local miscreants!!
The castle and high street, minutes away, can be accessed by some very steep stairs or a much kinder meandering road.
Once on the high street, history abounds from every corner, from the castle at the top to the Queens residence, Holyrood Palace, at the bottom. There are countless places to explore in between: Mary Kings close, a time capsule of life during the plague buried under the streets; the “closes” narrow passageways to amazing courtyards and buildings; the camera obscura the list goes on and on.
Edinburgh hosts its Royal College of Surgeons with its fascinating “Surgeons Hall” museum, with enough interest a visit might possibly be arranged.
There are many other museums and galleries throughout the city making it a destination eminently suitable for accompanying partners so please let the committee know if you would like an organised itinerary for non-delegates.
The hotel is of modern contemporary design and has a small pool, gym and steam room. The evening meals will be held in the “heights” restaurant that boasts a spectacular view of the floodlit castle that can be enjoyed inside (recommended in November) or on the balcony. Room upgrades (balcony, castle view) are available as is extending your stay if you would like to make more than just a weekend of the break. Please let us know early (prior to autumn booking form) if you are interested and we can check on availability and prices.
The provisional programme (as at Oct 09) is as follows:
Friday 13th November
(25 minute presentations, 5 minutes for questions)
2.00pm – Dr Judy Hinchcliffe “The Australian Bush Fires”
2.30pm – Dr Roland Kouble “Identification using radiographic bone pattern comparison.”
3.00pm - Dr Sakher Alqahtani “Atlas of tooth formation - The London Atlas.”
3.30pm – Prof Graham Roberts "Appropriate Censoring of Stage H (Apex closed) for
lower 3rd molars. A contribution to Dental Age Assessment at the 18 Year threshold."
4.00pm – Tea
4.30pm – AGM (including presentations on the changes facing BAFO)
Saturday 14th November
(40 minute presentations, 5 minutes for questions)
9.00am - Mr Angus Reith (Principal Depute Fiscal, Edinburgh) “The evolution, history, role and responsibilities of the procurator fiscal.”
9.45am – Prof Tony Busuttil “Medical and dental evidence in Scottish courts”
10.30am – Tea
11.00am – Dr Howard Moody “An update in amino acid racemization.”
11.45am – Prof John Clement “3D computerized facial mapping”
12.30pm – Lunch
2.00pm – Prof Sue Black :” Anatomy is dead - long live anatomy!”
2.45pm – Dr Caroline Wilkinson “The use of 3D computer technology in craniofacial analysis.”
3.00pm – Tea
3.30pm – Dr Xanth Mallett “All fingers and Thumbs: identification by hand morphology”
4.15pm – Dr Helen Meadows “Vein mapping for forensic human identification.”
6.45pm – pre-dinner drinks
7.45pm – Gala dinner
Details are Here
16 - 17 Sept 2009
University of Bradford
Contact
j.buckbury@bradford.ac.uk
Website for details.
Details are Here