2013

The BAFO Conference for 2013

26th Annual Forensic Anthropology Course - Formerly the AFIP Forensic Anthropology Course June 2013

IOFOS Conference August 2013

Historic (now past) Events on this site

2013

Trilogy of Forensic events March 2013

2012

BAHID Autumn Conference (8-9 December 2012)
The second BAHID conference of 2012 will take place on 8-9 December at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre in Manchester. On this occasion they have chosen to have a general conference on all matters relating to human identification to attract practitioners from a wide range of disciplines.
In particular they would like to encourage the presentation of dissertation research projects or case studies where the application of recent new techniques may aid or has assisted in successful resolution of the identification process.
Due to the success of the previous conferences, a similar format has been chosen for the upcoming mini-conference. A welcome reception will be organised on Friday evening, 7th December. The Saturday will consist of a keynote address, invited papers, general paper sessions and poster presentations.
The British Association for Forensic Anthropology (BAFA) will host a meeting on Sunday 9th December. Talks and workshops will be organised for this meeting and the awarded CPD points may be used towards professional accreditation as a forensic anthropologist.
The conference is aimed at participants with an interest in human identification, including the police and associated investigative services, scenes of crime officers, legislators, policy makers, plus specialists and students from areas such as DNA profiling, stable isotope chemistry, latent prints, biometrics, forensic odontology, facial identification, podiatry, forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology.

N.B. The British Association for Forensic Anthropology (BAFA) will host a meeting on Sunday morning 9th December at the Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre in Manchester. Registration for the meeting is free.
This will be an important meeting for BAFA as we will be discussing the mechanisms of accreditation, CPD, mentoring, guidelines, academic programmes and student development and so it is vital that everyone participates in the process of taking forensic anthropology forward to accreditation within the UK criminal justice system.
For further details, please visit: http://www.bahid.org/index/conference-programme or to register: http://www.bahid.org/index/conference-registration

Programme

Friday 9th November

Saturday 10th November

25th Annual Forensic Anthropology Course - Formerly the AFIP Forensic Anthropology Course

Baltimore, Maryland USA June 11, 2012 - Friday, June 15, 2012.
Details:
here

9th International Course in Forensic Odontology / Personal Identification by Dental Methods

Oslo, Norway - 25th-30th June 2012
Details:
here

Forum for Disaster Victim Identification
The Penridge Suite, 470 Bowes Road, London N11 1NL
Friday 29 June 2012
This inaugural networking event will gather together experts in DVI to discuss current legislation and techniques involved in DVI
Details:
here

9th International Congress on Dental Law and Ethics

Leuven/Belgium - 22-24 August 2012
Details:
here

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

Course in Forensic Anthropology

Leuven, Belgium on Wednesday April 25th 2012.
Application closing date April 14th 2012.
Details:
here

Advanced Forensic Imaging Course

To be held at the Maryland Office of Chief Medical Examiner
Baltimore, Maryland USA May 9 - 11, 2012
CONTACT: Eleanor Thomas
900 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21223
Email: Thomase@ocmemd.org

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

Programme

Friday 11th November

Saturday 12th November

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

Saturday 13th November

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.

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

Mass Fatalities - Compliance and Guidance

There is a one day meeting for those interested in DVI, being run by Community Resilience.
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

The Forensic Aspects of Ancient Egypt

A study day presented by Joyce Filer, former dept. curator at the British Museum
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

2009

BAFO AUTUMN CONFERENCE
13TH-15TH November 2009
Apex International Hotel
31-35 Grassmarket
EDINBURGH
Hotel Website

This year BAFO is going north of the border, for its annual conference, to Edinburgh.
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

The International Association of Forensic Radiographers Conference in Manchester (Sat. 12th Sept 09) Advances in Human Identification
Details are Here

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
16 - 17 Sept 2009

Biological Anthropology Research Centre,
University of Bradford
Contact
j.buckbury@bradford.ac.uk
Website for details.

The New Zealand Society of Forensic Dentistry 25th anniversary Conference in Wellington (NZ) 11-13 Sept 09
Details are Here